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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2511
Every time your horse spooks, remind yourself that the horse in the wild that didn't spook at that rustling bush often got eaten by the lions.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2510
If you have short arms, you will have to be especially careful to make sure that you keep at least a little bend in your elbows at all times when riding. If your elbows become completely straight, you will lose your ability to follow your horse's movement with
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2509
The strength of your core is what allows your position to be unaffected by your horse's changes of speed.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2508
When riding, always strive for the feeling that your horse is "short" behind the withers (because his hind legs are stepping deeply underneath his body), yet is "long" in front of the withers (with a neck that "telescopes" and reaches forward into the bit.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2507
If you ask for too much angle in any lateral movement (more than your horse can handle at that moment,) you risk impeding the balance and fluency of the movement, which should be your top priorities.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2506
"May every rider strive for a better connection with his or her horse by observation, closer understanding and patient groundwork. It matters not what discipline is pursued, only that there be a perfectly balanced union between the two – man and horse – so that the two become one." ~ Frederic
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2505
On the horse's roundness - "If you have the body, you have the head - if you have the head you don't (necessarily) have the body." ~ Jack LeGoff
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2504
Horses need to be honestly on the aids before they can stretch properly over their entire topline.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2503
Always use both reins together to steer, especially when jumping. Using one rein only turns the horse's nose - but using both reins turn the horse at the shoulders, which means his body will more accurately follow your chosen line.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2502
If you can keep your horse balanced as you gallop along between fences, you will have less "set up" work to do in front of the jumps. This means that you can be faster, smoother, and more efficient at the fences. Which will help to preserve your horse&
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2501
Facebook fan Mo Jackson on teaching riders to maintain a consistent rein connection ~ "I try to teach this with pretending rider and horse are on the telephone. You are talking, oops no connection, talking again, oops no connection. This causes chaos in the horse's mind as he
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2500
"Learning to ride is a test of one's character." ~ Steinbrecht