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"Trust and respect are two-way streets. We want the horse to accept us as leaders of the herd, to guide them safely and to provide protection and comfort. In return, they will give us their respect, and willing submission to our ideas about what to do next, and
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"I am of the opinion, that you should ride a horse in the discipline for which he has talent." ~ Chris Bartle
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"I am so surprised/shocked that almost every time I ask even an advanced rider to ride without stirrups they moan or make a face. A serious rider should prefer riding without stirrups. I even have riders who have never ever ridden without stirrups. Come on teachers, let'
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"Don't ride to other people's ability. Always ride to your ability & your horse's ability." ~ Andrew Hoy
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The more narrow the fence that you are approaching, the more accurate and square your turn into the fence needs to be.
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Most of the time you will get more give from your horse when you ask and aid more quietly and carefully.
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Whether you are working on Dressage or Jumping, whenever you ride a specific exercise, make sure that you stay as quiet as possible with your aids, to let the exercise teach your horse.
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Whenever you have an awkward fence on course, more often than not you were losing some quality of your canter on the approach. Keep the quality of the canter the same, and all of the jumps on your course will ride in a similar manner.
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No matter if my father was training a very young horse, an eventer or a high-performance dressage horse, his training was always based on three principles: • Keep variety in the training • Take small steps • Foster the horse’s personality
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"One of the goals of dressage is to recreate the natural beauty of the horse’s gaits under the rider, so that the horse moves as beautifully under the weight of the rider as he does at liberty. In order to achieve this, the swinging of the horse’s
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If you don't ride a corner properly when in the Dressage ring, whatever movement you have next will be negatively effected.
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The more impulsion you have at any given moment, the more submission you need. And submission is not the same thing as subservience. Submission is the willingness of the horse to follow your instructions.
