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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4030

"Let your horse be your teacher, pay attention to his invaluable feedback." ~ Lilo Fore

Tip/Quote of the Day # 4029

Activity doesn't really start in the horse's hind legs... it starts in their brain. They have to decide to create activity before it will appear. Why is this significant? You need to train your horse's brain to understand and respect your light leg aids,

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4028

"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 # 4027

"Push him to the contact, release and then push to the contact again." ~ Carl Hester

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4026

Horses usually add a stride when jumping uphill. Make sure you wait for it… with your leg on.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4025

"I make my students ride in gallop position in trot and canter with no rein contact and no hands on the neck, as there is no point in trying to progress until a good balance is in place. It is a great concern to me that so many riders

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4024

The rider's leg creates the energy in the horse's stride, and their seat is what controls that energy.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4023

"Lightness, whose characteristic lies in the elastic and springy flexibility of all joints and muscles, can only be acquired after all resistances have completely disappeared, that is, with the disappearance of all inopportune contractions." ~ Alexis François L’Hotte

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4022

"Shorter reins generally allow for a better connection and less delay of the aids." ~ Reiner Klimke

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4021

"Keep it calm. Ignore the wrong answers, praise the little wins. Horses cannot learn when stressed." ~ Sandi-Leigh Norris

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4020

An exercise to check if you are sitting straight and putting your weight equally down into both stirrups is to stand straight up for a few strides (at all three gaits), and notice which stirrup you have to consciously put more weight into to keep yourself balanced.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4019

To help your horse make a softer, more balanced canter depart - set him up for it, and then think of allowing him to canter, rather than asking strongly. If you push too strongly, your horse is more likely to push hard with his hind legs into the canter, and begin

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