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Always use both reins together to steer, especially when jumping. Using one rein only turns the horse's nose. Using both reins turn the horse at the shoulders, which means his body will more accurately follow your chosen line.
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"Given all that we ask of [our horses], the least we can do as riders is look after them well and make sure they're as happy as possible. Mine spend a lot of time out in the fields at home. I try to vary their work and
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"A GREAT instructor gives you the tools to ride and create the movement needed for progression." ~ Brenda Nelson Jenson
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"There's no such thing as Dressage for Eventers and Dressage for Dressage riders. It's all just Dressage." ~ Carl Hester
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If your horse is heavy on one rein, and empty in the other - fight your instincts to take back on the heavier rein. It won't help. Instead focus on engaging the hind leg on the heavier side to put the horse more up into the opposite rein.
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"A good horseman must be a good psychologist. Horses are young, childish individuals. When you train them, they respond to the environment you create. You are the parent, manager and educator. You can be tender or brutal. But the goal is to develop the horse's confidence in
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Ride smarter, not harder. If riding starts to feel too much like hard work, figure out how you can use a more intelligent technique to make yourself more effective as a rider.
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"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
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Just as the tail shows the state of the horse's back under saddle, the mouth shows the state of the horse's jaw. Don't stifle that feedback by clamping your horse's mouth tightly shut. Your noseband (and flash, if you use one) should
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What a rider feels in their hands within the rein connection is a direct correlation to the state of the horse's back and hindquarters.
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"The basic techniques, or what they call the basics, are more difficult than what comes later, this is the Trap of Dressage. Correct basics are more difficult than the piaffe and passage." ~ Conrad Schumacher
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"Flex your horse to the outside when necessary to improve the horse's acceptance of the connection." ~ Chris Bartle
