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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3171
Horses brace against the bit when their RIDERS are bracing against their mouth. If you want your horse to soften, you need to be softer and more supple yourself.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3170
Many horses are more brave and confident under saddle when they are honestly "on the aids", as they feel more truly connected with their riders.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3169
Any backward use of the inside rein grounds the horse's inside hind leg, limiting hind leg engagement.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3168
Quote from Jimmy Wofford on the difference between being qualified to move up a level vs actually being READY to move up a level: "Why not instead put the emphasis on how well you ride and how sweetly your horse goes for you, and lose this insane focus on
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3167
Everyone talks about engaging the horse's inside hind leg. But let’s not forget the outside hind leg! The key to a good quality canter, for example, is sufficient engagement of the outside hind leg… as that is how each canter stride begins.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3166
The best kind of "roundness" in Dressage comes when the exercises that you ride cause your horse to carry themselves properly, so that you are then able to simply allow them to become round, rather than trying to force it to happen.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3165
Riding the horse with its head and neck in a low position is only beneficial to the horse if there is a connection over the back.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3164
"Many riders think dressage is just sitting trot, but I think the light seat can also be part of a dressage session. The light seat is a position that makes horses happy; it is a welfare position." ~ Christoph Hess
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3163
Because one hind foot is always in the air while at the trot, it is harder for a horse to refuse a jump from a trot approach vs a canter approach. So it can be a good idea to trot into a spooky fence that you think your horse might
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3162
A good hand is the one that can smoothly resist or yield as necessary, and can quietly receive with precision the energy from the horse's hindquarters.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3161
Horses don't connect the correction of any incorrect behavior unless the correction is done within the first 3 seconds after the behavior.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3160
When you have a problem with your jumping, 9 times out of 10 you don't actually have a jumping problem. You have a quality of canter problem.