Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4070
"Routine becomes even more important when you are somewhere that you’ve never been." ~ Tonya Johnston
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4069
When you hurry a horse's training, you just get to the wrong place more quickly.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4068
"Land in your feet from every jump to avoid tipping forward." ~ Chris Bartle
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4067
A horse has to be straight to have true impulsion. Any stored energy leaks out where the body is crooked, changing the energy in the stride from impulsion to merely forward momentum.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4066
A correct inside bend in the horse's body is truly evident only when there is a soft, almost loose inside rein.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4065
"The most important thing is for the horse to be thinking on its own. Unless you’re Michael Jung, you make mistakes and things go wrong. You have to teach the horse the stride isn’t always right, the line isn’t always right, and that’s why we
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4064
It is very important that your horse does not learn how to run out on skinny jumps or corners. Because once they have learned to associate either type of jump with running out, it can be very difficult to correct. Do not take the schooling of these type of jumps
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4063
The extra thrust created by lengthenings will solidify your connection if it was correct to begin with. The extra impulsion created can then be turned into real collection.
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4062
"The goal is not to raise the neck, it is to lower the hips." ~ Decarpentry
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4061
"Counter canter teaches the balance, and confirms the aids, and that balance means collection and self carriage." ~ Waldemar Seunig
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 4060
On roundness: "If you have the body, you have the head - if you have the head you don't (necessarily) have the body." ~ Jack LeGoff
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 4059
Every well ridden corner is a suppling exercise, and should be recognized as such.