| ‘much more important than any lofty ambitions
is the teachers task to make his pupil understand the feeling of responsibility
a rider must have towards his horse and to impress upon him the guiding
principle which must not be forgotten for the sake of exaggerated
ambition and greed for ribbons; your horse should be your friend!’ |
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Alois Podhajsky |
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| ‘with the help of transitions and by increasing
and decreasing the strides in each pace, you should strive to make
the horse submissive( durchlassig) again’ |
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Petra Holzel |
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| ‘no horse stands in his stable 23hrs a day contemplating
the best way to irritate his rider in the next riding lesson’ |
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Kyra Kyrklund |
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| ‘after the strain of a collected canter it is
a good idea to ride the horse forward in a working tempo, maybe in
a forward seat and with a longer outline’ |
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Kyra Kyrklund |
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| ‘therefore, strap on spurs, give a quick jab or
two, and off your horse goes. It is really much more humane than using
Grisones method of achieving forward- holding burning straw beneath
a horses’ tail’ |
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M.A. Odgers |
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| ‘heart-broken, you give up your draw reins. This
is one of few moments in your dressage career that you will feel good,
because you’ve done the ‘right thing’. You’ve
chosen to pursue the ideal. You go back to yanking, pulling and kicking
because you are committed to being a good dressage rider. But you
will never throw the draw reins away. They will remain, fondly, secretly
tucked away-like a picture of your old boyfriend-at the bottom of
your ever growing tack trunk.’ |
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M.A. Odgers |
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