Unless otherwise noted, all quotes on this page are the work of Lesley Stevenson. Please ensure proper attribution when sharing. Thank you!
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Think back to when you first started riding… how hard it was to just post at the trot. Now you do that without even thinking. As long as you are actively working on your riding, you are always improving. Usually improvement is so gradual that you don't see
Get your FREE daily tip here!
From Facebook fan Heather Salamone ~ "Short cuts will bite you in the butt later, and not when you think it will, but some other time when it will be one hundred times worse. Don't skimp."
Get your FREE daily tip here!
You must think of allowing your horse to have a long neck, to allow for him to truly come over his back and be "through".
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Good jumping involves landing at the same speed that you had when you approached the jump.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
From our very own blogger Kelly Jennings ~ "Sometimes you just have to allow it to happen rather than trying too hard. Remember...they can feel a fly. Lightness does matter."
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Jimmy Wofford on learning how to gallop a horse ~ "Picture this: some 4 foot 11 waif of an apprentice jockey is living on 1000 calories a day to keep his weight down to 100 pounds so that he can make the weight in cheap claiming races. He canters happily
Get your FREE daily tip here!
The basis of a successful Dressage quality flying change is the balance, understanding, and correctness of canter/walk/canter transitions.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Your ability to do accurate and smooth simple changes of lead through the trot speaks of the amount of rideability that you will have on course.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
From member and Facebook fan Karen Barbato ~ "Even if the canter is messy on a wiggly green horse, JUST DO IT! Amazingly it gets better from just going forward and staying out of the way without trying to micromanage it."
Get your FREE daily tip here!
The more consistent a rider can be with their hands and the contact, the more the horse will be able to pick up on the rider's highly subtle cues.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
From Facebook fan Maddison Craye ~ "Riding defensively makes the horse equally defensive. Consistency and softness = a happy horse."
Get your FREE daily tip here!
A horse has to be honestly on the aids before they can stretch properly over their entire topline.
