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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3636
Think about keeping your head up and still throughout your horse's jumping motion to help keep your upper body more quietly poised. This keeps you safely out of your horse's way.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3635
When riding a cross country course that runs through wooded areas, always keep in mind that you are never going quite as fast as you feel like you are when you are traveling in the woods. You may feel like the trees are whizzing by, and can be tempted to
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3634
"The horse's posture, his strength, his suppleness, influence very much the sensations that the bit creates in him." ~ Dupaty de Clam
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3633
"To ride a movement correctly, riders need to visualize themselves executing it flawlessly. If you can't see it, you can't create it." ~ Robert Dover
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3632
A horse and rider combination are not truly safe on cross country until they both know how to come forward to the base of the jumps.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3631
"Only the best trainers should be allowed to ride in draw reins, but the best trainers know they do not need them." ~ Ingrid Klimke
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3630
When you have a good contact, your horse can feel your thoughts transmitted through the reins.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3629
Stay quiet and let the exercise teach the horse.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3628
"As dressage riders, we require our spine to remain in a neutral position where all the vertebrae are evenly stacked, one upon the other. We need to maintain this dynamic balance as the horse moves under us." ~ Rebecca Ashton
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3627
When you are looking down you will have even more of a tendency to ride from your hands. Sitting up and looking up will help to remind you to ride from your seat.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3626
A rider's hands can only be as good as the arms they belong to.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3625
"Effective aids are not exhausting to the rider and not souring to the horse." ~ Charles de Kunffy