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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3043
Land from a jump thinking about what you are going to do next. Don't land thinking about what you just did.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3042
If you love your horse, teach him to have good manners, both on the ground and under saddle. A horse with good manners is more likely to end up in a good home if the unexpected happens.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3041
"Engage the [horse's] hind legs, sit on them, and then take the slack out of the reins." ~ Thomas Ritter
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3040
FAR too many riders bend the horse's neck when asked for more bend. That is not what we want! We want bend in the horse's ribcage. Which is achieved by asking for a hint of a lateral step with the rider's inside leg, into
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3039
"The drama of riding is that, despite all the knowledge of riders, the horse has reflexes faster than humans." ~ Nuno Oliveira
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3038
Your horse's tense jaw will magically unlock when their back muscles relax and begin to swing with the movement.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3037
A tip for all of the instructors out there... When a student has a lightbulb moment during a riding lesson, ask them to explain it you in their own words. This way it becomes even more cemented in their own mind, and you can more easily help them find it
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3036
The rein back is an underutilized and very often incorrectly performed exercise. To be truly beneficial to the horse, it has to be performed steadily and in a relaxed way. And most importantly straight, while on a soft rein, so that the horse is not jammed together from front to
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3035
If you are able to follow your horse's mouth with a consistently elastic feel, he will learn to trust your hand so fully, that he will lose the desire to escape it.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3034
Your rein connection should have suppleness in it, allowing it to breathe along with the horse's movement. It must remain a living, breathing thing - never rigid.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3033
A horse can only be truly straight when they are equally laterally supple on both sides of their bodies.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3032
I heard Ingrid Klimke call a galloping jump a "rhythm fence." And that is a perfect way to look at it!