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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4289
"In the warm-up, I mostly ride curved lines so that I can work on lateral suppleness along with getting the horse relaxed over the back. I spend as much time as it takes for the horse to feel relaxed and willing to lower and stretch from his withers. I
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4288
"We try to have discipline and attention to detail in everything we do. Being aware of all these little details gives me an advantage. And if I get a little edge everywhere more often than not I am going to be ahead." ~ McLain Ward
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4287
When riding a timid jumper, you might need to rev the engine between fences at times, to bring out your horse's inner lion!
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4286
"A coachable student is like a trainable horse. Willing to listen, try, put forth effort, and accept/implement instruction and criticism." ~ Katharine Henricksen Coleman
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4285
"No complicated riding before the horses are going truly forward. In dressage, the difficulties are often created by a lack of good basic work (which is the foundation of the house)." ~ Nuno Oliveira
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4284
"The rider's seat is a 'transformer' whose role is to modify the energy emitting from the horse's haunches." ~ Charles de Kunffy
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4283
Lightness is not the looseness of the contact, it's the way the horse moves over the ground.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4282
Always keep the cheeky type of horse busy by giving them lots of little tasks to do, or they may look for a way to amuse themselves.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4281
"It is not our horses job to understand our language. It is our job to understand theirs." ~ Reiner Klimke
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4280
"Giving is hard on a horse that has go. But once you do, miracles happen." ~ Diane Grant-Schott
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