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"When I was in Pau, Bobby (Hale Bob) did his best dressage ever, because I was there with one horse for one week, and we put cavalletti on the circle with so many exercises, he was so supple and so smooth and had so much expression in his gaits.
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"The rein back should be the same as asking the horse to move forward, otherwise they can't move their hind legs — so don't restrict the movement." ~ Frankie Sloothaak
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If you are able to do a good transition from walk to halt - keeping your horse straight, connected, and up into the bridle, you will have a good basis for all downward transitions.
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"I mean no disrespect to L judges, and I hope I can be one someday, but being an L judge doesn't tell me much about your riding, training, or teaching ability; it only tells me about your qualifications as a judge. Similarly, I see a lot of
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"The first thing I do is move them off my leg. After the lateral work, nine times out of 10, horses put their head down because their back is coming up. No draw reins, no gimmicks, just the inside leg to the outside rein." ~ Anne Kursinski
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"I don't start to collect before the horse is stretching forward and down into the bit." ~ Hubertus Schmidt
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"The back is the bridge in the horse, and it can only be there if the hind leg is really working. The rider has to influence the hind legs to build that bridge, otherwise it is a horse in three pieces, back, front and you somewhere in the middle.
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Shorter reins are NOT more restrictive of the horse when the rider keeps their hand properly "forward thinking."
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"The faster you go back [to your basic foundation], the quicker you'll move forward." ~ Elaine Hayes
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Your leg aid alone does not produce a leg yield. You need to close the door a bit on the outside shoulder by connecting with your outside rein to get any real hind leg crossing behind.
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"I've learned that a saddle that truly fits can give you a totally different horse to ride. I now have more stretch, larger movement, foamier mouth, and more go." ~ Jodi Waldrip
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"I like to think of 'sitting on the outside hind' when I ask for the canter... That mental picture makes my body do the right thing." ~ Jessie MacWhistle
