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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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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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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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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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A horse can only be truly straight when they are equally laterally supple on both sides of their bodies.
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I heard Ingrid Klimke call a galloping jump a "rhythm fence." And that is a perfect way to look at it!
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"From half-halt to half-halt, you have to own the rhythm of their footfalls in each of the three gaits and the tempo or how fast they are going over every meter of ground in that gait." ~ Robert Dover
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On wrestling with the strong horse in front of a cross country fence: "If you can’t get them back, at least drop the reins and let them see the fence." ~ Clayton Fredricks
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Both horse and rider should learn to love that deep takeoff spot that comes from riding forward to the base of the jump. Otherwise they will be an accident waiting to happen.
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Strive to always keep your spine fully stretched upward when riding. When you slump, your head and shoulders will become heavy, and your horse will be more likely to become heavy in your hands.
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Don't be one of those riders who goes around turns like they're on a motorcycle instead of a horse!
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"As the beginning of the session should be, the end of the session should be: long neck, stretch over the back, swing." ~ Carl Hester
