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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3397
"Use counter canter to work on straightness in collection." ~ Carl Hester
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3396
You cannot shape energy that you don't have. So do not try to make your horse round, without first having them in front of your leg.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3395
For a forward response, the rider should be using the lower leg as an aid - mainly the inner calf. For collecting, a half halt, or a downward transition, the rider should wrap the whole leg lightly around the horse, thigh through calf evenly - as if giving the horse a hug
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3394
Thoroughbred horses tend to thrive with the use of patterns and figures in training.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3393
"Stop being a passenger, and start being a pilot." ~ Mark Todd
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3392
"Acceptance of the bit happens in the haunches, not in the mouth." ~ Thomas Ritter
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3391
If you are too much "on guard" and ready for any possible shenanigans from your horse when riding, you might actually cause them. Your horse will feel your state of tension, and feed off of you.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3390
When riders maintain constant aiding to keep the horse going, the horse will become more and more dull to the rider's driving aids.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3389
"We all get better at riding by riding." ~ Carl Hester
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3388
"Never over correct in the halts as it can make the horse nervous." ~ Hubertus Schmidt
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3387
"Ride all resistances forward and avoid halting instead ride a circle and encourage the neck to be looser and round until you have the horse's attention." ~ Hubertus Schmidt
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3386
"Until the horse comes free in the shoulder, in the shoulder in, he will not come free in the shoulder, in the half pass. Mostly, "more forward" develops the freedom in the shoulder, so often refresh the gait." ~ Hubertus Schmidt