My new favorite quote....

[kansasgal]

I just wanted to share a quote I ran across while looking for more information on the Training Scale for horses…

There is a great explanation by Sue Morris from the UK and she also includes a discussion on the traing scale for riders. She begins her explanation with a quote…

Someone once said," It takes 10 years learning how to sit on a horse without getting in his way. It takes another 10 years learning how to influence the horse and then a further 10 years how to influence the horse without getting in his way!"

Aha! I know for sure I’m somewhere almost in the middle of the second sentence LOL. It’s a good thing I enjoy the process!

It also reminds me of Lendon Gray’s book, Lessons with Lendon… her first “pre-requisite”/ challenge to the rider is… "Can you “Do nothing”?.. I am grateful for my background in general purpose and then huntseat riding, because that’s where I started…

Just wanted to share…

Happy riding to y’all.

[slc2]

That’s a very good quote. You’re going to get a lot of ‘not ten years for each phase’ flack, though.

[freestyle2music]

Some more quotes

Some quotes I like :

From Johan Hinnemann

Between the Light Tour and the Heavy Tour you have the Alps, Grand Canyon and the Himalayas.

Perfect riding takes three lifetimes and five horses.

Dressage riders should have been born without arms.

[canyonoak]

“There’s only good riding and bad riding”

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[kansasgal]

Love it!!!

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Some quotes I like :

From Johan Hinnemann

Between the Light Tour and the Heavy Tour you have the Alps, Grand Canyon and the Himalayas.

Perfect riding takes three lifetimes and five horses.

Dressage riders should have been born without arms.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for sharing.

[MyReality]

Love the quotes. I would remember them when I ride tonight.

[SillyHorse]

OMG! The flak! The flak! Run for cover!

[BaroquePony]

I like to just hang onto the mane, it takes all of the complexity out of it.

[Pookah]

Those are all great!!! Not quite in the same vein, but I heard years of “Practice makes perfect, but only if you practice perfect!” So true, but no fun to hear for years on end

[Trixie_s_mom]

my brother the marine likes to say, “Prior proper planning prevents piss-poor performance.” I changed it to “Prior proper practice prevents piss-poor performance.”

Keep the quotes coming!

[freestyle2music]

Right now I am watching Reiner Klimke training a veryyyyy young Johan Hinneman.

The best quote so far from Reiner:

We first have to learn the horse to love it to learn.

Theo

[AmericaRunsOnDunkin]

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Someone once said," It takes 10 years learning how to sit on a horse without getting in his way. It takes another 10 years learning how to influence the horse and then a further 10 years how to influence the horse without getting in his way!"[/QUOTE]

Yes! Olympics 2038 here I come! (I will only be about 70 years old, but look at Mark Todd, I think its doable…)

[BahamaMama]

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Right now I am watching Reiner Klimke training a veryyyyy young Johan Hinneman.

The best quote so far from Reiner:

We first have to learn the horse to love it to learn.

Theo[/QUOTE]

Can somebody tell this to my horse:lol:

[TaliaCristianna]

“A horse is a horse, of course, of course.”

I believe that may have been Xenophon…

Actually, this isn’t really a quote per se, but it brings tears to my eyes:

Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride,
Friendship without envy,
Or beauty without vanity?
Here, where grace is served with muscle
And strength by gentleness confined
He serves without servility; he has fought without enmity.
There is nothing so powerful, nothing less violent.
There is nothing so quick, nothing more patient.

• Ronald Duncan

[BaroquePony]

Originally osted by TallaChristianna:

“A horse is a horse, of course, of course.”

I beleive that quote is from the older television show “Mr. Ed”. Or maybe the theme song for Mr. Ed was taken form Xenephon.

“The vip and dhe spurs are aids, dhey are not veapons.” from Franz Rockowonski

[TaliaCristianna]

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I beleive that quote is from the older television show “Mr. Ed”. Or maybe the theme song for Mr. Ed was taken form Xenephon. [/QUOTE]

Oh I know… That was a joke!

Another good one:

“Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.”

[BaroquePony]

I have Xenephon and I’ve read it, I guess that is why I didn’t get the joke.

I also watched Mr. Ed faithfully when I was younger.

[2DogsFarm]

from Wikipedia:

“Xenophon urges, the horse must enjoy himself. He should be trained to be ridden on a loose rein, to hold his head high, arch his neck, and paw with his front legs, taking pleasure in being ridden.”

If you haven’t read Xenophon’s book on training the horse do yourself a favor. 3000 years later and it still makes sense.

[TaliaCristianna]

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from Wikipedia:

“Xenophon urges, the horse must enjoy himself. He should be trained to be ridden on a loose rein, to hold his head high, arch his neck, and paw with his front legs, taking pleasure in being ridden.”

If you haven’t read Xenophon’s book on training the horse do yourself a favor. 3000 years later and it still makes sense.[/QUOTE]

I agree! It’s amazing how the finest elements of horsemanship are truly ageless.

[Rusty_Stirrup]

“Good riders go from movement to movement. Great riders go from half halt to half halt”. Robert Dover.