Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4618
"If a horse won't stretch at the beginning of session, work on a contact sooner then stretch when he is ready." ~ Carl Hester
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4617
Too much inside rein is a common cause of horses missing their lead changes behind.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4616
When the rider uses too much hand, the horse's hind legs have no place to go, so they cannot stride normally.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4615
If you ride a nicely flowing forward free walk on loose reins long enough, horses very often begin to seek the contact on their own.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4614
"A horse with amazing gaits can cover up even the most un-amazing rider." ~ Steffen Peters
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4613
"Keep your hands down in front of the jump. Stop trying to control him with your hands, and control him with your seat." ~ Chris Bartle
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4612
"One of the goals of dressage is to recreate the natural beauty of the horse’s gaits under the rider, so that the horse moves as beautifully under the weight of the rider as he does at liberty. In order to achieve this, the swinging of the horse’s
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4611
"Instead of gunning it to a scary fence, hold the horses head between your hands, and his body between your legs, and keep a steady deliberate pace." ~ Sascha DeAngelo
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4610
"As the beginning of the session should be, the end of the session should be: long neck, stretch over the back, swing." ~ Carl Hester
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4609
Acceptance of the outside rein is key to resistance free downward transitions.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4608
You should feel like you have to ask your horse to stop, rather than simply "letting" him stop. If he stops when you let him, he is behind your leg.
Get your FREE daily tip here!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4607
To successfully maintain the elusive forward feeling hands, imagine that you are pushing a shopping cart as you ride forward into the bit.