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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1822

Riders who get the best out of the sensitive type of horse are usually especially good at being tactful.

Tip/Quote of the Day # 1821

"There is one principle that should never be abandoned when training a horse, namely, that the rider must learn to control himself before he can control his horse. This is the basic, most important principle to be preserved in equitation." ~ Alois Podhajsky of the Spanish Riding School

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1820

"Don't set the horse up when cantering over a pole - allow the horse to make mistakes and learn to adjust its own stride to negotiate the pole." ~ Eric Smiley

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1819

You need a short bouncy energetic canter in water. Not just to the jump in, but to any jump out or otherwise related to the water. Getting long and flat in the stride can be especially disastrous at a water jump.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1818

"The difference between an incorrectly compressed horse and a collected horse is that he collected horse can put his nose toward the ground (stretch) while staying round." ~ Nuno Oliveira

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1817

What you are used to doing will often feel right to you. That's why you should make sure that what you are doing is really correct, before you practice that way so many times that it becomes an ingrained habit - one that might be difficult to change.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1816

"You are connected with your seat to the horse’s back, connected with your legs to the horse’s body, and connection can only work if it goes through the whole horse and into the rider’s body, and from the rider’s body back to the whole horse.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1815

When you are looking down you will have even more of a tendency to ride from your hands. Looking up will help to remind you to ride from your seat.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1814

"Rhythm is more about balance than footfalls. Don't get obsessed with managing the footsteps, rather try to keep the horse bearing weight evenly in the hind end and the feet will fall into a steady rhythm." ~ Suzy Hettich

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1813

The evenness of the contact reveals the straightness of the horse.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1812

The hindquarters are the engine, but you steer the horse by directing his shoulders.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1811

A rider's hands can only be as good as the arms they belong to.

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