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Tip/Quote of the Day # 947
The horse that wants to fall out on circles should work more often on a square figure than a circle, until the rider has better control of the outside of the horse's body.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 946
Don't just get a good canter and then forget about it, you need to think about the quality of your canter every stride all the way to every jump.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 945
“You don’t go to competitions to see how good you are, you go to show how good you are!” ~ Bruce Davidson
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 944
"Don't jump 4'6" over 2'6"." ~ Jimmy Wofford
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 943
When your horse stretches, you cannot follow him with your posture, rounding your shoulders and leaning forward - or you will be encouraging him to fall onto the forehand.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 942
The horse points his nose at what he wants to see in focus. This is why we want our horse's head and nose UP on the approach to their fences, and why we need to allow them to lower their heads and look at the takeoff of an
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 941
What do we want from our horses over fences? Consistency and balance. If we as riders are more consistent and balanced with our own position as we ride a course, we make achieving that with the horse much easier.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 940
When your horse is spooking, don't stare at whatever it is that they are looking at. Look where you want to go, and don't let any of his antics change your focus.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 939
One of the biggest reasons riders meet resistance when attempting to control their horse's canter is that they stop following the motion of the horse's head and neck with their elbows.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 938
There must always be a medium trot or canter within your collected gait. If you feel that you could not simply release your collected trot or canter into a medium gait, then you do not have true collection - you merely have a horse that is going slowly.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 937
Especially in front of really wide rampy jumps, it is tempting for riders to soften the reins too much, to sort of "help" the horse to go forward. The bigger the jump, and the faster the speed on the approach, the more important it is for the rider
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 936
Riders with short arms need to ride with longer reins.