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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1787
"The idea of Dressage is to be able to slow your horse down while using your legs, rather than by using your reins." ~ Christoph Hess
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1786
"No complicated riding before the horses are going truly forward. In dressage, the difficulties are often created by a lack of good basic work (which is the foundation of the house.)" ~ Nuno Oliveira
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1785
"Riding: The dialogue between two bodies and two souls aimed at establishing perfect harmony between them." ~ Waldemar Seunig
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Quin's Blog post # 4: Praising the Snort
As I'm carefully bringing Grimm back into full work, one important factor keeps coming to the fore: relaxation. And boy, sometimes that's a hard one! The tension in his back is ever-present at this point because he doesn't have the stamina yet to trot
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1784
From Facebook fan Judi Martin ~ "Distal dexterity [precise control of your limbs] is dependent upon core stability."
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1783
If your horse is not "hot" to your leg, and you therefore need lots of leg to keep him going, how will he ever hear the leg aid that asks for something more, like lateral work or a flying change?
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1782
Even the hot horse needs to be ridden forward.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1781
The difference between good riding and bad riding is that good riding isdifficult to see.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1780
A horse's energy flowing through a turn is similar to water flowing through a tunnel. Just as the outside wall of the tunnel is paramount, a good connection on the outside rein is crucial to a successful turn.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1779
Do not miss the 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... you risk
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1778
"The minimum canter tempo is 105 beats per minute per leg I’ve found, and if they are slower than that, they have difficulty jumping anything higher and wider than a metre. Yet inexperienced jumping riders often opt for a too slow tempo. Tempo is implicit in creating jumping
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1777
"Remember, the conversation between you and your horse must never be dull or inert. It should be, 'Ask, receive, give. Ask, receive, give.' Ask with your body and legs; receive through your body into your hands; give primarily with the hands, but also with your body and