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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2703
"If you practice being fluid in your riding, you eventually will be fluid. If you're casual about it, it will never happen." ~ Joe Fargis
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"If you practice being fluid in your riding, you eventually will be fluid. If you're casual about it, it will never happen." ~ Joe Fargis
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To succeed in the sport of Eventing, you need to be as motivated by your failures as much as you are by your successes.
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"Young horses are like a blank slate. In my experience they naturally give you the right answers often, especially when you first start riding them." ~ Bridget Hay
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"I don't mind working with some of the lesser talented horses and a lot of my riders that have those lesser talented horses I see with light bulbs going off and things registering in their minds in terms of the methodology. And when they are lucky enough
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"The engine has got to be revving, & then you put your pedal to the floor and it will go. Sometimes you have to get the engine screaming." ~ Chris Bartle
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"The more I practice, the luckier I get." ~ Jack Nicholas
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"Trust and respect are two-way streets. We want the horse to accept us as leaders of the herd, to guide them safely and to provide protection and comfort. In return, they will give us their respect, and willing submission to our ideas about what to do next, and when
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"I am of the opinion, that you should ride a horse in the discipline for which he has talent." ~ Chris Bartle
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"I am so surprised/shocked that almost every time I ask even an advanced rider to ride without stirrups they moan or make a face. A serious rider should prefer riding without stirrups. I even have riders who have never ever ridden without stirrups. Come on teachers, let'
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"Don't ride to other people's ability. Always ride to your ability & your horse's ability." ~ Andrew Hoy
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The more narrow the fence that you are approaching, the more accurate and square your turn into the fence needs to be.
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Most of the time you will get more give from your horse when you ask and aid more quietly and carefully.