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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1221

"Ride him to the contact but be careful not to drive him through the contact." ~ Hilda C. Gurney

Tip/Quote of the Day # 1220

Just putting in the time does not guarantee success. You have to be practicing correctly to improve.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1219

We all know it is a bad thing for the horse to carry its poll too low. But too high can be a problem as well. If the height of the poll does not match the amount of true collection behind, the horse will be moving with a hollow back,

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1218

Never forget that our goal as riders should be to do as little as possible. Allow the horse to perform.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1217

You can't balance or collect energy that you don't have. Forward first!

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1216

"I like to think of the tension in a Thoroughbred’s body as it seeks to learn the meaning of our aids as an intense desire to please us." ~ Steuart Pittman

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1215

Throwing the reins away to the point that they are so loose that there are loops in them is not the answer to solving your problem of being too strong/tense/rigid in the hands and arms. You must keep a connection, and learn to be elastic within that connection.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1214

In no way does holding a horses neck in a position build up correct muscle. The horse has to actually be using those muscles correctly to improve musculature in the topline.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1213

When your horse isn't jumping well, 9.9 times out of 10 you don't have a jumping problem, you have a canter problem. Work on the quality and balance of your canter, and the jumping problem will fix itself.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1212

"Allow your horse the opportunity to use his neck more." ~ Reiner Klimke

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1211

If becoming a great rider wasn't hard, everyone would be able to do it. It's the hard that makes it great.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1210

Michael Jung puts particular emphasis on checking his horses’ heart and respiratory rate once before and twice after each ride, the first time immediately after work and the second time after the horse had time to recuperate.

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