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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3851

"If you don't have a quality gait you can't do a quality 'trick', whatever that 'trick' may be!" ~ Peter Atkins

Tip/Quote of the Day # 3850

Think of the rein starting at your elbow, to allow your lower arms and your hands to stay more supple.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3849

A tense horse is always stiff. And that stiffness prevents the horse from taking any real benefits from training. Always try to relax the horse's mind and muscles before advancing to any kind of serious training.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3848

"With the bend on the circles and in the travers, it is important to use as little inside rein as possible. If you need the inside rein, there is something wrong with the earlier work." ~ Christoph Hess

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3847

Remember that even a COW can jump a 3 foot fence from a standstill... if it wants to. So never worry about whether or not your horse has enough scope to do lower level eventing or jumping. The bigger issue is whether or not you can keep him balanced at

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3846

With true impulsion, the horse has lots of forward energy, but the rider remains the driver. When the horse overpowers the rider and takes control, the horse is just running.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3845

"The reaction to the leg is everything. The ability to collect a horse from the seat and leg, not the hand, is quite an art." ~ Debbie McDonald

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3844

If you rely on your knee grip to keep you in the saddle when jumping, you will usually be one stumble, buck, or sideways spook away from becoming unseated. Sinking into your heels and keeping an even leg distribution on the horse will give you the most security over fences.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3843

With very sensitive horses, you sometimes have to consciously "open" your seat, leg, and hand on the side you are trying to leg yield towards, so that they feel more invited to move in that direction.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3842

"The first thing to think in half-halt is to make it invisible to those watching on, which is easier said than done." ~ Carl Hester

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3841

"There is one principle that should never be abandoned when training a horse, namely, that the rider must learn to control himself before he can control his horse. This is the basic, most important principle to be preserved in equitation." ~ Alois Podhajsky

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3840

The upper arm belongs to the rider's seat, while the rider's lower arm belongs to the horse, and should be forward feeling at all times.

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