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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2342
Most riders don't do nearly enough transitions in their daily work sessions. Do you??
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2341
The opening rein acts like a vacuum, moving the horse's shoulders easily as desired, especially when supported by the opposite leg and rein.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2340
"They asked me at the Seminar, how should a horse look when it is coming towards you? I said to them, if you meet someone and they are looking you in the eyes, a little bit proud, nose up, not arrogant, but someone coming to you, giving you their
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2339
"In the counter canter, ride small tempo changes so the counter canter develops the same stride length as the normal canter." ~ Johan Hamminga
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2338
"We must listen to the horse. Collect a little, and if he becomes stiff in his top line, go out [of it]." ~ Johan Hamminga
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2337
"I find it better to often have short, intensive moments – ten or fifteen minutes – not longer, then a break to allow the muscles to recover. If you want the horse to carry more weight, then you need time for muscle recovery." ~ Johan Hamminga
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2336
When the rider starts to waterski off of a horse's mouth, the horse generally obliges and becomes the motorboat.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2335
"The horse should understand 3 things from the rider's leg: forward, bend, move over. Until the rider understands this the horse can't, so they can't get inside leg to outside rein. Most riders/horses only understand using a driving leg." ~ Susan Moessner
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2334
"The forehand is not to be raised by the rider's hands ! This mania of trying to ride a horse with a 'Grand-prix neck', a horse who moves with Training level hindquarters, is abominable." ~ Charles de Kunffy
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2333
"Riders just worry about the horse’s head – but the horse has a hindquarter, a shoulder, and a head and neck. The rider’s lower leg controls the hindquarter, to a certain extent the shoulder is positioned by the legs and hands, and the head and neck are controlled
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2332
"It’s the self-questioning, self-doubting rider that gets the least/worst responses from the horses." ~ Nicole Cotten Ackerman
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2331
"One can never, I believe, strive for a lack of criticism in riding – because I don’t think that there is such a thing as perfect riding. I don’t think anybody’s performance is beyond some sort of criticism." ~ Tad Coffin