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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4434

The more you can leave your horse alone through gymnastic work, the more he will actually learn from it.

Tip/Quote of the Day # 4433

"You have to always ride up to an oxer-vertical combination." ~ McLain Ward

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4432

"I’m a big fan of ground lines. I think it teaches the horse to have better technique in front. Everything that we do is connected — the way we start on the cross rail to this, it all connects. We're building through our training." ~ McLain Ward

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4431

Tension meeting tension = double the tension. If your horse becomes tense, you must be able to stay relaxed, or you will make it worse.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4430

Always be aware of the amount of tension you carry when riding, and whether you are breathing softly and evenly or holding your breath. Talking or humming quietly is a good way to ensure you keep breathing.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4429

Riding shoulder in steps immediately before the half pass brings the inside hind leg deeper underneath the horse's body, to carry more weight and be a more solid balance point, which allows for a bigger lift and reach across with the legs on the outside of the horse&

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4428

If you don't ride and train in such a way that your horse learns to listen to your seat, you will usually find that you have to use a lot more hand to get things done.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4427

"Tempo enables dressage to become dancing. Rhythm is the regularity of the pace. Tempo is the speed of the pace." ~ Hilda Gurney

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4426

Feel your horse's rhythm with your whole body when riding. Whether you are doing Dressage, jumping, galloping cross country, or just enjoying a relaxing trail ride, the more you can be in sync with your horse's rhythm, the more harmony you will find.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4425

"First, [the rider] has to be ambitious. Mentally, he has to be well balanced and consistent. He has to be tougher on himself than on the horse. If he gets after the horse too much, he will not get far. One must really be able to push oneself harder

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4424

If you don't give your horse something to do, he might give YOU something to do. Always have a plan for each ride, and keep your horse's mind engaged with YOUR plan.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4423

True bending from nose to tail requires that the horse understands all three of these things: how to move away from lateral leg pressure, how to move into the connecting outside rein, and the aids for inside flexion.

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