Tips from the top – George Morris on riding light…
George Morris talks about riding light, the secret to success with the modern showjumping horse with plenty of Thoroughbred blood... Read Article 1 Comment »
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George Morris talks about riding light, the secret to success with the modern showjumping horse with plenty of Thoroughbred blood... Read Article 1 Comment »
Dressage with George Morris…
In his youth George Morris contemplated a career in the movies, and he is a natural entertainer. To make his point about how the horse’s body changes shape when it becomes active in the hind legs, he is meowing like a cat… Read Article Comments Off on Dressage with George Morris…
George Morris Exercise of the Day
The American system of jumping has often been associated with the crest release system, and while George’s system has a place for the crest release – ‘good technique, but over done’ – he is more interested in the more sophisticated automatic release. So as the group of riders approached the rails with alternate ends down, […] Read Article Comments Off on George Morris Exercise of the Day
George Morris Top Tip
George Morris tells jumping riders: “Dressage is seat riding, in jumping the stirrup is the basis of the building. Don’t ride with your seat, your calf should just cling and give straightness and impulsion, not a knee/upper leg grip.” “Riders are forgetting what Caprilli taught us, and going back to the old English hunting seat […] Read Article Comments Off on George Morris Top Tip
Pearls of wisdom from George Morris
George Morris is the most quotable of trainers. Here’s a series of his pearls of wisdom taken from interviews with George over nearly forty years. Read Article Comments Off on Pearls of wisdom from George Morris
Top Tip with George Morris
“The classicists from Xenophon through the Renaissance to France, to Italy, to Germany, they were brilliant. Imagine people inventing the impression of impulsion, the exactness of straightness, imagine inventing half pass, piaffe, passage, all the classical movements that make the horse better to ride.” “The classicists taught us these rules centuries ago, and I am […] Read Article Comments Off on Top Tip with George Morris
George Morris – A Showjumping Critique
We asked the world's greatest showjumping coach to critique some of the world's greatest showjumping riders.... Read Article 2 Comments »
Top Tips from George Morris
George Morris, who literally wrote the book on jumping position, comments on top riders over the CHIO course. Wisdom, great riders, great course: “This is a very good example of the release versus the crest release, this is what we call the automatic release. Here you have a straight line, elbow to the horse’s mouth […] Read Article Comments Off on Top Tips from George Morris
George Morris – Exercise of the day
George tells his riders: “We want circles after every jump to collect the horse.” “Circles then over the log, circle, over the plank, circle, over the vertical, half circle right, transition to trot, transition to walk, halt, rein back.” And woe betide the rider who thinks he or she can jump the last jump, relax […] Read Article Comments Off on George Morris – Exercise of the day
Pearls from George Morris
George Morris, pearls for everyone to share: Even in walk, George demands total concentration: “I know you are only walking, but don’t tap with your legs. One blow with both spurs if necessary, but don’t tap, tap, tap, and raise your hands. I don’t want low, fixed, dead hands – don’t drop your hands Your […] Read Article Comments Off on Pearls from George Morris