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Tip/Quote of the Day # 911
Horses that have a smooth and naturally balanced gallop stride often have longer careers in this sport. Keep that in mind when looking for a prospect.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 910
Frequent transitions and half halts are ultimately what give you impulsion rather than speed from the energy in your horse's stride.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 909
"Relaxation is the bread and butter without which you cannot advance to stage two, balance." ~ Charles de Kunffy
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 908
"A horse with impulsion will display rounder, more fluid, and more continuous action and will develop supple joints and an elastic musculature. There is a subtle vibration in the impulsive horse's body." ~ Charles de Kunffy
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 907
From Facebook fan Andi Stockton Fox ~ "It's much easier to ride to the base of the fence when I am actively riding forward to the fence."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 906
When jumping, long stirrups might seem easier to you, but shorter stirrups (within reason, of course) will make you a better rider.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 905
When teaching, I am always on the lookout for signs that the horse might need a short stretching break. Sometimes it is something as subtle as a more anxious look in the horse's eyes. And sometimes it is more obvious, like the horse starts to become a little
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 904
"Stay dedicated to the quality of the basic gaits—the suppleness and balance of the walk, trot and canter. Then as you cultivate the movements, those gaits improve." ~ Volker Brommann
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 903
A rider's rigid elbows will cause the horse's back to become correspondingly rigid.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 902
If you think it doesn't matter if your horse drifts a tiny bit one way or the other when jumping, you are wrong. It almost always effects the horse's balance in a negative way.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 901
The more stable you are able to keep your outside rein connection, the more quickly your horse will learn to accept it. Stable, yet elastic... like a bungee cord.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 900
Imagine the rider's body as a tree… the rider's seat and core need to be engaged and strong like the tree trunk, their long draped legs are the roots, and their arms are supple movable branches.