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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4433
"You have to always ride up to an oxer-vertical combination." ~ McLain Ward
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4432
"I’m a big fan of ground lines. I think it teaches the horse to have better technique in front. Everything that we do is connected — the way we start on the cross rail to this, it all connects. We're building through our training." ~ McLain Ward
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Trotting Fences
Trotting fences, especially bigger ones, is a lot like eating your veggies... you may not especially like them at that moment, but they are good for you! Keep reading to find out why, and how to make the best use of this underutilized exercise.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4431
Tension meeting tension = double the tension. If your horse becomes tense, you must be able to stay relaxed, or you will make it worse.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4430
Always be aware of the amount of tension you carry when riding, and whether you are breathing softly and evenly or holding your breath. Talking or humming quietly is a good way to ensure you keep breathing.
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An Exercise For Riders at All Levels, That Will Improve Your Dressage Test!
This exercise has SO many benefits, using more attention to the corners of the arena to attain more bending and suppleness, and transitions between them to increase your horse's hind leg engagement and carriage. Read on to find out how to do it!
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A Ground Pole Exercise to Improve Your Horse's Rideability Over Fences
What makes for a smooth show jumping round? Balance, rhythm, and rideability come to mind. If your horse is rideable, he is responsive, obedient, supple, and in balance at all times. Here is a great pole exercise to help you improve your horse's rideability on course!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4429
Riding shoulder in steps immediately before the half pass brings the inside hind leg deeper underneath the horse's body, to carry more weight and be a more solid balance point, which allows for a bigger lift and reach across with the legs on the outside of the horse&
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4428
If you don't ride and train in such a way that your horse learns to listen to your seat, you will usually find that you have to use a lot more hand to get things done.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4427
"Tempo enables dressage to become dancing. Rhythm is the regularity of the pace. Tempo is the speed of the pace." ~ Hilda Gurney
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4426
Feel your horse's rhythm with your whole body when riding. Whether you are doing Dressage, jumping, galloping cross country, or just enjoying a relaxing trail ride, the more you can be in sync with your horse's rhythm, the more harmony you will find.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4425
"First, [the rider] has to be ambitious. Mentally, he has to be well balanced and consistent. He has to be tougher on himself than on the horse. If he gets after the horse too much, he will not get far. One must really be able to push oneself harder