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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3743
Square turns aid in building collection, in both Dressage and jumping.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3742
"I teach riders to adjust their reins within three strides on level ground (after a drop fence), and I want them seated between elements of a combination. This will give the rider more stability plus a wider and more sophisticated range of aids." ~ Jimmy Wofford
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3741
From Facebook fan Dana Ferguson ~ "Moving through the levels is really dependent on the bar that you raise for straightness. The more cognizant and careful you are to maintain it, the more the horse can work in true collection."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3740
"Every pull and resistance in the horse's neck originates in the back." ~ Stefan Wolff It’s not the mouth, jaw, or neck that is the real problem, even when it feels like it is!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3739
Be careful to not miss any possible opportunity to shorten your reins when your horse changes his balance in the direction of increased collection. If you do miss it, and are riding with a length of rein that was more appropriate to the longer, lower frame that you had previously.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3738
Part of being a good cross country rider is having the ability to ride forward at the fences even when your horse is strong. Riding backwards at cross country complexes can cause all sorts of problems.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3737
If you are using a stronger bit correctly you will be riding off of feather light aids. And that can be way kinder than ripping their face off with a snaffle bit.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3736
"You are going to meet a fence one of three ways - short, right or long. Therefore you want to meet it on a stride that the horse can work from - a bouncy energetic canter - then he can add if he needs to and pat the ground, or say thanks
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3735
"What is Feel? Feel is the invisible quality in every good rider who is communicating with her horse in harmony. She can perceive where the horse is during every step because he accepts the rider’s seat, leg and rein aids through the connection. The rider can then communicate
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3734
"Riders who lean back are driving the horse down in front. If they sit too strong, behind the vertical, then they are pushing the horse down, through and into the hand." ~ Carl Hester
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3733
"In front of your leg means your horse keeps his free wheel going on his own." ~ Carl Hester
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3732
"At its finest, horse and rider are joined not by tack, but by trust. Each is totally reliant upon the other. Each is the selfless guardian of the other’s very well being." ~ Michael Plumb