Tip/Quote of the Day # 3394
Thoroughbred horses tend to thrive with the use of patterns and figures in training.
Thoroughbred horses tend to thrive with the use of patterns and figures in training.
"Ride around the corner in an active, short canter, and let your horse do the jumping." ~ Andrew Nicholson
"The outside aids are the most underused; the inside, the most overused." ~ Erik Herbermann
"Our job is to prepare the line and canter, then ride forward to the jump. Riding forward to the jump is NOT accelerating to the jump. There is a difference. When riders got to a longer or shorter distance than ideal, the emphasis should be on the rider staying
"Let us repeat that the two groups of muscles lying on either side of the spinal column which pulsate elastically rather than convulsively must work quite uniformly along a straight line and on a single track. If they do not do so, the horse becomes crooked, with its legs