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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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"The less we do on cross country, the easier we are on our horses. Learn how to be more still, touch their mouth only when you need too, plan your turns. The lighter we are with them galloping between fences we save their bodies and legs." ~ William fox
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"To become a rider it is not enough to be able to sit elegantly on a horse. Even a good seat and balance does not make you a ‘rider’. To be able to ride you must be able to influence your horse and to extract the best performance from
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Teach the lazy horse to think forward coming out of every corner, in both Dressage and Jumping.
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Lateral work can be used to steady and improve the regularity of the rhythm of your horse’s gaits. Particularly with horses that want to rush and/or become irregular, asking for a little shoulder in, leg yield, or a few steps of spiral in or out, can help them
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"The volte is one of the most important movements you can ride. It is teaching the horse to bend in his ribcage, within his body, and then to maintain a rhythm – in the future this movement will become a half pass. We are working on control over the balance
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"Think of your elbows as hinges, bent, hands level and together. Sit square and even in the saddle. Open your knees, open your thigh, let the weight go to your heels, keep your knee soft." ~ Gill Rolton
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If you don’t ride and train in such a way that your horse learns to listen to your seat, you will usually find that you have to use a lot more hand to get things done.
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Control the length of your reins by keeping your thumb closed tightly on top of the reins. If you attempt to do so by keeping ALL of your fingers closed very tightly, you will risk tightening your forearms as well.
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"If I can open the frame a bit more [meaning a longer neck], it is easier for the horses to work in their body, and in their back." ~ Hubertus Schmidt
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From Facebook fan Kristen Wiley ~ "Going forward into the outside rein in the corners really does prevent loss of balance! Who knew?!?"
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Studying riding theory will make you a better rider or trainer in many ways. Trainers need a knowledge base broad enough to enable them to apply the appropriate system for each horse/rider combination in front of them. Riders need to thoroughly understand what they are trying to do and
