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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2888
You should feel like you have to ask your horse to stop, rather than "just letting" him stop. If he stops when you let him, he is behind your leg.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2887
On selecting a horse for Dressage: "It’s always with each horse the first view: it’s elasticity, the basic movement, the trot, the canter, the walk, then you have to think how it could look after a while, after the gymnastic – how can I build up the muscles?
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2886
Make sure that you are truly letting your horse set the pace of the progression for both training and competing. Pushing too hard, too soon will usually result in having to go back and start over.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2885
When your horse is messing about with his leads or tossing his head between jumps on course, don’t let it distract you from what is most important - the rhythm of the striding.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2884
"What is most important is how the horse travels between the jumps." ~ Bill Steinkraus
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2883
For a good rein connection, the wrist should be part of the straight line that extends down the rider's arm. So the knuckles should point towards the bit as well as the rider's arm. Only if it follows that line exactly will the connection be perfect.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2882
A horse can only truly engage their hind legs when they are relaxed through their entire topline. Relaxation is always first.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2881
"I have struggled with my right leg/side since I broke my ankle. My trainer had me working on my hip position and my leg got better. It's not always where you think you have the issue that fixes it." ~ Mikki Schattilly
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2880
If a horse doesn't want to stretch down at the end of a workout when the rider offers, that almost always means that the horse was not working properly through its body, and the rein connection wasn't true.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2879
"No complicated riding before the horses are going truly forward. In dressage, the difficulties are often created by a lack of good basic work (which is the foundation of the house)." ~ Nuno Oliveira
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2878
If you are nervous right before you enter the show ring, take a moment to talk to and pet your horse. And make it genuine, no matter how your warm up went! It will relax both of you, and help you to focus.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2877
Interval training is one of the safest ways to develop the horse's ability to do more work over longer periods of time, as it helps to prevent fatigue and a build up of lactic acid in the muscles.