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If you rely on your knee grip to keep you in the saddle when jumping, you will usually be one stumble, buck, or sideways spook away from becoming unseated. Sinking into your heels and keeping an even leg distribution on the horse will give you the most security over fences.
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With very sensitive horses, you sometimes have to consciously "open" your seat, leg, and hand on the side you are trying to leg yield towards, so that they feel more invited to move in that direction.
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"The first thing to think in half-halt is to make it invisible to those watching on, which is easier said than done." ~ Carl Hester
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"There is one principle that should never be abandoned when training a horse, namely, that the rider must learn to control himself before he can control his horse. This is the basic, most important principle to be preserved in equitation." ~ Alois Podhajsky
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The upper arm belongs to the rider's seat, while the rider's lower arm belongs to the horse, and should be forward feeling at all times.
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"May every rider strive for a better connection with his or her horse by observation, closer understanding and patient groundwork. It matters not what discipline is pursued, only that there be a perfectly balanced union between the two – man and horse – so that the two become one." ~ Frederic
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"If you can't feel your own body, good luck feeling what your horse is doing." ~ Anne Kursinski
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"The seat and weight aids are supporting aids. They support either a leg or rein aid, or both. Don’t underestimate their significance though. They are important aids, especially in the fine tuning of advanced horses. The leg and rein aids will fail to achieve their full effectiveness without
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If your breastplate is fairly tight when your horse is standing still, you will be preventing your horse from being able to use his shoulders at all as he moves and jumps. Make sure there is enough room to put a fist between the middle of the breastplate and the
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You will generally have more options when you approach a jump off of a shorter, bouncier stride with lots of activity in the hind legs.
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When jumping in muddy or deep conditions, you need extra impulsion. Make sure you have it before you need it.
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Dressage is natural for horses, but that does not mean it is always easy for them. Since we cannot explain to them why we are asking them to do things that require increased effort, and go against their natural instincts to do things in the easiest way possible - we
