Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3835
You will generally have more options when you approach a jump off of a shorter, bouncier stride with lots of activity in the hind legs.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3834
When jumping in muddy or deep conditions, you need extra impulsion. Make sure you have it before you need it.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3833
Dressage is natural for horses, but that does not mean it is always easy for them. Since we cannot explain to them why we are asking them to do things that require increased effort, and go against their natural instincts to do things in the easiest way possible - we
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3832
Always pay attention to how you finish every single exercise that you ride. Letting yourself or your horse fall into a heap as you pull up only creates bad habits for both of you. Always finish with a proper transition into the walk.
Lesley's Corner
Where a Rider Should Look When Riding the Various Lateral Movements
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3831
With young or untrained horses who conformationally have a high set on neck (which is a good trait to have for a jumping or Dressage horse), you have to be particularly careful that you don’t work them in a frame that is too advanced for their strength level. It
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3830
"Just as the sculptor at first chisels the future outlines of his work of art with powerful blows out of the crude block of stone, and then lets it develop in increasingly finer detail in all its beauty, the aids of the rider must also become more and more
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3829
A real collected gait should feel like a contained medium gait. Not just slower, with shorter strides - but with enough stored energy and contained power that you feel that all you have to do to get medium trot or canter is to release it.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3828
"Riders are very often but mistakenly glad to see their horse arch his neck, regardless of how it is arched (whether too high or too low or behind the bit or stiff). Have you ever seen a horse with an arched but stiff neck, looking as though he were
Lesley's Corner
HOW to Use the Turn Into Each Jump to Balance Your Horse
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3827
"Sit on your pockets like you got a million bucks in there." ~ Unknown Technically it isn't correct to be sitting all the way on your back pockets. This can, however, be a good thing for a rider who has a tendency to lean too far forward
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3826
"No complicated riding before the horses are going truly forward. In dressage, the difficulties are often created by a lack of good basic work (which is the foundation of the house.)" ~ Nuno Oliveira