Tip/Quote of the Day # 3407
Many horses think of walk time as "break" time. If you want to ensure that you get good scores on your walk work, you have to convince your horse otherwise in your daily work.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4568
A good halt is square because it was a good halt. Not because the rider has taught it the "trick" of squaring up after an unbalanced halt.
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4567
If your horse finds lateral exercises more difficult in one direction vs the other (as many do), then they are not truly straight, or evenly laterally supple.
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4566
"I used to ride mostly Thoroughbreds. I don’t know if they’re more intelligent, but I find that they think for themselves a bit more than the warmbloods. With a warmblood I find I definitely have to do a lot more, and think a lot more for them.
Interval Training For Conditioning the Event Horse
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.