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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1281
"The art of cross country is allowing your horse to gallop along in rhythm and jump out of his stride." ~ Andrew Hoy
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1280
If you tend to ride in a chair seat with your feet out in front of you, try to think about stretching up tall, so that your seat bones point straight down… and then think of bending your knees so that your seat bones point to your heels. Eventually you
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1279
When your horse is messing about with his leads or tossing his head between jumps on course, don’t let it distract you from what is most important - his rhythm.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1278
"Infinite repetitions of one and the same problematic movement are usually a sign of insecurity in the rider and serve no purpose other than self-satisfaction. The horse doesn't gain anything from it. It leads to an overwrought horse and causes muscle fatigue and nervousness. Here, a trainer
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1277
Shoulder in is the single best secret weapon when it comes to improving the horse's walk.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1276
The more a horse relaxes within a lateral movement, the more gymnastic value the exercise will have.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1275
The more stable you are able to keep your outside rein connection, the more quickly your horse will learn to accept it. Stable, yet elastic... like a bungee cord.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1274
"You do not need much skill to maintain a good position... if your horse is not moving." ~ Jimmy Wofford
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1273
Ask, insist (if necessary,) and then reward.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1272
"It's the rider's job to make his horse sensitive enough to anticipate half halts, for it is the anticipation factor that makes horse and rider harmonious. The use of the horse's anticipation should work greatly to your advantage in daily training and in
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1271
The more you keep your horse busy with lots of little demands, like mini transitions within the gait, changes of bend, spirals, etc, the more your horse will learn to focus on you and what you might ask for next.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1270
You may need to "do whatever you need to do" to get things done sometimes in competition, but in practice you should aim to always do things the right way, with no shortcuts.