Tip/Quote of the Day # 480
When galloping through wooded areas on cross country, you are never going as fast as you feel like you are going. Keeping this in mind will help you to make the time on course.
When galloping through wooded areas on cross country, you are never going as fast as you feel like you are going. Keeping this in mind will help you to make the time on course.
"Riding is, therefore, an ongoing, never-ending, challenging process. That aspect makes riding so intelligent and significant an effort. One merely strives, never arrives." ~ Charles de Kunffy
"If the rider encounters a problem, he must first look for the cause in himself. Most of the time, the rider is the cause of the problem. Only someone who looks at his own riding critically and is willing to improve constantly and learn more will be a good
Your balance and the strength of your core are what allow your position to be unaffected by your horse's changes of speed.
"The quality of a good canter: round, energetic, straight, cadenced, light. You have to feel in the strike off that the horse lifts his forehand without throwing himself forward." ~ Nuno Oliveira