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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3624
To steady your horse between fences, many times it is sufficient to square your shoulders and stretch up your body in a poised way... opening up kind of like a sail on a sailboat.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3623
"The best stretch can be achieved on a circle when you feel the horse is balanced laterally and longitudinally. Slowly allow the reins to lengthen and see if your horse will lengthen his neck forward and downward. This will feel like a clear release and you will be able
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3622
Nagging isn't giving the horse feedback, it is desensitizing him to the aids.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3621
The most important part of the half halt is the give at the end of it.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3620
"Every transition that you ride at home has to be a good one." ~ Charlotte Dujardin
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3619
"The relaxation of the mouth alone is not enough. It can be deceptive, because it does not necessarily lead to lightness. It has to be accompanied by the relaxation of the entire horse. When he relaxes the back, it will definitely have repercussions in the mouth." ~ Nuno Oliveira
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3618
"I like to think about making my body longer in the front to make me sit up instead of thinking 'shoulders back,' which can make you stiff." ~ Mary King
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3617
"It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3616
"And why do we ask the horse to do two track work? To get his legs under him, and to get him listening to the aids." ~ Kyra Kyrklund
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3615
"A horse 'held in shape' by his rider is only posturing in a seemingly correct outline, usually for the benefit of the inexperienced observers." ~ Charles de Kunffy
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3614
"You need to produce a walk. So work at the walk as well as the trot and canter. Get a good feeling of the body working in the walk. The walk is a mirror of the training of the horse." ~ Christoph Hess
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3613
A horse that is well balanced, with the right amount of impulsion for the jump at hand, can comfortably leave the ground from just about any reasonable takeoff spot.