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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4219

Work on a horse and that horse will get better. Work on yourself as a rider, and ALL of your horses will get better.

Tip/Quote of the Day # 4218

"I'm not sure if it is chicken or egg, but the riders who sit in the middle of the movement, in the middle of their horse are the ones with the self carriage." ~ Chris Hector

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4217

"Don't take the tempo down without revving the engine." ~ Chris Bartle

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4216

"When working on your horse's balance, keep in mind that horses can't be balanced under unbalanced riders. We always need to begin with the education and balance of the rider." ~ Debbie Mcdonald

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4215

"Contact has to be just that, contact. People think 'oh this horse is very light I have nothing in my hand' – this is wrong because then you have no contact to his hind legs." ~ Jean Bemelmans

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4214

"Only when the horse is straight, the hind legs can be induced by correct collection to carry more weight and, correspondingly, be gymnasticized by increased flexion. This improves the balance and the suppleness, and it strengthens the haunches for the greater demands to the necessary degree." ~ Podhajsky

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4213

"A horse which doesn’t relax the mandibular and the tongue muscles cannot be entirely relaxed. That is why it is so important that the horse accepts the bit, and the sign of that is the actively and relaxed chewing." ~ Christian Thiess

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4212

"The purpose of dressage is to enhance our ability to control our horses; hopefully, after a long period of consistent training, our horses will calmly and generously place their forces at our disposal." ~ Jimmy Wofford

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4211

"Let the neck fall down, don’t pull it down, create a situation in which the horse wants to let go his body and relax his neck." ~ Johan Hamminga

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4210

The horse that wants to fall out on circles should work more often on a square figure than a circle, until the rider has better control of the outside of the horse's body.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4209

Good, correct, and active stretching work helps to lift and engage the horse's back muscles.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4208

"Since the criteria of a correct seat are the same as the criteria of good posture in general, being constantly attentive to one’s bearing when standing or walking is excellent training. A correct vertical posture of the head and the trunk on horseback is not a special posture

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