Over the past years Heather has replied to many peoples questions on the New Rider Message Board.

I thought it would be useful to collect together some of those replies and present them for easy reading. Some of the message threads they appear in were quite long, so for brevity I have just extracted Heather's replies and edited them where necessary to make them read correctly.

Half chaps verses long boots
Why the seatbone saver was invented
My horse won't relax his jaw in a snaffle - do I have to squeeze harder?
How can I get the seat aids to work?
The half halt
Learning the sitting trot
Stirrup bar extenders
More on the Pelham
Teaching a horse leg yield
Keeping your heels down
Are Arabs any good for dressage?
Position in rising trot?
Lower leg position
Back ache from riding
On the Hackamore
Cruelty in the horse world
Position in rising trot?
Sitting Deep
Downwards transitions
Canter lead
Driving Seat
Learning to canter