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If you want your horse to take a better, deeper lateral step in any lateral exercise, engage your seat bone on the same side as you use your leg. For example, to better engage your horse's left hind leg in a left shoulder in or a spiral out
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Don't ask for more trot than your horse can handle in your lengthenings and medium trot. Balance and rhythm are more important.
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Good jumping involves landing at the same speed as your take off.
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Quite often the "silly" spooker has a physical reason for that behavior - either pain or unresolved tension somewhere in their body.
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Don’t try to rebalance your unbalanced horse with one big, crude half halt. It won’t work. Intelligent use of figures, frequent transitions, and the use of multiple smooth and subtle half halts as needed, ridden within the rhythm of the horse’s stride, will bring you the best
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If your leg aids are too strong, your horse will either stiffen and brace against them, or quickly learn to tune them out. Every time you catch yourself applying a strong leg, stop and refresh your aids.
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"Your riding needs to take into account your horse's personality." ~ Jimmy Wofford
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Maintain your inside flexion and bending aids as needed through your transitions.
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When your horse is resisting, you feel the problem in your hands, but you generally fix it with your legs.
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Do you clench your teeth or have a tight jaw when you ride? Remember that horses tend to mirror their riders....
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"To be a really good coach you must read and draw on experiences from other sports and from life as well as from horses." ~ Yogi Breisner
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When riding any lateral movement on a straight line, be clear in how you straighten your horse at the end of the movement, and before turning through the next corner.
