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Tip/Quote of the Day # 923
A half halt will not "go through" unless your horse is relaxed in the back and at least somewhat connected.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 922
“My Father always strived for Olympic glory, but he was well aware that he would not reach this goal if he took shortcuts. He knew it was better to wait than rush a horse’s training. Our highest aim is to make our horses more beautiful and keep them healthy
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 921
"Don't look at your steering wheel, look at the road." ~ Chris Bartle
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 920
When the horse is at a level where they are ready for it, mixing up a few strides of shoulder in, a few of half pass, a few more of shoulder in, to a few steps of renvers is a great way to keep your horse sharp to your aids,
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 919
When horses carry tension in their back, it usually shows up one of these two ways: Either the tension incites their flight response, and they want to rush, rush, rush…. or because they don't like the way their bodies feel they become "stuck," and it becomes
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 918
It is possible to have contact without a real connection (in fact it is quite common unfortunately), but a true connection always involves good contact. The connection involves the horse's entire body… with energy created in the horse's hind legs traveling through the horse's
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 917
A horse's balance, or lack thereof, is most evident in downward transitions.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 916
The time to think about each jump and the particular questions that it may ask is when you are walking your course. Once on course, keep thinking about maintaining the quality of your canter, and let the jumps just get in the way.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 915
A great way to introduce flying lead changes to your Event horse is when out galloping in a field. It is quite natural for them to change leads cleanly when galloping strongly (when they are also in balance.) So this can be used to our advantage to help them understand
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 914
As you finish a course, ask yourself if you are finishing with the same pace that you started with. If the answer is no… the next question you need to ask yourself is which speed was better for your horse's jumping - the way you started, or the way
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 913
"To get TB's (which easily can get hollow and short necked and tight in the back) to stay loose, swinging and over their back you sometimes let them go a bit "deep" to start, then always going to engaging exercises to bring the poll up.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 912
When working on trot/walk transitions, if you feel your horse is being lazy with one hind leg in the transition, do a few steps of leg yield off of that leg before moving on - making sure your horse is hot to that lateral aid.