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Tip/Quote of the Day # 120
If the horse is incorrect in the first stride of a movement, then don’t do the second stride. Abort, fix any connection issues, and start again.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 119
Train your horse to be responsible for maintaining the gait or movement you put him in, with no nagging from his rider.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 118
PREPARE for your transitions, don't just do them.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 117
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 116
Only the horse with a supple, relaxed back can have true impulsion.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 115
"It hardly needs to be mentioned that, in order to ride good corners in the arena, you have nothing more to do than to apply the same aids as for enlarging the circle. Just as we don’t need to mention that spiraling out on the circle is a
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 114
"Americans want instant dressage the same way they want instant coffee." ~ Jack LeGoff
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 113
A good jumper is a delicate mix of chicken and bravery. Too chicken and he won’t go, scared to run on down to jumps he is not familiar with. Too brave and he may lose his carefulness - knocking everything down, as it doesn't bother him too
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 112
Systematic, progressive training is like stacking one building block squarely on top of another, to eventually build a strong, solid building.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 111
Think of that girth tight against your horse's side… after a while he tunes that out and barely notices it. The same will happen with your legs if they are always tight and clamped on his sides.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 110
Most riders don't do nearly enough transitions in their daily work sessions.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 109
Energy has to be created before it can be shaped or contained.