EC Question of the Week – The Best Advice

We recently asked our readers – what is the best piece of advice your trainer or coach has given you? Or what helpful advice do you get before entering the arena?

 

Sally Saur

Don’t let anything but fear and common sense hold you back. 😂

 

Rachel Sackrider

Ride the horse you have today.

 

Kory Kumar

Ride the horse you have today.

 

Kory Kumar

Don’t fall off.

 

Beth Baker-Melegari

So lovingly given to my daughter at the age of 6 at the Congress by a then young 16 something barn mate while standing with their trainer “Hey! Keep your eye of the fu?:ing prize” My child was shocked, the trainer was shocked… as the barn mate was the sweetest young lady ever. To this day when my daughter gets nervous, I ask if she needs the Congress advice repeated, and we laugh.😂

 

Nancy Ellis

Go to college.

 

Jess Rae

“Meet them where they’re at- the rest will come.”

 

Madison Floden

“If you fix their legs their head will go where it should be,” and not advice, but some that that will always make me laugh. After my friend came out of the pen there was this interaction:

Rider: it was so bad! It was a train wreck! 🤦‍♀️

Trainer: … not a train wreck… maybe more of a car wreck.

 

Tim Ketterman

“Remember to have fun and ride a better ride than your last.”

 

Joey Anderton

The horse will always tell you what he/she needs from you to be successful. Are you tuned in and listening?

 

Taylor Wheaton

“Just go in there and ride your horse like you do every other day.”

 

Kelsey Rae Yonker

“Show us what god gave you.” 🤣

 

Cissy Williams

Don’t forget to breathe. 🙂

 

Kathleen Wood

Be in the moment.

 

Find more great advice from our readers when we asked this question a few years ago:

What’s the Best Advice You’ve Received Before a Competition? | Equine Chronicle