Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1963
Riding is like a marriage between the horse and rider. Don’t let the familiarity trick you into doing the same thing over and over.
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Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1962
"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
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1961
"You should recognize that your equine partner has an eye of its own when jumping and allow a good horse to have some role in the decision making process." ~ Frank Chapot
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1960
"Contact doesn't only refer to the hands, reins, and bit, but to the whole rider. A rider must give the horse contact through his entire seat. This means that his legs must lay gently against the horse's body, his seat must be balanced and supple,
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Guest Blog post # 106: "By the Numbers" by Bill Woods
(“. . . how unfair that is!”) If your personal bubble is sufficiently opaque, if after your test ride you go right back to the barn and feed carrots till the rest of the class is over, the following probably doesn’t apply to you. If you watch other rides and score them
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1959
"It’s important that the rider doesn’t disturb the horse – leaning this way or that – and that is the same with this pulling and pushing. You give a half halt, but half halt is not just pull back and then let go. First of all you have to
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 13: "Don't just set your goals...ATTAIN them."
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1958
"It takes ten years learning how to sit on a horse without getting in his way. It takes another ten years learning how to influence the horse, and then a further ten years learning how to influence him without getting in his way!" ~ Unknown — No wonder it takes
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1957
We have to teach the horse to love to learn.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1956
Think of letting your knees fall down and back to lengthen your leg in Dressage. This can help to prevent the dreaded "chair seat."
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1955
When doing a turn on the haunches or a pirouette, the rider must keep their weight centered over the horse, with an engaged inside seat bone. I see far too many riders (at all levels) letting their weight fall to the outside, which is a hindrance to their horse in
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1954
For a horse to be really good at jumping out of a deep distance, they need to have an understanding of how to shorten their stride without losing any hind leg engagement. This is why it is SO important that you do NOT pull on the reins when you feel