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You canter along, the jump firmly in your sights, getting ready for your horse to take off... When all of a sudden he begins to 'veer' a little off course and before you know it, the jump flies past you, to one side, as your horse once again proves he is the master of running out at a fence!
Frustrating, right? Particularly when it seems to happen regardless of what you do and how you do it. In fact for many riders, it feels like they spend more time running out at fences…
ContinueAdded by Lorna Leeson on August 10, 2016 at 10:00am — No Comments
Coordination; It's always a wonderful feeling when you can do something effectively without having to put too much thought or effort into it. Being able to cultivate this skill, regardless of what is being done, takes a large number of hours invested in practice. However in order for that practice to be beneficial, it must be correct or perfect practice.
This is the one element that trips many riders up when it comes to having more coordination in the saddle. Hours are spent…
ContinueAdded by Lorna Leeson on August 9, 2016 at 4:00pm — No Comments
Have you noticed how, very often, there are only two 'gears' when trotting; a good, forward trot or a bland, shuffle trot? However changing from the latter to the former can often be one of the more difficult aspects of trotting. If so, have you ever considered using the canter to improve the trot?
Sounds too good to be true, but very often a good, forward canter can be the simple catalyst from that mediocre flat shuffle, to that wonderful springy and engaged trot.…
ContinueAdded by Lorna Leeson on August 8, 2016 at 4:00pm — No Comments
Riding a horse is the simplest thing in the world. Just point ’em and kick. What’s so hard about that? And as long as you don’t care where you go or how you get there, no worries.
But we’re humans prone to having expectations and goals. And horses are sentient with thoughts and emotions of their own. Perhaps the first thing that horses and humans…
Added by Anna Blake on August 5, 2016 at 9:30am — No Comments
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