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As a rider you "are" where your center of gravity is, not where your shoulders are. This means to ensure you are not ahead of your horse's motion, you need to keep your hips back over the horse's center of gravity.
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“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” ~ Dale Carnegie
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Riding lots of transitions back and forth between trot and canter is a good way to loosen up a horse that is tight or stiff in the loin area.
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Try to let go of old baggage... and ride the horse you are on at the moment.
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Asking a horse to bend before instilling the basic understanding of lateral aids is like asking a child to read sentences before he first learns the alphabet. Check out this article for a description of how to teach the lateral aids.
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From Facebook fan Heather Shanda, "There are many articles about "teaching" your horse to halt square. But if the horse comes into the halt equally balanced over his two hind legs he will halt squarely all on his own. If the left hind leg is always trailing,
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If your reins are even slightly too long, you will have more of a tendency to take back and act backwards on the reins to control your horse. Only if your reins are short enough for the situation can you be in control while riding truly forward and into the
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Very true quote from Facebook fan Anne Rawle, "Never teach a horse something you don't want him to learn."
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"Use lots of forward and back transitions within the canter to spice up the hind leg." ~ Carl Hester
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Horses usually mirror their riders. If your horse is tense, check yourself. If your horse is crooked, check yourself. If your horse is distracted, check yourself. If you want your horse to carry himself properly, make sure you are carrying yourself properly on his back.
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From our Facebook fan Heather Salamone, "Don't groom a shedding horse right after applying chapstick." And I will add body clipping to that! :)
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Always make any necessary adjustments early on in the approach to a jump. The last few strides belong to the horse - who will only be able to jump to the best of their ability if the rider remains stable and doesn't interfere at that point.
