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Discussion # 161: Do you keep your horse on the aids when out hacking?
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It is possible to have contact without a real connection (in fact it is quite common unfortunately), but a true connection always involves good contact. The connection involves the horse's entire body… with energy created in the horse's hind legs traveling through the horse's
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Ruth's Blog post # 3: The Difference Between Movements, Figures and Patterns
Many people ask me about the choreography of their freestyle pattern. One of the confusions surrounding a freestyle pattern is what is allowed and what is forbidden at a certain level. Before you can begin to build a pattern you need to know the difference between movements and figures so
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When asking for a canter lengthening or medium canter on a hot horse or one that is prone to tension, it can be helpful to initiate the upward transition with a bigger scoop of your seat rather than your leg. This helps the horse to understand that you want a
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With many horses it takes at least 10 to 20 transitions in a row in the warm up to get to the point where they are really balanced, rideable, and listening equally to all of the rider’s aids. Do you do enough in your warm up?
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Happy, fresh, relaxed, and supple horses always perform better than horses that are drilled and drilled!
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The spooky type of horse often benefits from the rider taking the time to thoroughly educate them about jumping in challenging lighting situations, such as jumping directly into bright sunlight, jumping into dark shaded areas, and shadows on the ground before and after fences.
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Question # 333: Kayla has a question about core/ab exercises for her horse.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1771
Always use both reins together to steer, especially when jumping. Using one rein only turns the horse's nose - but using both reins turn the horse at the shoulders, which means his body will more accurately follow your chosen line.
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Riders who take the take the time to perfect those boring old basics will find the more difficult things are much easier to achieve.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 1769
When a horse is crooked his energy gets stopped up like water in a hose with akink in it.