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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1175
Strive for the feeling that two thirds of the horse is in front of you.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1174
If your horse is too sensitive to your leg, don't respond by taking your leg off. Simply practice lots of downward transitions to work on getting your horse to wait for you, while quietly accepting the presence of your legs lightly on his sides.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1173
"Necks that are pulled in stop the muscles of the back developing and interfere with the natural paces." ~ Reiner Klimke
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1172
From member Nancy Baxter Alchorn ~ "Better equitation goes a long way to fixing problems."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1171
Be extra careful when conditioning both young horses and older horses. Young horses have tendon/ligaments/bones that have not yet been strengthened. And the older horse’s ligaments and tendons tend to become less elastic and resilient over time.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1170
"If we ask novice riders how much of their focus is on the horse’s head, most of them, if they are honest, might say 80 percent. But the head is perhaps 10 percent of the horse’s body, so be sure you are not using 80 percent of
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1169
"Every horse is different and requires their own special attention; however, staying true to the basic principles of dressage and remembering that “art ends where violence begins” is an adage I have lived by." ~ Robert Dover
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1168
"If you act like you've only got 15 minutes, it will take all day. Act like you've got all day, and it wil take 15 minutes." ~ Monty Roberts
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1167
"When you are in the Comfort Zone, you can ride without thinking. In the Stretch Zone, you are working on something you can’t do by habit. In the Panic Zone, you can’t think clearly and are paralyzed. These zones apply to both horses and riders. If both
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1166
"I work quite a lot in the walk. What you and your horse can’t do slowly, you can’t do at the speed of trot or canter either." ~ Kyra Kyrklund
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1165
When jumping into deep water, you must approach at a slower pace. Too much speed jumping into deep water will make it much more likely for the horse to fall on landing.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1164
Riders who ride with stirrups that are even slightly too long are often the first ones to stand up and jump up the horse's neck when they get to a jump!