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Tip/Quote of the Day # 325
Something to say to yourself often when riding - "Strong seat and core, and soft elbows"
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 324
Lots of little demands... ie riding a little forward and a little back, will not only keep your horse sharp to those aids, but will help to keep his attention on you.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 323
Counter bend is a great tool when your horse tries to bulge against your outside aids. And following that up with a change of direction backs that aid up even further, and will make your horse have more respect for it.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 322
You don't get a supple horse by trotting round and round the arena - so don't stay in the same pace or movement for too long. Lots of turns, circles, and transitions will be the most beneficial.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 321
"It is not our horses job to understand our language, it is our job to understand theirs" ~ Reiner Klimke
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 320
The horse should always set the pace of the progression of both training and competing. Pushing too hard, too soon will usually result in having to go back and start over.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 319
If you want to be able to soften the reins without your horse speeding up, make sure you think about relaxing all driving aids (seat and leg) when you give the rein.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 318
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 317
Just as a horse needs to be relaxed throughout his body to be honestly through and connected from behind on the flat, a horse needs to be relaxed throughout his body to jump with the best technique that he is capable of.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 316
When a rider "hangs on to" or uses too much inside rein, it can create stiffness, resistance, head tilting, and often the loss of control of the horse's outside shoulder.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 315
Riding lots of transitions within the gait (i.e. a little more trot, to a few steps of a quieter, slower trot - and then back to forward again), will make your horse more attentive, responsive, and longitudinally supple.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 314
"In training, make jumping the reward" ~ Jimmy Wofford