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"Suppleness of the back is a very central topic. The natural gaits of the horse have been the way they are for a million years. For example trot – two beat, a swinging phase and diagonal movement. In trot the right forearm should be parallel to the left hind cannon
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A rider's hands can only be as good as the arms they belong to.
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"My family’s approach for all of our horses, no matter which career we have chosen for them, is to do the same versatile basic training in the first years. The more systematically a horse gets strengthened in his musculature and the more carefully he gets suppled in his
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"In the plague of disinformation that has engulfed our culture, there seems to be a whole new generation of rider-trainers who have some serious misunderstandings about the significant role longeing with side reins plays in the training of the dressage horse." ~ Paul Belasik
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The best way to build your self confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. Take tiny baby steps if you need to, but keep moving towards your goal.
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If you come into a triple combination with a canter stride that is too short for the distance inside the combination, you will have to really drive to the B element to get out. And the action of your horse having to reach for that second element will make it
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"It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness." ~ Shunryu Suzuki
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"Don’t look where you don’t want to go." True in riding, and in life.
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Remember to take advantage of any hills you may have to build your horse into a stronger athlete. Progressive hillwork done several times a week, with days in between for muscle recovery, will build your horse up to a peak level of strength... which of course will make his job
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"Transitions are the ultimate exercise for training the horse to better balance and collection." ~ Hank Van Bergen
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"In training you have to be very honest. You cannot lie to your horse or your trainer or the dressage judges. If you only can do something one out of 10 times at home, then you know you have to be lucky at the show—and we know we’
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"With transitions, horses find their balance by themselves." ~ Kyra Kyrklund
