Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 2979
Whenever you punish a horse for something he does not fully understand, he loses some confidence and trust in you.
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Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 2978
"Remember, people, in Dressage adjustability is everything!" ~ Robert Dover
Tip/Quote of the Day!
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.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
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.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
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,
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 2974
The more you listen to your horse, the more your horse will be likely to listen to you.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
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!
Tip/Quote of the Day!
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.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 2968
"Since the criteria of a correct seat are the same as the criteria of good posture in general, being constantly attentive to one’s bearing when standing or walking is excellent training. A correct vertical posture of the head and the trunk on horseback is not a special posture