What's Inside
Search the Site
Tip/Quote of the Day # 547
I can tell much about the level of rideability you will have at the jumps by watching you perform simple changes of lead through the trot.
Did you enjoy this article? If so, please share with your friends! Look for the share buttons on the far right side of the page. Thank you!
Related Articles:
- Question # 315: My half halts seem to work pretty well on the flat, but between jumps my horse tends to blow me off. He fights the bit and just keeps going at whatever speed he wants. What can I do to make him listen to me? (Aimee)
- Do You Know What Skills You and Your Horse Need to Have Before Entering a Novice Level Event?
- The Adjustability Exercise
- Question # 283: My half halts seem to work pretty well on the flat, but between jumps my horse tends to blow me off. He fights the bit and just keeps going at whatever speed he wants. What can I do to make him listen to me? (Heather)
- Advanced Grid Work - Adjustability Over Fences
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 721
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1540
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1461
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1403
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1831
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1388
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 941
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 717
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 4178
- Question # 322: Kayla has some new jumps and has a question about what to set up for a green horse.
- The Great Debate - To Look For a Distance or Focus on the Quality of the Canter When Jumping (Current freebie!)
- Question # 309, and Video # 97: This is Susanne!
- Question # 302, and Video # 96: I have a question about confidence. My horse is 8 but had about 6 months off when I was pregnant in 2015. Since coming back I feel like he has been spookier then he used to be. Before I could trust him to jump anything...
- Learn Your Horse's Natural Tendencies
- An Exercise to Test the Foundation of Your Jumping (Current Freebie!)
- Video # 36: Kayla has a question about how to help her horse get back to the same form she had pre injury.
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 306
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 2066
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1871
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1860
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1843
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1826
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1814
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1813
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1812
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1810
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1807
- Quin's Blog post # 5: A Ground Pole: The Best Jumping Challenge Ever
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1804
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1782
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1780
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1770
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1762
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1681
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1650
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1648
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1640
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1630
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1626
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1586
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1584
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1579
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1575
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1544
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1535
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1532
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1530
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1495
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1487
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1480
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1479
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1477
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1472
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1467
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1454
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1434
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1433
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1422
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1421
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1417
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1416
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1414
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1413
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1412
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1410
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1401
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1399
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1385
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1368
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1367
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1352
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1351
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1347
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1340
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1336
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1324
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1314
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1312
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1298
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1296
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1294
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1265
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1237
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1234
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1204
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1154
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1122
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1110
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1068
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1066
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1050
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1030
- The Difference Between a "Correction" and Punishment When Training Horses
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 996
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 984
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 971
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 928
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 705
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 550
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 448
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1881
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1753
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1729
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1663
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1643
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1635
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1562
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1527
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1429
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1396
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1369
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1365
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1305
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1279
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1235
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1206
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1195
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1131
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1127
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1123
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1035
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1000
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 985
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 983
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 978
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 968
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 937
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 916
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 893
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 877
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 874
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 859
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 858
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 829
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 757
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 679
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 669
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 611
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 595
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 590
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 579
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 537
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 530
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 504
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 499
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 433
- Signs That Your Performance Horse Might Be Sore
- A TEST of Your Horse's Rideability & Adjustability
- A Ground Pole Exercise to Improve Your Horse’s Rideability Over Fences
- Advanced Jumping Exercise # 1
- Video # 315 and Question # 340: Kaley has a question (with video), about his horse's jumping form, and whether or not his horse might still have upper level potential, despite the form he shows now as a green horse.
- Question # 312, and Photo # 76: Kellyn has a question about her horse's tendency to get in too close to the jumps and jump in poor form.
- Question # 311: After reading your article on whether to look for a distance or focus on the quality of the canter, I have a few questions for you....
- Photo # 70: This is Anna! (Current freebie!)
- Question # 284: While conditioning work is best done in the open with varying terrain, not everyone has access to the amount of open space, or open space with the right terrain or footing to do their conditioning rides...
- Question # 281: My mare has always had an issue with bucking/pulling upon landing in the next stride after landing from a fence when doing cross country...
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 860
- Video Discussion # 87: Video showing an exercise that can be useful for improving your horse's rideability on course
- Video # 80: This is Sarah, doing a Training level stadium round!
- Question # 239, and Video # 72: Gabbie has a question about her green horse's jumping, with video!
- Video # 63: This is Stephanie!
- Photo # 55: This is Rachel! (Current Freebie!)
- Photo # 53: This is Ilinka!
- Photo # 38: This is Caroline! (Current Freebie!)
- The Scale of Compression in the Horse's Stride
- Photo # 29: This is Holly!
- How to Package Your Horse's Stride When Jumping
- An Exercise to Improve Your Horse's Rideability on Course
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3293
- The Triangle Exercise
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 2027
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1878
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1868
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1854
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1838
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1811
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1790
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1788
- Discussion # 162: The shoulder in is considered to be the "mother" of all lateral movements. Can anyone tell us why this is so?
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1786
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1783
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1779
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1776
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1755
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1744
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1738
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1723
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1704
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1647
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1636
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1631
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1621
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1620
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1615
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1610
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1609
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1608
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1607
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1606
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1605
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1604
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1603
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1601
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1600
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1594
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1589
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1588
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1587
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1585
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1582
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1580
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1577
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1576
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1574
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1573
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1569
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1567
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1564
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1561
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1560
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1559
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1556
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1554
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1552
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1551
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1549
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1548
- Question # 317: My mare ALWAYS lands on the right lead after a jump...
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1546
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1543
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1539
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1533
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1531
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1529
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1525
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1524
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1523
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1517
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1508
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1496
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1490
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1488
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1486
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1484
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1482
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1481
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1478
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1475
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1474
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1470
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1469
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1466
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1464
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1463
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1462
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1457
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1453
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1451
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1450
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1449
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1444
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1440
- Video # 101: This is Kellyn and her horse, Bauer, doing their Novice level show jumping round!
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1438
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1436
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1431
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1428
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1425
- Question # 314 and Video # 99: This is Susanne!
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1423
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1419
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1415
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1409
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1408
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1407
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1406
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1404
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1402
- Lauren's Blog post # 4: Of Equines, Oats, and things International
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1387
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1386
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1383
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1382
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1379
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1377
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1374
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1373
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1371
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1370
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1364
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1362
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1360
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1356
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1346
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1343
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1341
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1339
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1337
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1332
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1327
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1319
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1316
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1306
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1302
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1295
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1287
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1286
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1284
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1283
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1282
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1280
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1278
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1277
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1276
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1275
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1271
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1258
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1255
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1253
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1243
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1233
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1230
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1221
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1219
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1214
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1205
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1199
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1196
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1193
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1185
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1181
- The Pre Flight Checklist
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1178
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1150
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1146
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1145
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1144
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1141
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1140
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1138
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1135
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1128
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1125
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1114
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1113
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1102
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1101
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1100
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1098
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1094
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1092
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1091
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1090
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1079
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1072
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1070
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1054
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1053
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1052
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1051
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1047
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1046
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1041
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1038
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1028
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1027
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1016
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1009
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1007
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1006
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1005
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1001
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 982
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 979
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 976
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 973
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 947
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 943
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 938
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 933
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 932
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 931
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 926
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 919
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 918
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 917
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 913
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 912
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 910
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 908
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 903
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 894
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 890
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 882
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 870
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 808
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 754
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 746
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 683
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 576
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 569
- Do You Have Trouble Stopping Your Horse??
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 528
- Firn's Blog Post # 4
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 501
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 427
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1905
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1902
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1898
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1897
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1893
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1892
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1891
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1890
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1889
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1888
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1885
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1884
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1883
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1882
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1880
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1879
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1877
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1876
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1874
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1873
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1872
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1870
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1869
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1867
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1866
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1865
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1862
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1861
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1857
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1855
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1853
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1852
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1851
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1850
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1848
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1847
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1846
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1844
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1841
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1840
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1839
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1837
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1836
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1835
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1833
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1830
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1824
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1823
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1822
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1821
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1820
- Dr. Haefner's Blog post # 9: A Different Take on a Performance “State of Mind”
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1819
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1818
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1817
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1815
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1809
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1806
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1805
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1803
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1802
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1801
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1800
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1799
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1798
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1796
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1795
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1794
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1792
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1791
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1781
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1778
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1773
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1772
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1771
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1769
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1768
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1764
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1763
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1761
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1759
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1756
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1754
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1750
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1749
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1747
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1745
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1740
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1739






