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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1845
Keep your horse's back up into the halt by riding each step from behind into your receiving hand.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1844
We must sit in the middle and be centered when riding, even if our horse's one sidedness is trying to make us sit differently.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1843
Frequent quality transitions are the best way to confirm that your horse is listening equally to both the driving aids and the restraining aids.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1842
"Every horse is different, but you learn to compare, what to do in this moment with this particular horse, and that takes time. Dressage doesn’t go fast, this is the difference between our young riders and our more experienced riders." ~ Reiner Klimke
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1841
You have to think about how you can get into your horse's head, to win him over to your side, rather than trying to muscle him around. Horses usually seek where they are most comfortable. Always keep that in mind.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1840
"Through the energy of impulsion mobilized from within himself, the horse is now prepared, in his physique and emotional attentiveness, to respond instantly to the slightest indications to change his tempo, posture, direction or gait." ~ Waldemar Seunig
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1839
If you are too much "on guard" and ready for any possible shenanigans from your horse when riding, you might actually cause them. Your horse will feel your state of tension, and feed off of you.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1838
"Counter canter teaches the balance, and confirms the aids, and that balance means collection and self carriage." ~ Waldemar Seunig
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1837
"If you want a soft and responsive horse, you must be a soft and responsive human."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1836
"Today's [Dressage] horses have much more capacity, much more from the conformation, much more basic rideability. So for training it's much easier than those old masters." ~ Rudolf Zeilinger
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1835
"You are going to meet a fence one of three ways - short, right or long. Therefore you want to meet it on a stride that the horse can work from - a bouncy energetic canter - then he can add if he needs to and pat the ground, or say thanks
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1834
"If you think of a horse standing on four legs, then you can think of a normal bridge construction, the pillars in front, the pillars behind. The horse is naturally made to run, it is not built to carry weight by nature. That means that something has to change