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Stiff shoulders can easily cause a rider to have tense, tight hands. To relax your shoulders, take a deep breath in, and exhale... looking for the feeling that your shoulders and elbows drop and become supple.
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One of the horse's biggest evasions to suppling exercises, is that of moving his body laterally instead of bending. In other words, watch for the tendency to swing their haunches to the outside to avoid bend, like this "/", rather than this "(".
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"Many parents want to be best friends with their kids and don't set clear boundaries. Children and horses will always push boundaries to do or not do what they want to do. When very definite boundaries are set they will respect them. I find with horse this
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"I used to ride mostly Thoroughbreds. I don’t know if they’re more intelligent, but I find that they think for themselves a bit more than the warmbloods. With a warmblood I find I definitely have to do a lot more, and think a lot more for them.
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"The more leg you keep on your horse, the less electric they are." ~ Robert Dover
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Check on the symmetry of your position occasionally, by riding straight at a mirror or at a friend with a video camera.
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"Chipping in" and coming forward right to the base of a fence are two entirely different things. Horses will always produce the best jump when truly ridden forward to the base of the fence.
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"Keep your thumbs together so you know where your hands are. Your elbows loose and more elastic by your side." ~ Christopher Burton
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The sensitive type of horse is always aware of your breathing when you are riding them. Keeping your breathing calm and regular will give your horse confidence.
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"You are not a passenger. You are responsible for your horses ride." ~ Ingrid Klimke
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"Correctly understood, work on the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through the highest levels." ~ Egon von Neindorff
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"Stretch. And more stretching. It's good for him and he will like it." ~ Ingrid Klimke
