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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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Be VERY careful who you train with! It only takes a single poor decision or moment of bad judgement to nearly ruin a horse!
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"I don't want riders who work physically hard. Work by thinking." ~ Nuno Oliveira
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"A significant portion of the art of dressage lies in your ability to differentiate between the positive tension of focused athletic effort, and the negative tension of resistance, fear, and anxiety." ~ Katherine Bateson Chandler
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Horses that are truly moving with a relaxed and happily swinging back will not give you a feel of a "locked jaw" in your hands. Any resistance that you feel in your hand while riding ALWAYS starts in the horse's back.
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To get the best out of a horse with a sense of humor, you must be a rider with a sense of humor. 🙂
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When a horse is equally laterally supple in both directions, it will be evident in the ease of which you are able to perform changes of bend and direction.
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Too much repetitive motion (of any one thing... trotting, cantering, circling, hills, jumping, leg yielding, etc) can easily cause fatigue, soreness, boredom, or a sour attitude. It is best to mix things up in your training.
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"When introducing new questions make sure they are fair, but don’t over prepare the horse. Let him find out it’s an oxer/filler/bounce when he gets there. They need to learn to react and make quick decisions." ~ Eric Smiley
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"All riders need very loose joints - loose hips, loose shoulders, loose elbows, loose knees, loose ankles. When I say loose I don’t mean uncontrollably loose, but they need to have a very good range of motion, and an absence of unwanted tension. A lot of riders when they
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Both horses and riders ultimately learn from and cement behaviors through repetition. This is why you need to make sure that you are repeating things CORRECTLY.
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Maintain your good score for your trot or canter lengthenings by performing a clear, precise, and active transition back to the working gait at the end of the lengthening.
