Tip/Quote of the Day # 3462
Carrying your hands with your thumbs on top when riding keeps your hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders in a "neutral" position, which allows your joints to move most freely to enable an elastic rein connection.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4644
"Ride around the corner in an active, short canter, and let your horse do the jumping." ~ Andrew Nicholson
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4643
"The outside aids are the most underused; the inside, the most overused." ~ Erik Herbermann
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4642
"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
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4641
"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