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Quote from Jimmy Wofford on the difference between being qualified to move up a level vs actually being READY to move up a level: "Why not instead put the emphasis on how well you ride and how sweetly your horse goes for you, and lose this insane focus on
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Everyone talks about engaging the horse's inside hind leg. But let’s not forget the outside hind leg! The key to a good quality canter, for example, is sufficient engagement of the outside hind leg… as that is how each canter stride begins.
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The best kind of "roundness" in Dressage comes when the exercises that you ride cause your horse to carry themselves properly, so that you are then able to simply allow them to become round, rather than trying to force it to happen.
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Riding the horse with its head and neck in a low position is only beneficial to the horse if there is a connection over the back.
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"Many riders think dressage is just sitting trot, but I think the light seat can also be part of a dressage session. The light seat is a position that makes horses happy; it is a welfare position." ~ Christoph Hess
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Because one hind foot is always in the air while at the trot, it is harder for a horse to refuse a jump from a trot approach vs a canter approach. So it can be a good idea to trot into a spooky fence that you think your horse might
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A good hand is the one that can smoothly resist or yield as necessary, and can quietly receive with precision the energy from the horse's hindquarters.
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Horses don't connect the correction of any incorrect behavior unless the correction is done within the first 3 seconds after the behavior.
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When you have a problem with your jumping, 9 times out of 10 you don't actually have a jumping problem. You have a quality of canter problem.
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"At the sitting trot everyone wants to stop themselves from bouncing. What you have to do is let yourself go with the flow of the horse." ~ Charlotte Dujardin
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"An engaged hind leg is the foundation that allows you to stretch the horse at a moment’s notice without him falling on his forehand." ~ Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel
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Shoulder fore is one of the best tools that you have for closing your horse up from behind (in collection.)
