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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2412
"Good young horses are bred, but good advanced horses are trained." ~ Sam Griffiths
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2411
"I never really work a horse for longer than four or five minutes [at a time.] I want to take a quick break, and then we go again. Any of you who’ve worked out know how much a break of 30 seconds can help. It gets some oxygen
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2410
On asking the horse to work for an hour... "Don’t forget he has 23 hours to sleep." ~ Carl Hester
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2409
From Facebook fan Racheal Hawkins-Cox ~ "Compressing forward energy creates more power at the jumps."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2408
"I want any rider approaching any jump to concentrate on rhythm. They should concentrate on HOW they get there, not where they get to." ~ Jimmy Wofford
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2407
It is SO easy to let bad habits creep into your riding. This is why you must have eyes on the ground - no matter what level you ride at!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2406
"Beware of the modern day notion that a person can 'invent' a new horse training method. There are no quick and easy ways. Truth is that the training of a horse is a study, a craft, an art. Training takes patience and the knowledge develops over many
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2405
Remember that even a COW can jump a 3 foot fence from a standstill... if it wants to. So never worry about whether or not your horse has enough scope to do lower level eventing or jumping. The bigger issue is whether or not you can keep him balanced at
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2404
The key to a successful transition back into a working trot after a stretching trot is to ride forward as you are adjusting the reins, while maintaining the bend. Note that "forward" does not mean faster! Read all about forward here.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2403
Riding out in the fields over undulating terrain helps a rider to develop a good, solid seat much more quickly than riding around and around in the ring.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2402
To be the most successful when dealing with horses, you need to be a fair, calm, and confident "herd leader" to them, whether in the saddle or on the ground.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2401
Every time you pull back on the inside rein, you block your horse's inside hind leg from stepping fully underneath his body.