Tip/Quote of the Day # 2024
Frequent quality transitions are the best way to confirm that your horse is listening equally to both the driving aids and the restraining aids.
Frequent quality transitions are the best way to confirm that your horse is listening equally to both the driving aids and the restraining aids.
In the sport of Eventing, ensuring that our horses are truly fit for our level of competition is one of the best ways to prevent unnecessary injuries.
Horses become incapable of learning when they go past a certain level of fear, anxiety, or stress. This means that if you keep hammering away at the horse, trying to teach them something when they are currently overwhelmed with stress, it will not work.
For the horse, the learning happens on the release of the aid. That means if you don't release the aid, the horse will not learn.
"Don't take the tempo down without revving the engine." ~ Chris Bartle