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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1762

Whether flatwork or jumping, you never want to look at any time like you would flip off the back end of the horse if someone were to cut your reins.

Tip/Quote of the Day # 1761

You must train your horse to understand that he should stay at whatever speed you put him in until told otherwise. Remember that every time you allow your horse to make a decision about his speed or energy level (or don't realize that he has done so), you

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1760

"If the horse has a high opinion of the rider, he will let himself be guided, if not, he will resist." ~ Nuno Oliveira

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1759

"If you put a muscle where it doesn’t want to be, it is broken down – not build up." So don't go thinking that you are building the right muscles when you force a horse's head into a position. The horse has to be

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1758

Always remember that the hot horse must learn to control his energy, not do without it.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1757

Correct Dressage training will improve the balance, carriage, responsiveness, strength, and confidence of the horse of ANY discipline.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1756

"Working over a single pole on the ground, notice if the young horse prefers to chip in a short stride or stretch for a long stride. Then remember this is the default that they will return to when things go wrong." ~ Eric Smiley

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1755

If you follow your horse's mouth with a consistently elastic feel, he will learn to trust your hand so fully, that he will lose the desire to escape it.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1754

Too often I see riders asking their horses to be forward and in front of their leg, and they don't get the response they are looking for... yet they move on to the next thing they had planned anyway. Whether the next thing you plan to do is

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1753

Your weight or seat aid trumps your leg and hand aids at all times. So if you are unconsciously giving conflicting aids with your weight/seat and your legs or hands, your horse will usually not do exactly what you expect him to do.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1752

"Concentrate on the transitions, forward and back, build the activity from behind. When you bring the horse slightly back, you still have to push her forward to the hand, you can keep riding as long as you can feel the hindlegs in your hand." ~ Susanne Miesner

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1751

"The reaction to the leg is everything. The ability to collect a horse from the seat and leg, not the hand, is quite an art." ~ Debbie McDonald

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