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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4165
Imagine that you have a heavy wet towel laying over each knee, that helps your leg to drop down naturally and melt around your horse's sides.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4164
When you look down, your shoulders follow your eyes and begin to drop downward and forward. This makes it much more difficult for you to communicate correctly with your horse through your seat - often causing you to need to use your reins more than you should.
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Everything You Need to Know About Jumping Up a Bank
Why is it more difficult to stay with a horse when jumping up a bank? It's because they have to jump much higher to be able to put their landing gear down at the top of the jumping arc. You need a very specific type of canter on the approach to an upbank to produce a good jump. Learn about it here!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4163
The more a horse relaxes within a lateral movement, the more gymnastic value the exercise will have.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4162
"Allow your horse the opportunity to use his neck more." ~ Reiner Klimke
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4161
Pay attention to where your whip is pointing when you ride, as that is a good indicator of your hand position.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4160
"For your horse to be keen but submissive, it must be calm, straight and forward." ~ Bill Steinkraus
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4159
Riding with your thumbs on top keeps your hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders in a "neutral" position, which allows your joints to move most freely for an elastic rein connection.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4158
You can tell, just by looking at a horse's topline, how correct that horse's flatwork has been.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4157
"I do hundreds of transitions, loads of them, so transitions become like 'pouring cream.'" ~ Carl Hester
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4156
Every exercise should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Try to slow your mind up enough so that you can actually feel each stage of the process.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4155
You shorten and collect the stride with exercises that change the horse's balance - not by pulling on the reins.