Only the rider who is free from any contraction will have a horse equally free from contraction. A team such as this is the ideal.
Nuno Oliveira
First of all, I believe that dressage should be the foundation for all horse sport disciplines. But, I also think the dressage community would benefit from the skill sets that natural horsemanship principles provide.
Walter Zettl
Use hands and legs sparingly, and maintain balance through the seat.
Nuno Oliveira
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Amelia Earhart
The rider needs to recognize the horse’s need for self-preservation in mind, body, and the third factor spirit…….he needs to realize how the person’s approach can assure the horse that he can have his self-preservation and still respond to what the person is asking him to do.
Tom Dorrance
Ride your horse with your whole body, not just with your arms and legs.
Ray Hunt
You can’t teach feel, you have to experience it.
Bill Dorrance
The horse may not be doing the thing that is the right thing for what the rider is asking him, but as far as the horse is concerned, he is doing the right thing.
Tom Dorrance
The goal is not to raise the neck, it is to lower the hips.
Albert Decarpentry
Make it a habit to praise when the horse yields.
Nuno Oliveira
