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"When selecting a French Link snaffle ensure the middle link is not too long, and that the holes are big enough for the bit to move freely. This will ensure your horse is comfortable in the contact." ~ Robert Dover
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"Have a high standard for giving aids in a really clear, correct way. If the aids are that obvious, that’s not dressage. Educate your horse so that he responds to gentle leg pressure." ~ Steffen Peters
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When a rider's hands are rising, many times this is because of tense, drawn up shoulders.
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The lazier type of horse will often do best with a little gallop around before any Dressage work.
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"Since the criteria of a correct seat are the same as the criteria of good posture in general, being constantly attentive to one’s bearing when standing or walking is excellent training. A correct vertical posture of the head and the trunk on horseback is not a special posture
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Use the corner after the jump to get your horse back to you if necessary. Use the corner on the turn into the next jump to elevate the horse's front end.
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"Matching expression with suppleness — that is dressage!" ~ Steffen Peters
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"The art of cross country is allowing your horse to gallop along in rhythm and jump out of his stride." ~ Andrew Hoy
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"I never met a takeoff spot I didn't like." ~ Jimmy Wofford
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It is hard to maintain tension in the body when smiling. Make yourself smile when you feel tension creeping in.
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Don't wait until the horse is doing something perfectly to reward. You must reward the horse when he begins to go in the right direction of the correct response, however slightly that may be.
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In the Dressage ring, you must look at each of the corners as your friend! Every corner is an opportunity to improve your horse's carriage and connection.
