Do you have discomfort in your ankles? Do you feet fall asleep when you ride for long periods of time? Do you have trouble getting your heels down? Do you push your feet out in front of you? All of these common riding problems may be due to your ankle alignment.
Murdoch Minute No. 06: Balancing Your Head
Do you have trouble looking where you are going? Does your neck get tense when your ride or become stiff afterward? Do you have difficulty sitting the trot? The solution may be all in your head. Here’s a quick tip for finding a good comfortable head position.
Murdoch Minute No. 07: Finding Good Thigh Contact
Do you have trouble getting your horse to go forward? Do you bump or hit the front of your saddle with your pelvis? Do you feel insecure over the fences? The answer may be caused by not having good thigh contact with your horse and saddle.
Murdoch Minute No. 08: Help For Unsteady Hands
Do you have trouble keeping your hands steady? Does your instructor yell at you to keep your hands quiet? Do your hands move up and down as you post? Do you tend to drop one hand lower than the other? Unsteady hands are a major problem for many riders. Here are two suggestions to quickly […]
Murdoch Minute No. 09 Connecting Your Elbows
Do you have trouble keeping your elbows by your sides? Does your instructor keep yelling at you to keep your elbows in? Perhaps you have only one wayward elbow that you can’t seem to control. The answer may be in giving you a tactile sense of where your elbows belong and letting you feel the […]
Who Needs “Fixing”?
Several years ago, I wrote an article for Today’s Horse Trader entitled, “How To Fix Your Horse in Five Days.” I had just spent five days at the Armstrong Equine Center near Las Cruces, New Mexico working with Josh Armstrong, one of the best horse trainers I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. Josh is well […]
