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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2593
The concept of collection is often best introduced to the horse in the canter, as that is very often the gait that the horse finds it easiest to learn how to "sit" more behind.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2592
Quality feedback needs to be very specific. It is not that helpful for an instructor to tell you that something was "good." They should be able to tell you what exactly was good about it, and why that quality is so important. This is the difference between merely
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2591
Jimmy Wofford quote on horses: "The worst of them sense our fears and take advantage of us. The best of them sense our dreams and take us there."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2590
Keeping your thumbs on top with your palms facing each other keeps your upper body stabilized when you ride.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2589
Trainers who insult and belittle their riders should find another line of work. Nobody tries to ride poorly.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2588
"The basic techniques, or what they call basics, are more difficult than what comes later, this is the 'Trap of Dressage.' Correct basics are more difficult than the piaffe and passage." ~ Conrad Schumacher
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2587
"When you don't have a confident position, it’s saying to people you don’t believe in yourself. So sit up, shoulders back, chin high, and ride your best test." ~ Robert Dover
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2586
"Everything comes back to this first thought of creating energy, trapping energy, recirculating energy, and directing energy into the beautiful things that we have in our mind that we create which becomes dressage." ~ Robert Dover
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2585
"When my elbows are supple and hinged, I'm less likely to tighten my forearms, and I'm more likely to recycle the energy from the hind end." ~ Becky Rickly
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2584
"It hardly needs to be mentioned that, in order to ride good corners in the arena, you have nothing more to do than to apply the same aids as for enlarging the circle. Just as we don’t need to mention that spiraling out on the circle is a
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2583
"Collection is indispensable, to bring the horse into the balance that makes him feel really, really educated. An educated horse in the balance, it means that he will live longer, it is healthy for the horse." ~ Rafael Soto
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2582
"Horses don’t come with a manual. The rider needs to know the aims of the training." ~ Susanne Miesner