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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3772
"If a horse takes responsibility for the fence too early, ask him to be patient and wait on the approach. On a 5 stride distance ask for a quiet easy 6 strides." ~ Eric Smiley
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3771
"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,
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3770
Regarding the rein contact - when you feel a problem in your hands, you fix it with your leg.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3769
Riding the half pass can help to develop the brilliance of the extended trot, by increasing hip and stifle flexibility, and freeing up the horse's shoulders.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3768
"Push him to contact, release, and then push to contact again." ~ Carl Hester
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3767
"If you take a young horse and go on training in the way of - shortening the neck, never giving him the chance to develop step by step, if you make him short, and to come up in front, you end up with a real problem. If you look
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3766
"I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor; but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object if repeated and ever changing contemplation." ~ Jane Smiley
Tip/Quote of the Day!
Tip/Quote of the Day # 3765
You should know where your horse is going to land from a jump before he takes off. How? The type of canter in the final strides of the approach will dictate the shape of your horse's jumping effort, and the trajectory of his jump.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3764
"Counter canter teaches the balance, and confirms the aids, and that balance means collection and self carriage." ~ Waldemar Seunig
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3763
"And why do we ask the horse to do two track work? To get his legs under him, and to get him listening to the aids." ~ Kyra Kyrklund
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3762
You can't assume that a horse with a low head and neck is heavy on the forehand, any more than you can assume that a horse with a high head carriage is truly collected. You have to look at the whole picture.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3761
You need a short bouncy energetic canter in water. Not just to the jump in, but to any jump out or otherwise related to the water. Getting long and flat in the canter stride can be especially disastrous at a water jump.