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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4279

Having sufficient energy in your canter allows the horse to jump more smoothly and easily. Make sure you are truly riding forward!

Tip/Quote of the Day # 4278

"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 hind legs in your hand." ~ Susanne Miesner

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4277

Systematic, progressive training is like stacking one building block squarely on top of another, to eventually build a strong, solid building. Done this way, you have a solid foundation, and can simply go back a step if you run into difficulties.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4276

While riding, be careful that you don't let your horse change your posture in the saddle.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4275

"I think most riders do not focus on one of the foremost goals of dressage, which is the development of the gaits. To develop the horse’s gaits, the rider has to have a supple, balanced seat and ride the horse from back to front. Only then can you

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4274

In a movement like shoulder in, where the horse is likely to try to evade the difficulty of bending his body by swinging his quarters out, it can sometimes be helpful to bring your dressage whip forward, and touch the horse with it right in front of the saddle. This

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4273

"Every time you ride you are either making that horse better or making it worse!" ~ Lisa VanBuhler

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4272

"All riders need very loose joints - loose hips, loose shoulders, loose elbows, loose knees, loose ankles. When I say loose I don’t mean uncontrollably loose, but they need to have a very good range of motion, and an absence of unwanted tension. A lot of riders when they

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4271

Always refresh the forward after any period of lateral work.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4270

"Travers improves the horse's bend and makes him more obedient and attentive to the calf aid." ~ Ernst Friedrich Seidler

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4269

When you halt and salute the judge at a competition, remember to smile! This will send the judge the message that you are confident about your performance, which can impress the judge and may even influence your scores in a subconscious way.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4268

"Riding the upper levels becomes less and less about who is the most naturally talented ... It becomes more of who is the best mental competitor. Who can take the competition down mentally, and have the ability to stay focused on the task at hand regardless of what happens, that&

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