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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2327
A horse can become lazy or unresponsive to the aids within a single ride. It's up to YOU as the rider to make sure he stays responsive to light aids.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2326
Every exercise should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Try to slow your mind up and feel each stage of the process.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2325
You shorten and collect the stride with exercises that change the horse's balance - not by pulling on the reins.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2324
"Riders make it so complicated, and they end up with mental overload. If at any stage you have difficulties in your riding, if you take it back to that basic drill: Can I go forward? Can I stop? Can I turn right? Can I turn left? Is the horse
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2323
A strong back is necessary for the horse to be able to achieve and maintain self carriage and collection for any length of time under a rider. Asking for too much too soon can cause your horse to resent his work.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2322
"We cannot touch the mouth until the horse is making enough energy that it’s safe to touch him in the mouth." ~ Laura Graves
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2321
The half pass helps to develop the brilliance of the medium and extended trot, by increasing hip and stifle flexibility, and freeing up the horse's shoulders.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2320
The horse's balance and lightness (or lack thereof) will be particularly evident in the downward transitions.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2319
The rider who keeps their weight too far forward at the gallop will cause their horse to gallop on the forehand. When the rider's weight (center of gravity) is correctly above the center of the saddle at the gallop, the horse will be able to more easily gallop
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2318
"When you look at two horses in an arena, on one side the big Warmblood that finds it hard to be short and quick, but has a power jump, or you have the beautiful Thoroughbred that finds it easy to be short and quick, and if you can just
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2317
"I want to re-emphasize my point that the x-c galloping position I teach is based on scientific research, not on opinion or intuition. Although we are suspended above the ground by the strength and power of our horses, we do not suspend the Laws of Physics when
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2316
"Correct dressage training, is, therefore, a natural gymnastic exercise for the horse, which hardens its strength and supples its limbs. Such exercise causes the strong parts of its body to work harder in favour of the weaker ones. The latter are strengthened by gradual exercise, and hidden forces, held