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finish line. Whenever I see an advertisement claiming that a certain horse is “finished” in his training for this or that I know that the owners have missed the point. Every horse is a living being and his education is either advancing every day because of knowledgeable riding and training, or the training he has so far received is being gradu- ally eroded by inexperienced or incompetent riding. This is absolutely


great news for anyone who owns or trains any horse of any age or current level. By working on improving your own skill and riding ability you can continue to educate any horse every day. That is one of the true joys of the horse trainer’s life - every day our horses teach us some- thing else and we can learn to communicate with them better, to help them to use their bodies more athletically and to carry our weight more easily. The daily work should


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advance towards your goals of free forward movement, relax- ation, lateral and longitudinal suppleness which combined will lead you to balance. Work exercises that will help you towards your goals but avoid drilling your horse and he will keep his interest and his desire to co-operate with you. Short sessions, par-


ticularly when your horse is young, are more valuable than long ones. Frequent rest breaks when he is allowed to stretch out in the walk will ensure he doesn’t get stiff or tense. Varied work with frequent trail rides if at all possible and cross training - some trotting poles and small jumps for the dressage horse; some dressage training for the hunter or jumper and indeed any horse, will help to avoid boredom or sore muscles. When your horse has


achieved balance you continue your work towards collection through improving straightness and impulsion. Straightness is important because the horse’s engine is in the rear and he must learn to send his energy for- ward, through a supple back, to his rider’s hands. Many horses become crooked because they


training


bad training advice online In some ways, life


with horses isn’t fair. We don’t all have the


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however, is the ability to make choices, and then to take ac- tion, and that levels the playing field.


The first choice to


make is what you’ll do with horses, and that choice ought to be based on what you love most doing. You certainly don’t have to show horses to be a winner. You can be a winner at breeding horses, grooming horses, riding horses, selling horses, caring for horses, teaching others about horses, photographing horses or writing about horses. Our choices make us


winners or losers. Our choices determine how we got where we are and if we’ll improve, remain static or get worse. Once you know what


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in terms of acting to reach goals. Some actions will advance them toward goals, some will be setbacks, but winners use the lessons of their actions to make their next attempts more fruitful.


Winners seek knowl-


edge. Winners know that no matter how much they know about a specific horse subject, they can always learn more. And there is no shortage of very smart, clever, talented horsemen and women willing to share what they’ve learned. You may have to pay for the information in the form school tuition, books, videos or intern- ships, but there is a price for everything. The price of failure is much higher than the cost of learning. And free advice is worth what you paid….noth- ing.


Winners are compli-


mentary, while losers are gener- ally critical and complaining. Losers work to per-


petuate the belief success in the horse world depends on how much money you spend or how politically “in” you happen to be. Nothing could be further from the truth. Success in the horse world comes from “at- titude, determination and hard work.”


There is no easy road


to horse-world success. And that’s the problem for losers; it’s much easier to tell you all the things that are wrong with the activity you’ve chosen than it is to put in the hours of study,


practice and application it takes to succeed.


When you hear some-


one complaining about horses and horse events you can be sure of two things…they are talking instead of acting, and they aren’t winning at the event they are criticizing.


Winners compliment


other winners and seek out their knowledge. They watch, they learn, they associate, and they help where they can. Success rubs off, so surround your- self with the successes in your field.


Winners have control


over their emotions. They make their choices after careful analy- sis of the problems. Often times the error or weakness is directly associated with something they are doing. If that is the case, they get help correcting it. If the problem stems from a lack of knowledge or understanding, the get help. If the problem ex- ists simply because they haven’t dedicated the time and effort needed to master the skill, they work harder. Setbacks are teach-


ers for winners; setbacks are a reason to quit for losers. You may not be


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training is to achieve collection. Collection is not an absolute. You can have just a little col- lection or a high degree of collection. In dressage the most highly collected movement is the piaffer where the horse sinks the hind quarters and shifts his weight to the rear performing a light, elastic, diagonal move- ment lifting each hind foot just a few inches from the ground but lifting the forelegs so that the raised hoof comes half way up the opposite cannon bone. So enjoy your journey


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derful contained energy that gives life to all art. Without impulsion the horse can become like a robot and the beauty and joy of life is missing. The ultimate goal of


are weaker on one side and it is easier to move the quarters, or the shoulders, just out of align- ment so that the weak side is not asked to work. Impulsion is that won-


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