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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1953
Think of your brain as a densely wooded area with paths running through it. Whenever you are trying to learn how to do something new, you have to blaze new pathways in your brain.
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Guest Blog post # 105: "Meet the New USDF Dressage Tests" by Bill Woods
Not unlike the cicadas hatching out, every four years we are treated to a new set of dressage tests to complain about, habituate ourselves to, and then act like they’ve been this way forever. With some cycles there are big changes, but if the older ones were generally satisfactory,
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1952
Very often the "silly" spooker has a physical reason for acting that way - either pain or unresolved tension somewhere in their body.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1951
Any excessive closing of knees or thighs takes the rider's lower leg off of the horse. I feel it is more correct to wrap the entire leg around the horse for half halts and downward transitions - as if giving the horse a hug with your legs. This
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1950
Bend is NOT created with the inside rein. All that does is turn the horse's head and neck to the inside. The rider's inside leg should send the horse up into the outside rein - filling it up. That will create bend in the middle of
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Question # 342: Kayla has a question about how to set distances for jumping training, with a horse that has a shorter than average stride.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1949
I am a big believer in a system of continuity when training horses and riders. I think that the correct foundation should be laid out even at the most basic level. So that the rider does not need to go back and re-learn things as they progress. So much easier
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1948
"That they stay loose is the most important, the most mistakes are made when the riders start to collect them. Collection is not slower or shorter, collection is more cadence, more energy behind, and that only works with a really loose back, with suppleness – and that is what they
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1947
Notice that the stiffest tree is the most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending in the wind. Think about how this concept might apply to both horse and rider...
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1946
"The rider who can give the soonest has the prettiest horse" ~ Unknown
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