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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3755
"There is no miracle. There is no magic wand. It is just education, trying to be as clear to the horses as you can. When I give an aid, is the horse going to understand?" ~ Emile Faurie
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3754
"Trust and respect are two-way streets. We want the horse to accept us as leaders of the herd, to guide them safely and to provide protection and comfort. In return, they will give us their respect, and willing submission to our ideas about what to do next, and
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3753
"Create a work station on your yard, where everything to do with work happens – for example, tacking up and washing off – and keep his stable for relaxation only. Then your horse knows he can totally relax when he's in his stable and won't be expected
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3752
"A major consideration concerning the horse’s posture in all lateral movements is the bend in the rib cage behind the withers. For achieving this bend is the foundation for the suppleness of the entire horse. One will never achieve this bend if one rides the lateral movements on
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3751
For a horse to be able to be truly straight, they have to be equally laterally supple on both sides of their body.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3750
Horses love boundaries. They often cannot relax until you show them exactly what those boundaries are.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3749
When your horse gets too low with his head, it is NOT an effective correction to attempt to lift his head with your hands. Even if that does succeed in raising your horse's head, it creates a hollow back. Only lowering the quarters raises the front end correctly.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3748
With horses that like to curl their neck and become over bent, the rider needs to be careful not to get their reins too short. This will cause the horse to stay too short in the neck. Think of having longer arms that are always reaching towards the horse’s
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3747
"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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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3746
"With the bend on the circles and in movements like the travers, it is important to use as little inside rein as possible. If you need the inside rein, there is something wrong with the earlier work." ~ Christoph Hess
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3745
The more you can find a deep, plugged in seat in the down phase of the rising trot, the more you can sort of "suck" the horse’s back up into your seat in the rising phase.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3744
"It is wonderful to use the ‘forward and down’ stretching exercise as part of the daily work. We also must keep in mind a suitable balance between work and rest periods during any ride, and we need to schedule adequate days off work and days spent hacking outdoors. Physically