Get your FREE daily tip here!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2882

A horse can only truly engage their hind legs when they are relaxed through their entire topline. Relaxation is always first.

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2881

"I have struggled with my right leg/side since I broke my ankle. My trainer had me working on my hip position and my leg got better. It's not always where you think you have the issue that fixes it." ~ Mikki Schattilly

Get your FREE daily tip here!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2880

If a horse doesn't want to stretch down at the end of a workout when the rider offers, that almost always means that the horse was not working properly through its body, and the rein connection wasn't true.

Get your FREE daily tip here!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2879

"No complicated riding before the horses are going truly forward. In dressage, the difficulties are often created by a lack of good basic work (which is the foundation of the house)." ~ Nuno Oliveira

Get your FREE daily tip here!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2878

If you are nervous right before you enter the show ring, take a moment to talk to and pet your horse. And make it genuine, no matter how your warm up went! It will relax both of you, and help you to focus.

Get your FREE daily tip here!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2877

Interval training is one of the safest ways to develop the horse's ability to do more work over longer periods of time, as it helps to prevent fatigue and a build up of lactic acid in the muscles.

Get your FREE daily tip here!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2876

What does it mean for a rider to be truly balanced independently of their horse?? That the rider does not need to grip the reins with their hands, or the horse with their legs, to stay on when riding at all gaits and speeds, and through changes of gait and

Get your FREE daily tip here!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2875

Don't let the fear of an overreaction make you not reinforce an aid. I would much rather have the horse overreact to an aid than ignore it. Just stay calm if your horse overreacts, and if you have been clear and timely on your correction, the horse will

Get your FREE daily tip here!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2874

The strength of your core is what allows your position to be unaffected by your horse's changes of speed on the flat.

Get your FREE daily tip here!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2873

"The biggest enemy to the partnership of dressage is impatience and the human nature to dominate other creatures." ~ Walter Zettl

Get your FREE daily tip here!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2872

Confidence is something you need to build for yourself. It is something you have to actively pursue and proactively work to maintain.

Get your FREE daily tip here!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 2871

To keep your horse truly straight in the canter, always be thinking of at least a slight amount of shoulder fore positioning.

See all