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"Leg yielding is a loosening exercise for the horse – they pull up the leg, fold the joints, push the leg to one side. It is far easier for the horse to leg yield from the centre line to the wall. He wants to go to the wall for help,
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"Stretch and supple the horses for a long and healthy career. Keep them moving to keep them sound. Leaving them in a box and only out an hour a day is not a good way to keep a horse sound." ~ Carl Hester
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Try to get away from prioritizing how your horse is carrying his head, and instead focus on how he is using his back and hind legs.
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"You have to have a little contact so the circle from the pushing aids to the steady contact to the mouth is correct. Even in halt, you still have to have the feeling that the horse wants to go forward – without pulling." ~ Jo Hinnemann
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Remember to keep riding to maintain the quality of the canter when you are attempting a lead change or any kind of a turn between obstacles.
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No matter how balanced a horse is while moving, he will never be in self carriage if he has a rider that is hanging on his mouth.
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"Matching expression with suppleness — that is dressage!" ~ Steffen Peters
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"A good instructor makes riders relax so the experience is enjoyable. If the rider feels safe and is able to repeat the exercises without the coach present then they have learnt. If they are afraid of the coach belittling them, destroying their confidence, humiliating them etc the coach is
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"If dressage horses hold themselves and won't stretch, stand in the stirrups and go for a forward canter, allow them to be a horse. Get rid of the freshness, then back to work." ~ Ingrid Klimke
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"When I was in Pau, Bobby (Hale Bob) did his best dressage ever, because I was there with one horse for one week, and we put cavalletti on the circle with so many exercises, he was so supple and so smooth and had so much expression in his gaits.
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"The rein back should be the same as asking the horse to move forward, otherwise they can't move their hind legs — so don't restrict the movement." ~ Frankie Sloothaak
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If you are able to do a good transition from walk to halt - keeping your horse straight, connected, and up into the bridle, you will have a good basis for all downward transitions.
