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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3695
The fastest cross country horses are not necessarily the fastest horses in general, but the ones that are the easiest to set up for the jumps. So keep working on your horse's adjustability.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3694
"The volte is one of the most important movements you can ride. It is teaching the horse to bend in his ribcage, within his body, and then to maintain a rhythm – in the future this movement will become a half pass. We are working on control over the balance
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3693
"I try and have the feeling when I sit on a horse that I sit in the saddle, and my legs aren’t gripping around the horse — they just hang. At the sitting trot everyone wants to stop themselves from bouncing. What you have to do is let yourself
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3692
From Facebook fan Cherilyn Wright ~ "If things aren't going right at shows, take a break from competition and double up on lessons if you can."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3691
"Ride hotter horses with your leg on, and lazy horses with your leg off." ~ Charlotte Dujardin
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3690
"Good style is effective style." ~ Bill Steinkraus
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3689
When your horse is messing about with his leads or tossing his head between jumps on course, don’t let it distract you from what is most important - the rhythm and balance of your canter.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3688
"I try to ask the hind leg behind me, then transport with my own body, with my head, and with my position, this power into my hands and into the mouth. Then I have a light connection from behind to the mouth, and I think that’s the point,
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3687
Every time you pull back on the inside rein, you block the horse's inside hind leg from stepping fully underneath his body.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3686
If you shorten the reins when your horse is not yet thinking forward, they are likely to become even more stuck and behind your leg. Make sure your horse is thinking forward first!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3685
A "quick fix" rarely ever truly fixes anything.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3684
Acceptance of the outside rein is key to resistance free downward transitions.