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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2780
The horse should be just as much "on the aids" and "between your leg and hand" when he is in a stretching frame, as he is in a working frame.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2779
Transitions work to engage the horse's mind as well as his hind legs.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2778
Don't wait until the horse is doing something perfectly to reward. You must reward the horse when he begins to go in the right direction of the correct response, however slightly that may be. How else will the horse know that he has the right idea??
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2777
Always look for the feeling that there is a medium gait contained within your collected gait. If you don't feel that you could simply release your collected trot or canter into a medium gait, then you do not have true collection - You merely have a horse that is
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2776
Similar to the way the horse is "in front of your leg" when he is responsive to a light forward aid and thinking forward on his own, he also needs to be "in front of" your inside leg to be responsive and bending properly.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2775
From Facebook fan Racheal Hawkins-Cox ~ "Compressing forward energy creates more power at jumps."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2774
The sign of a good rider is that their aids are so light, smooth, and nearly invisible that you can barely notice them.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2773
"Most alleged training ‘innovations’ aren’t really new but were actually dismissed as useless centuries ago." ~ Klaus Balkenhol
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2772
"Dressage is the most important because it teaches our horses to place all their power and athleticism at our disposal." ~ Jimmy Wofford
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2771
To succeed in the sport of Eventing, you need to be as motivated by your failures as much as you are by your successes.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2770
"The first step to getting our horses in self-carriage is getting ourselves in self-carriage. Core strength is a big part of that." ~ Carl Hester
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2769
Always have more time than your horse.