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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4231

Riders with short arms have to be especially careful to keep their elbows bent at all times.

Tip/Quote of the Day # 4230

The better the rider's seat, the more easily the horse can understand the rider's aids. So make working on developing and maintaining an independent seat a top priority!

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4229

As you finish jumping a course, ask yourself if you are finishing with the same pace that you started with. If the answer is no… the next question you need to ask yourself is which speed was better for your horse's jumping - the way you started, or the

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4228

Always refresh the forward after any period of lateral work.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4227

Everyone talks about engaging the horse's inside hind leg... But the key to a good quality canter is sufficient engagement of the outside hind leg, as that is how each canter stride begins.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4226

In addition to the suppling benefits, basic lateral work helps the horse to understand that the rider's leg creates engagement of the hind legs, rather than merely speed.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4225

"Dressage is the art of putting one crooked body on top of another crooked body and making them both straight." ~ Richard Weis

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4224

"Riding forward to the jump is NOT accelerating to the jump. There is a difference." ~ William Fox Pitt

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4223

Don't let the quality of your transitions suffer in your effort to be accurate. While both are important, it is more important to perform good transitions, than to perform them exactly at the letter.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4222

"Relaxation is first mental, then physical. A horse in pain or one who fears you will never relax his body." ~ Charles de Kunffy

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4221

With horses that like to curl their neck and become over bent, the rider needs to be careful not to get their reins too short. This will cause the horse to stay too short in the neck. Think of having longer arms that are always reaching towards the horse’s

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4220

We must not forget that the horses we ride today are descended from the ones who did NOT get eaten by the mountain lion at the water hole. In other words, it is perfectly normal for horses to be spooky.

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