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"It's very rare to find a horse who has the bravery and heart to do what is required of him in Eventing's cross country phase and who has the careful aspect we look for in the show jumping ring." ~ Katie Monahan Prudent
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Imagine that you have a heavy wet towel laying over each knee, that helps your leg to drop down naturally and melt around your horse's sides.
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When you look down, your shoulders follow your eyes and begin to drop downward and forward. This makes it much more difficult for you to communicate correctly with your horse through your seat - often causing you to need to use your reins more than you should.
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The more a horse relaxes within a lateral movement, the more gymnastic value the exercise will have.
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"Allow your horse the opportunity to use his neck more." ~ Reiner Klimke
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Pay attention to where your whip is pointing when you ride, as that is a good indicator of your hand position.
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"For your horse to be keen but submissive, it must be calm, straight and forward." ~ Bill Steinkraus
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Riding with your thumbs on top keeps your hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders in a "neutral" position, which allows your joints to move most freely for an elastic rein connection.
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You can tell, just by looking at a horse's topline, how correct that horse's flatwork has been.
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"I do hundreds of transitions, loads of them, so transitions become like 'pouring cream.'" ~ Carl Hester
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Every exercise should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Try to slow your mind up enough so that you can actually feel each stage of the process.
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You shorten and collect the stride with exercises that change the horse's balance - not by pulling on the reins.
