Amazing Graze Ranch

"You are always a student and never a master. You have to keep moving forward" - Conrad Hall

To answer the question of what's the best advice I've been given, some very good advice is that you’ve got to absolutely love your horse to get the most out of him. You can’t get frustrated with your horse, not ever.

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Relax and breathe, feel your seatbones and open your legs away from the side of the horse. Feel the state of your horse's attention through the reins. Do not play with his mouth or move your fingers (if you think your fingers and hands are quiet, the horse would inform you otherwise) but only feel his head, neck, spine, and haunches move with his every breath. This wave of movment, by the breath, is his conversation with your body just as your breath is your conversation with his. Once you can achieve this sensitivity in movement, anything is possible in any gait."

"Dressage is the art of teaching the horse to carry you. Riding is the art of learning to be a good load to carry." - Richard Weiss

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