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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4123

"Don't ride to other people's ability – always ride to your ability and your horse's ability." ~ Andrew Hoy

Tip/Quote of the Day # 4122

Good lengthening and extended work requires straightness in the form of even loading of the hind legs.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4121

"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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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4120

"If I want my horse to be steady and up to the bridle then I have to provide a steady target [quiet hands] and use leg to keep him up there."

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4119

If you do all of your training on the exact same kind of footing, (i.e. either all firm ground, or all sand), you might be putting your horse at an increased risk of possible injury. Training on a variety of different surfaces will develop both the strength and the

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4118

"It’s important that the rider doesn’t disturb the horse – leaning this way or that – and that is the same with this pulling and pushing. You give a half halt, but half halt is not just pull back and then let go. First of all you have to

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4117

The half pass helps to develop the brilliance of the extended trot, by increasing hip and stifle flexibility and range of motion, and freeing up the horse's shoulders.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4116

Horses learn by a process of trial and error based on trying to make themselves more comfortable.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4115

True lightness does not come from playing with the bit until the horse feels lighter in your hand. Only real hind leg engagement and lowering of the quarters will bring about the true lightness that you are looking for.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4114

"You are connected with your seat to the horse’s back, connected with your legs to the horse’s body, and connection can only work if it goes through the whole horse and into the rider’s body, and from the rider’s body back to the whole horse.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4113

"I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor; but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object if repeated and ever changing contemplation." ~ Jane Smiley

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4112

"Dressage is the art of teaching the horse to carry you. Riding is the art of learning to be a good load to carry." ~ Richard Weiss

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