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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4522

Lesley Stevenson

09 May 2026
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The inside rein is like the directional in your car. You use it to indicate the direction that you plan to go, but not to actually turn your car.

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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4644

"Ride around the corner in an active, short canter, and let your horse do the jumping." ~ Andrew Nicholson

Tip/Quote of the Day # 4643

"The outside aids are the most underused; the inside, the most overused." ~ Erik Herbermann

Tip/Quote of the Day # 4642

"Our job is to prepare the line and canter, then ride forward to the jump. Riding forward to the jump is NOT accelerating to the jump. There is a difference. When riders got to a longer or shorter distance than ideal, the emphasis should be on the rider staying

Tip/Quote of the Day # 4641

"Let us repeat that the two groups of muscles lying on either side of the spinal column which pulsate elastically rather than convulsively must work quite uniformly along a straight line and on a single track. If they do not do so, the horse becomes crooked, with its legs

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