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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4326
Soften and let your horse lengthen his neck, while trying to maintain the feeling that he stays sitting behind, with a lowered croup and well engaged hind legs.
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Soften and let your horse lengthen his neck, while trying to maintain the feeling that he stays sitting behind, with a lowered croup and well engaged hind legs.
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The more successful you are in getting your horse to relax and swing through his back muscles throughout his work, the less likely he will be to lose focus and spook.
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Since it is rather easy to forget to do so, challenge yourself to focus more on maintaining an even rhythm when doing figures of any kind.
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"Learning to ride is a test of one's character." ~ Steinbrecht
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"If you ride and train for a living, have something else that you do. Don’t make this your whole life. The bad days - and there are always bad days - will eat you up and spit you out. Have something that you do that has nothing to do with
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"I do not ask the rider to alter the horse’s step in front of the pole because I want to awaken the horse’s initiative. Whether he takes a slightly long step or adds a step before the pole, I am equally satisfied. If he steps on the
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"Don't raise your hands. The poll should be higher than the rider's hand." ~ Stefan Wolff
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A calm yet mobile mouth means that the horse is light in the hand, and relaxed through the jaw and neck, which allows for easy swallowing.
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"Expressive and relaxed collected work shows that the rider has understood the steps that led up to it." ~ Klaus Balkenhol
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Rhythm is the key to success in ALL riding disciplines.
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"Nothing is as impressive or as valuable for the training as being able to control the impulsion and the desire to go forward to such an extent that the rider is able to bring his horse to a standstill from an extended trot or canter without the slightest effort
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"Dressage is the art of teaching the horse to carry you. Riding is the art of learning to be a good load to carry." - Richard Weiss