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On stretching the horse ~ "My father always said, think of stretching the nose to the sand. Think that as a rider you can always give more and more, the horse will tell you how much he really needs to open up, from the tail, right through the vertebrae, through
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"The outside rein keeps the horse straight, it controls the outside shoulder, it helps in the halts, it must always be a connecting feel. If the connection is too strong it blocks the inside hind leg. The contact must be elastic in both reins." ~ Gill Rolton
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The hindquarters are the engine, but you turn the horse by directing his shoulders.
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"For me to work with a horse, I have to like their movement, and the expression they have – and I don’t like mares. With a mare only one person can ride them, if you change the riders with a mare you will always get problems. I am not
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A calm yet mobile mouth means that the horse is light in the hand, and relaxed through the jaw and neck, which allows for easy swallowing.
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"For me, I love hot horses. The hotter and the crazier they are, the better. Lazy horses make police horses. Not interested. When you get to top level Grand Prix and you have to ride three days, the last thing you want to be doing is kicking through the
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"Once the horse is correctly on the aids (ie. taking the outside rein and therefore accepting the bit evenly, and as a result the rider has full control of the hind legs) we can procede with the straightening work on geometrically straight lines. This includes the long and short
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The highly sensitive type of horse can react very negatively to anything that is perceived as punishment. They are often also extra sensitive about being pushed too hard, too fast in training. Both can cause the very sensitive type of horse to begin to resent his job.
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"Today is the time of the cheap read. Read the old books. In the next generation that knowledge will be extinct." ~ George Morris
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From Facebook fan Kathy Wilson Rowe ~ "The more relaxed I can be, the more relaxed and responsive my horse is.......duh!"
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From member Kate Pacey Saulle ~ "When the horse knows more than you, open all channels to listen."
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The first few steps of any lateral exercise are generally the most beneficial. So shorter periods of lateral work interspersed more frequently into your schooling is often the most productive.
