Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3050
True with all horses, but especially so with young or green horses, the first lesson we want to teach them is to love to learn new things.
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Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3049
"You are connected with your seat to the horse’s back, connected with your legs to the horse’s body, and connection can only work if it goes through the whole horse and into the rider’s body, and from the rider’s body back to the whole horse.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3048
Riders should be aware of the specific questions posed by each individual jump on course, and should not treat all jumps the same. Things that need to be taken into consideration are the shape of the jump, the footing, the terrain involved before and after the jump, the lighting, the
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3047
"Horses are not trying to be difficult. They’re probably just trying to understand and sometimes they don’t know how to do it, or they don’t get your signals. You have to learn a little bit every day, and when they do something correct, give them a
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3046
"Once you've used an aid, put it back." ~ Bill Steinkraus
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3045
"When the horse is forward, when the horse is using his hind leg more under the body and the neck falls down from out of the wither, then it doesn’t matter if the nose is a little behind the vertical if there is no pulling by the rider.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3044
It is NOT correct to try to raise the horse's neck or shoulders in any way with the reins. True front end elevation in Dressage comes only from real collection induced lowering of the hind quarters.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3043
Land from a jump thinking about what you are going to do next. Don't land thinking about what you just did.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3042
If you love your horse, teach him to have good manners, both on the ground and under saddle. A horse with good manners is more likely to end up in a good home if the unexpected happens.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3041
"Engage the [horse's] hind legs, sit on them, and then take the slack out of the reins." ~ Thomas Ritter
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3040
FAR too many riders bend the horse's neck when asked for more bend. That is not what we want! We want bend in the horse's ribcage. Which is achieved by asking for a hint of a lateral step with the rider's inside leg, into
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3039
"The drama of riding is that, despite all the knowledge of riders, the horse has reflexes faster than humans." ~ Nuno Oliveira