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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1630
"For your horse to be keen but submissive, it must be calm, straight and forward." ~ Bill Steinkraus
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1629
"When the horse jumps, you go with it, not the other way around." ~ Bill Steinkraus
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1628
"The horses which excel in the piaffe are the horses which have not only strong conformation of the hindquarters but also a sharp or electric temperament which leads them to offer the piaffe naturally. Such volatile horses are not always easy to train and compete as youngsters because of
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1627
From Facebook fan Jackie Salyer ~ "Ride as many horses as you can! Each one has something to teach you."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1626
"What must the hand and arm be able to do? Yield, sustain, resist. What they do not need to do is pull, because no rider has ever won a pulling contest with a horse. In order to sustain and resist, the hands must be supported from the rider’s
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1625
Many horses like and do well with a little bit of rein contact throughout the jumping effort. But there are some that are so sensitive, that ANY amount of feel of their mouth at the top of the jumping arc will restrict their form - causing them to either jump
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1624
From Facebook fan Ashleen McCullough~ "You have to trust in something. Trust your riding, trust your horse, at the very least trust that your trainer knows what you can do. Without trust, you can't complete the exercise (no matter what it is.)"
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1623
"The goal of any rider is to have the horse fall in love with your hands." ~ Tad Coffin
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1622
"Horses are more content when they have discipline." ~ George Morris
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1621
"What a lot of people don’t understand, is that in a good half halt, the horse should pick up the half halt by itself from the bit. A lot of people when they talk about half halts, they talk about what you do with your hands, but it
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1620
"You should always be able to halt square and on the mark if you and your horse were correct." ~ Reiner Klimke
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1619
From Facebook fan Tammy Parks ~ "When I treat my shoulders like the moveable joints that they are, everything 'comes together' so much better."