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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3157
Shoulder fore is one of the best tools that you have for closing your horse up from behind (in collection.)
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3156
"Concentrate on the transitions, forward and back, build the activity from behind. When you bring the horse slightly back, you still have to push her forward to the hand, you can keep riding as long as you can feel the hind legs in your hand." ~ Susanne Miesner
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3155
"The true joy for the good dressage rider is found in watching a horse develop mentally and physically through successful training." ~ Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3154
"Never leave a resistant horse without reconciliation, even if you had to treat it very strictly on that particular day. Do not put it away until it obeys, but then a friendly relationship must be restored between trainer and horse. Always adhere to the principle: "The punishment is
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3153
"True straightness can only be approached when managed in conjunction with the other elemental structures of riding in which it is inextricably housed: forward and calm." ~ Erik Herbermann
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3152
You cannot hide your fear or lack of understanding from a horse. They always know.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3151
"When the horse is appropriately collected for the level of his test, the work looks easy." ~ Arthur Kottas-Heldenberg
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3150
"Just as the sculptor at first chisels the future outlines of his work of art with powerful blows out of the crude block of stone, and then lets it develop in increasingly finer detail in all its beauty, the aids of the rider must also become more and more
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3149
The use of the indirect inside rein to keep the horse from falling in is a crutch, and should only be used very briefly, if at all. Teach the horse to stand up straight by being obedient to the leg aids instead.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3148
"Lengthen the horse's top line so the bottom can engage. Any contracture of the top line will be counterproductive."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3147
The short side of the arena is a great place to show your horse's movement off to the Dressage judge. If your horse is in lovely self carriage, push your hands forward a bit and show it off!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3146
Do not forget your outside leg, in the circle of your bending aids.