Description
Book SynopsisOffering a wide variety of ideas to spice up training routines, this handbook provides fresh exercises for practicing classical-riding basics. Dressage fundamentals are indispensable for keeping a horse fit and healthy, but forcing them to go through the same movements over and over while working in the arena can lead to boredom. This guide provides upbeat patterns and exercises that take the necessary task of essential schooling and add variety and challenge to everyday workouts, beat the dressage practice blues, and get the job done. Equestrians looking for new tools to add to their training arsenal and those looking to create a supple and gymnasticized horse will delight in this fun collection of practice routines and photographs.
Trade Review"I recommend this book to adult amateurs, young or old, who want to broaden or review their knowledge of classical dressage
Add this tool to your training aresenal, don't rush through it, and practice in an indoor with mirrors to supplement your program this winter." Chronicle of the Horse "Upbeat patterns and exercises that add variety and challenge to everyday workouts." Dressage Today
Table of ContentsPreface: How This Books Came to Be The Right Path: The Training Scale The Aids: The Rider's Toolbox The Arena: The Rider's Workshop The Movements and Their Variations: Training the Horse Appropriately Turning Basic Dressage Figures into Creative Exercises Incorporating Lateral Movements 'Meaningful Training' Thanks Index
