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Tip/Quote of the Day # 939

One of the biggest reasons riders meet resistance when attempting to control their horse's canter is that they stop following the motion of the horse's head and neck with their elbows.

Tip/Quote of the Day # 938

There must always be a medium trot or canter within your collected gait. If you feel that you could not simply release your collected trot or canter into a medium gait, then you do not have true collection - you merely have a horse that is going slowly.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 937

Especially in front of really wide rampy jumps, it is tempting for riders to soften the reins too much, to sort of "help" the horse to go forward. The bigger the jump, and the faster the speed on the approach, the more important it is for the rider

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 936

Riders with short arms need to ride with longer reins.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 935

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

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 934

"Cross country rides best when you attack it. Don't let IT attack you." ~ Jonathan Holling

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 933

Put your leg on just before you start to shorten your reins after the free walk or the stretching trot circle. This way you can ride forward into that shorter rein (as well as asking for bending) even as you are shortening them. The increased activity of the hind legs

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 932

Always look for the feeling of a shoulder fore positioning in your half pass. This will help to prevent the haunches from leading, or the horse from leaning heavily on the inside shoulder. And it will also help to keep more engagement in the inside hind leg, with more impulsion

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 931

Prepare for a flying change by making sure that your horse is responding sharply to what will be your new inside leg. Make sure he feels very active and responsive to that aid, while staying loose through his body, before you ask for the change.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 930

You cannot make your horse jump cleanly, so don't try to pick him up with your hands and legs, and attempt to throw him over the fence with your body, Instead - set them up for success, and then let them jump cleanly.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 929

"Sometimes we have to surprise the crazy ones to make them do a nice test, and either do no warm up or do something random, but overall, horses love a routine." ~ William Fox Pitt

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 928

Frequent quality transitions are the best way to confirm that your horse is listening equally to both the driving aids and the restraining aids.

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