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Riding with stirrups that are too long might seem easier to you when you are jumping, but they are actually making it much more difficult for you to naturally follow your horse's jumping motion. Shorter stirrups (within reason, of course) will make you a better rider over fences.
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"The cavalletti help you stay in the rhythm, because sometimes horses make one stride a little bit bigger than the other and that means loss of rhythm, it must be stride, stride, stride, all in rhythm, and not one stride small, one big." ~ Ingrid Klimke
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"Your reins are not your seat belt. They are not the handlebars either. They are the brakes. Ride with your legs!" ~ Serah Vogus
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If you don’t know where you want to go, just about any road will take you there. The more specific your goals, the more accurately specific your plans and actions need to be. True in riding, and in life.
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One of the most important things for riders to remember is that we do this for FUN! Make sure that you remind yourself of this often. If you access more of the fun in your riding, your horse will usually go better.
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"From half-halt to half-halt, you have to own the rhythm of the horse's 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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"You want your horse off, around and ahead of your inside leg." ~ Christine Traurig
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"To ensure that you have the correct bend in the haunches-in, imagine wrapping your horse's body around your inside leg." ~ Charlotte Bredahl-Baker
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Think of revving your horse's engine when you collect, as if you are shifting into a lower gear.
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To create a more uphill feeling when spiraling in on a circle, imagine that you are going UP a spiral staircase. With each stride inward on the spiral, grow taller and think about going up an imaginary step.
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"Don't take the tempo down without revving the horse's engine." ~ Chris Bartle This is SO important!!
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"Collection is the gathering of the energy – not something you get by using the reins. It is something you get by using your seat and legs." ~ Marilyn Payne
