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Tip/Quote of the Day # 951

You drive your horse heavily into your hands when you lean back even slightly behind the vertical.

Tip/Quote of the Day # 950

“I start by stretching the horse and trying to make him relaxed and supple. It’s a bit like gymnastic with a horse, dressage is. You wouldn’t expect a gymnastics person to just go and start their workout; they do a nice stretch in the warm-up first.” ~ Charlotte

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 949

When your horse is impressed by a jump, and gathers itself a bit to look on the approach, you have a free half halt. Do not get caught taking back in this situation, or you may cause your horse to stop. Think "keep the hind legs moving" all

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 948

One of the biggest differences between good riders and the very top riders is the speed of their reactions.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 947

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 # 946

Don't just get a good canter and then forget about it, you need to think about the quality of your canter every stride all the way to every jump.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 945

“You don’t go to competitions to see how good you are, you go to show how good you are!” ~ Bruce Davidson

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 944

"Don't jump 4'6" over 2'6"." ~ Jimmy Wofford

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 943

When your horse stretches, you cannot follow him with your posture, rounding your shoulders and leaning forward - or you will be encouraging him to fall onto the forehand.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 942

The horse points his nose at what he wants to see in focus. This is why we want our horse's head and nose UP on the approach to their fences, and why we need to allow them to lower their heads and look at the takeoff of an

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 941

What do we want from our horses over fences? Consistency and balance. If we as riders are more consistent and balanced with our own position as we ride a course, we make achieving that with the horse much easier.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 940

When your horse is spooking, don't stare at whatever it is that they are looking at. Look where you want to go, and don't let any of his antics change your focus.

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