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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2978
"Remember, people, in Dressage adjustability is everything!" ~ Robert Dover
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Guest Blog # 116: "The Cone of Uncertainty" by Bill Woods
The national weather service has issued an advisory complete with a mapped out cone of uncertainty for the “potential development of a tropical disturbance” which would be named Fred. Be clear: at the moment it does not exist, but there are indications that it might in the future. This is
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2977
Whatever bad habits or behavior you allow your horse to demonstrate without correction, you are actually training him to do it.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2976
To help to successfully maintain the sometimes elusive "forward feeling hands", imagine that you are pushing a shopping cart as you ride your horse forward into the bit.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2975
"Contact doesn't only refer to the hands, reins, and bit, but to the whole rider. A rider must give the horse contact through his entire seat. This means that his legs must lay gently against the horse's body, his seat must be balanced and supple,
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2974
The more you listen to your horse, the more your horse will be likely to listen to you.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2973
The hindquarters are the engine, but you turn the horse by controlling his shoulders.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2972
If you feel like you need to wear spurs when you ride, it would be a good idea to go back to the basics in your training to re-visit the concept of your horse answering your feather light leg aids. EVERY horse can be taught this!
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Guest Blog # 115: "The Words Are Not Magic" by Bill Woods
Ten or fifteen years ago the USDF proclaimed it the Year of Transitions. To emphasize that idea separate transition scores were introduced which bracketed lengthenings and mediums both in trot and canter. Good enough. It’s better than just fading out or dribbling into false collection at the end of
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2971
If you use a stronger bit carefully in such a way that it makes your aids much lighter, a stronger bit can be a useful solution.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2970
Your attitude determines the quality of your practice. And the quality of your practice determines the quality of your performance.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2969
Every time you pull back on the inside rein, you block the horse's inside hind leg from stepping fully underneath his body.