Stephanie

“Scholars may Study. Historians may research. Readers may read. But nobody knows more about today, this very day, than the person that lives it.”
― Douglas Westerbeke, A Short Walk Through a Wide World

“But even before Hez the shine had gone off the showing world for me. Your pony's way of going often wasn't taken into consideration, and with the irregularities in the judging I was starting to wonder why I bothered: you'd travel round the country and ride well only to lose out to people who really didn't deserve to win.”
― Charlotte Dujardin, The Girl on the Dancing Horse

“Dressage is all about harmony: having a relationship with your horse where it has confidence in you so that everything you do together looks effortless and easy, like it's all happening by magic. But I can tell you now there wasn't a lot of harmony at the beginning.”
― Charlotte Dujardin, The Girl on the Dancing Horse

“The prerequisite for magincal moments in the saddle lies in attention to detail; in knowing how your body and your horse's body work ideally; in being endlessly particular about the details of your horse's posture, about your riding position, the refined clarity of your aids, and your horse's understanding of them.”
― Beth Baumert, When Two Spines Align: Dressage Dynamics: Attain Remarkable Riding Rapport with Your Horse