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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2230
"Putting in those long slow miles when you can provides a great base to fall back on." ~ Catherine Norman
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2229
"I've been having riders glance at the brim of their helmets when they half halt. The change in upper body position is remarkable." ~ Laura Klecker
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2228
While it is important to have a plan when riding, you should always be ready to adapt that plan as necessary. Ultimately, you ride the horse and not the plan!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2227
The concept of collection is often best introduced to the horse in the canter, as that is 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 # 2226
Riders should practice jumping corner jumps, skinny jumps, and arrowheads with an approach from every possible angle, as course designers are increasingly setting up situations where your preferred line may be not an option.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2225
Riding with shorter stirrups will stretch out your leg and improve your shock absorbers.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2224
You will usually get more give from the horse when you ask more quietly and carefully.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2223
"Feel the hindleg in your hand, a steady hand. Today we have this fashion for hand riding, don’t copy fashion, what is important, is correctness. You must have elasticity from your shoulder to the horse’s mouth, a straight line, a steady connection and elasticity of hand."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2222
"Don’t ride to other people’s ability – always ride to your ability and your horse’s ability." ~ Andrew Hoy
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2221
"Suppleness means that the muscles contract and de-contract, and this has to go through the entire horse, it cannot be blocked in the middle of the back, and it also has to go through the rider." ~ Susanne Miesner
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2220
"We should read the old books because competition breeds a lot of false information. It breeds artificiality, it breeds exaggeration." ~ George Morris
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2219
"A mounted horse must convey the impression that horse and rider are cast in one piece and inspired by the same will." ~ Waldemar Seunig