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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3327
Impress your Dressage judges by showing a clear difference between riding a corner and part of a circle.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3326
"Allow your horse the opportunity to use his neck more." ~ Reiner Klimke
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3325
"I must remember that my hands can go forward without the rest of my body following." ~ Catherine Norman
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3324
"Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect." ~ Jimmy Wofford
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3323
Even the hot horse needs to be ridden forward.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3322
"Mistakes of the horse's legs show up in the mouth." ~ Nuno Oliveira
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3321
Your training goal for the "hot" or high strung horse should be to help him to learn how to control his energy. Don't try to wear him out. That will never work with the truly hot horse.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3320
The elasticity in your rein connection should come from your mobile elbows, not active fingers.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3319
The strength of your engaged core is what allows your position to be unaffected by your horse's changes of speed.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3318
The more you look down, the less influence your seat has in the saddle.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3317
True lightness is not about the looseness of the contact. It is the way the horse moves over the ground - with real hind leg engagement.
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Tip/Quote of the Day # 3316
Michael Jung says he puts particular emphasis on checking his horses’ heart and respiratory rate once before and twice after each ride, the first time immediately after work and the second time after the horse had time to recuperate.