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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1311

The more you look where you are going when jumping, the more likely your horse will be to land from his fences on the correct lead.

Tip/Quote of the Day # 1310

From Facebook fan Mary Apfel-Vandeyacht ~ "Riding is a lot like driving a manual transmission... You may be able to make it go (when learning how to ride), but you're going to break it and look like a schmuck unless you learn right."

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1309

Even if the rider has all of their body parts generally in the right place, they will feel out of balance and out of sync with their horse's movement when the shock absorbing joints in their legs are locked and rigid.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1308

No moment riding without stirrups is ever wasted!

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1307

From Facebook fan Andrea Monsarrat Waldo ~ "You can learn to take the best from different trainers, but first you have to have a "skeleton," a theoretical framework to hang it all on, and that takes time and some consistency of training, I think. Once you have a

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1306

Many riders utilize leg yielding in the walk in the trot. But don't forget the canter! It can be quite useful to loosen up the horse's loin area, as well as improving suppleness and responsiveness.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1305

"Without exaggeration I make fifth leg training for the horse part of every single lesson in the same way I make ‘feel’ part of every lesson for the rider." ~ William Micklem

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1304

"If your horse looks carefully at what they are jumping, is able to make small alterations when getting a little too close or far away from a fence, then produces an appropriate jumping effort and copes quickly with the unexpected slip or stumble, they can be said to have

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1303

"You can influence a horse but you're never really in control." ~ Chris Bartle

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1302

Most riders don't do nearly enough transitions in their daily work sessions.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1301

It is a good idea to sit back every month or so and assess your training program and its current results. Be ready to add to or change your plan if you are not seeing results.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1300

"The rein connection should be like a solid handshake. Don’t have a wimpy handshake. You know what a bad feeling you get when someone gives you a creepy handshake, so don’t give that icky feeling to your horse." ~ William Fox Pitt

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