Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3633
"To ride a movement correctly, riders need to visualize themselves executing it flawlessly. If you can't see it, you can't create it." ~ Robert Dover
Lesley Stevenson
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3632
A horse and rider combination are not truly safe on cross country until they both know how to come forward to the base of the jumps.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3631
"Only the best trainers should be allowed to ride in draw reins, but the best trainers know they do not need them." ~ Ingrid Klimke
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3630
When you have a good contact, your horse can feel your thoughts transmitted through the reins.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3629
Stay quiet and let the exercise teach the horse.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3628
"As dressage riders, we require our spine to remain in a neutral position where all the vertebrae are evenly stacked, one upon the other. We need to maintain this dynamic balance as the horse moves under us." ~ Rebecca Ashton
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3627
When you are looking down you will have even more of a tendency to ride from your hands. Sitting up and looking up will help to remind you to ride from your seat.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3626
A rider's hands can only be as good as the arms they belong to.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3625
"Effective aids are not exhausting to the rider and not souring to the horse." ~ Charles de Kunffy
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3624
To steady your horse between fences, many times it is sufficient to square your shoulders and stretch up your body in a poised way... opening up kind of like a sail on a sailboat.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3623
"The best stretch can be achieved on a circle when you feel the horse is balanced laterally and longitudinally. Slowly allow the reins to lengthen and see if your horse will lengthen his neck forward and downward. This will feel like a clear release and you will be able
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3622
Nagging isn't giving the horse feedback, it is desensitizing him to the aids.