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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2587
"When you don't have a confident position, it’s saying to people you don’t believe in yourself. So sit up, shoulders back, chin high, and ride your best test." ~ Robert Dover
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Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 2586
"Everything comes back to this first thought of creating energy, trapping energy, recirculating energy, and directing energy into the beautiful things that we have in our mind that we create which becomes dressage." ~ Robert Dover
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2585
"When my elbows are supple and hinged, I'm less likely to tighten my forearms, and I'm more likely to recycle the energy from the hind end." ~ Becky Rickly
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2584
"It hardly needs to be mentioned that, in order to ride good corners in the arena, you have nothing more to do than to apply the same aids as for enlarging the circle. Just as we don’t need to mention that spiraling out on the circle is a
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 2583
"Collection is indispensable, to bring the horse into the balance that makes him feel really, really educated. An educated horse in the balance, it means that he will live longer, it is healthy for the horse." ~ Rafael Soto
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2582
"Horses don’t come with a manual. The rider needs to know the aims of the training." ~ Susanne Miesner
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2581
"The difference between an incorrectly compressed horse and a collected horse is that he collected horse can put his nose toward the ground (stretch) while staying round." ~ Nuno Oliveira
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2580
"In defining 'collection,' I like to use the word 'compression' because when you compress something such as a spring, it wants to push back. If you take a spring that’s 12 inches long and you compress it 1 inch, it wants to push back
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2579
If becoming a great rider wasn't hard, everyone would be able to do it. It's the hard that makes it great.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2578
If you shorten the reins when your horse is not thinking forward, he is likely to become even more stuck and behind your leg. Always get him thinking forward first!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2577
To achieve correct alignment on circles and turns, think of keeping your shoulders aligned with your horse's shoulders (or where you want them to be), and your hips aligned with your horse's hips (or where you want them to be.)
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 2576
If you regularly ride using a lot of leg pressure, you will usually find that you need to keep using more and more leg to get things done. This is because many horses are looking for the opportunity to let their riders do as much of the work as possible!