Get your FREE daily tip here!
Your horse can feel whether or not you have a strong, detailed plan of how to ride your jumping course or dressage test. And he will gain confidence in you if he feels you are confident in your plan.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
From Facebook fan Barbara Martin ~ "What happens on the ground is just as important as what goes on in the saddle. Make sure you are giving clear signals to your horse as to who is in charge. We forget this sometimes, I think!"
Get your FREE daily tip here!
"I was riding in a warm-up ring with Bill Steinkraus--you know, the greatest rider America has ever produced? That Bill Steinkraus?--and I asked him, on average, how many fences on a course of ten does he get to accurately. He thought about it and said "
Get your FREE daily tip here!
From Facebook fan Joan Dunlap ~ "If your horse's SI joint is compromised so is their ability to come through from behind with any ease." -- This is SO important, as most horses with sacroiliac issues don't show a lot of signs, so pain in this
Get your FREE daily tip here!
When a horse is crooked his energy gets stopped up like water in a hose with a kink in it.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
If your horse is behind your leg or inattentive, he is challenging your authority to some degree.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
"A horse 'held in shape' by his rider is only posturing in a seemingly correct outline, usually for the benefit of the inexperienced observers." ~ Charles de Kunffy
Get your FREE daily tip here!
"One should avoid resistances, instead of trying to conquer them." ~ Unknown
Get your FREE daily tip here!
"Anything forced or misunderstood, can never be beautiful." ~ Xenophon
Get your FREE daily tip here!
On instructors that use demeaning coaching methods ~ "Let’s not kid ourselves, despite what we see in sports films and hear in the bar, it’s almost impossible to find any research that shows consistent negativity, or a regular pattern of insults, is beneficial to learning and performance in
Get your FREE daily tip here!
There is no point in working on flying changes until you have the right canter. Start before they are truly ready, and you run the risk of making the flying change forever an anxiety filled movement for the horse.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
If you only do a two point position when you are galloping, you don't really give yourself a chance to get fit enough to maintain this position throughout a whole cross country course. If you put in the effort and spend plenty of time in the two point
