100 School Exercises for Teaching Riding
100 School Exercises for Teaching Riding $44.95100 School Exercises for Teaching Riding
In this book, you will find exercises for all levels of horse and rider, from novice level to advanced, in both dressage and jumping, including the use of props in training. The author shows how exercises can be combined to create the optimum learning experience for rider and horse, both from a teaching perspective and for solo training – a ‘teacher in a book’. Claire Lilley draws on her many years of experience as a riding coach, with insight from being a student in her formative years. She explains exercises from the teacher’s perspective: what to look for, and key teaching points to consider.
Paperback, Full colour, 128 pages.
33 Strength Fitness Workouts for Horses
33 Strength Fitness Workouts for Horses $59.9533 Strength Fitness Workouts for Horses
The go-to reference for riders and trainers aiming to improve equine conditioning in ways that are strategic, engaging, and fair to the horse.
For just about everything we do with horses—from trail riding to top level competition—a healthy state of fitness is key to both performance and longevity. Every horse will go better for longer if his mind and body are well prepared for the “ask.”
Equine training and conditioning expert Jec Aristotle Ballou has now provided a book that takes the guesswork out of fitness gains. It clarifies how long and frequently to do a particular exercise and provides guidance in how to combine it with others for best results. The result is maximized health and athleticism in the horse.
With easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and clear illustration, this book is a fundamental piece of any conscientious rider’s training plan and a key component to keeping horses performing happily for more years of their lives.
Spiral bound – 200 pages.
Arena Tracks – Christain Baier
Arena Tracks – Christain Baier $52.95Arena Tracks – Christian Baier
A Rider, Trainer, and Instructor’s Reference for Dressage, Jumping, and Cavalletti Exercises
In these pages readers not only find handy quick-reference sections on the correct arena tracks for training and riding, but also a unique collection of over 50 select exercises for using them in the development of a sport horse on the flat and over fences. Putting the arena tracks into practice is the basis for correct systematic training and education in both dressage and jumping. Baier shows the reader exactly how, with distinct sections devoted to clear illustrations of where to go and fundamental explanations for what to do. Progression in ability and understanding of both horse and rider is the goal, with tracks featured from simple to most complex, and the sections dedicated to Cavalletti and jumping moving from the very first time riding over a pole to advanced exercises and courses at a very high level.
Hardcover – 192 pages
Balance in Movement Von Dietze
Balance in Movement Von Dietze $49.95Balance in Movement Von Dietze
The art of successful riding is the development of harmony to such a degree, that, to the onlooker, horse and rider perform in total unity. The rider’s key to this ideal is not a static seat, but one that is capable of adapting to all movements of the horse. The closer the seat follows the movement, the better it can influence that movement and remain in perfect balance with the horse.
Balancing Act Gerd Heuschmann
Balancing Act Gerd Heuschmann $59.95Balancing Act Gerd Heuschmann
A wake-up-call of a follow-up from the bestselling author of Tug of War: Classical versus “Modern” Dressage. Released in paperback for the first time with new observations from the author, Balancing Act is for every conscientious horse person intent on riding and training with the good of the horse in mind.
With vibrantly clear illustrations of the horse’s anatomy and how it is impacted by various riding techniques, Balancing Act presents proof that, although some steps have been taken to prevent the use of forceful and cruel techniques, many sport horses still perform in pain and discomfort.
New Paperback Edition -238 pages – full colour photographs
Core Conditioning For Horses – Cocozza
Core Conditioning For Horses – Cocozza $75.00Core Conditioning For Horses – Cocozza
Every equestrian wants to know: what is the difference between the horse that “dances” when you are on him, and the one that doesn’t? According to Cocozza, it all comes down to the horse’s posture.
The horse’s ability to use the powerful mechanisms already built into his body relies not upon the strength we can see on the outside but the strength on the inside. This invisible and complex arrangement of internal “core” muscles control the horse’s posture, suppleness, and agility. Their good condition is the key to the dance.
Hardcover book, 296 pages
Core connection for Rider & Horse
Core connection for Rider & Horse $49.95Core Connection for Rider & Horse
The book outlines the connections within – the different factors affecting the horse/rider partnership (e.g. rider biomechanics, horse posture and proprioception, saddle balance, mental focus, how horses learn). Lindsay looks at how we can improve our own biomechanics, explains dysfunction patterns in the rider’s body, and offers cutting-edge anti-spasm and nerve-mobility exercises to improve the rider’s shock-absorption capacity. Forward by Philippe Karl.
Paperback -215 pages- full colour illustrations
From the Horse’s Point of View – Kutsch
From the Horse’s Point of View – Kutsch $49.95From the Horse’s Point of View – Kutsch
Beyond Natural Horsemanship – Striking in the facts it reveals, this book leads equestrians into a brave new horse world, where we train horses their way, not ours.
Andrea Kutsch bravely goes on to myth-bust popular assumptions related to typical gestures made by the horse, such as “licking and chewing” and “lowering the head.” She explores how ethograms can be used to map out equine body language and help us attain a clearer sense of the horse’s true perspective.
Paperback- 192 pages.
Grid Pro Quo McKelvy
Grid Pro Quo McKelvy $59.95Grid Pro Quo McKelvy
Favourite lessons from the pros to improve your horse’s adjustability, connection, and performance over fences. 52 Powerful Jumping Exercises from the World’s Top Riders.
This modern-day quick reference to more than 50 grids and jumping exercises brings the best of top international training and instruction into your home ring. Build your skillset and your horse’s confidence and conditioning with a fantastic selection of lessons you can use to:
- Diversify your training routine.
- Sharpen your horse prior to competition.
- Address specific problem areas.
- Paperback, 208 pages.
How Two Minds Meet
How Two Minds Meet $59.95How Two Minds Meet
An exciting follow-up to the bestselling book When Two Spines Align: Dressage Dynamics.
Beth Baumert’s first book, When Two Spines Align: Dressage Dynamics, was a popular and critical success. Lauded by Olympian Carl Hester as the book he most frequently quotes at clinics, it examined the ways the physical bodies of horse and rider work together—the physics behind riding in balance. In Baumert’s new book How Two Minds Meet, she takes us beyond physical harmony to look at the minds of both horse and rider, each complete with its own set of emotions and mental capabilities.
Pilates For Horses Book
Pilates For Horses Book $56.95Pilates For Horses Book
An innovative and easy-to-use application of Pilates principles to the training, conditioning, and rehabilitation of horses by Laura Reiman.
This highly illustrated how-to manual provides a clear guide to new ways of thinking about how to prevent injury in the horse, and when injuries do happen, to help the horse’s body recover in a mindful and safe way. Paperback 160 pages.
Pole Work for Dressage Riders
Pole Work for Dressage Riders $52.95Pole Work for Dressage Riders
Over 50 fun and easy-to-follow exercises using ground poles to improve the horse’s musculature and way of going.
Pole work develops coordination, balance, and concentration in both horse and rider. It helps the rider develop a feel for a “correct” trot, active hindquarters, and lifted back in the horse. The rider learns to maintain “positive tension” (“engagement”) in her body, while still remaining relaxed enough to follow the horse’s movement. The horse must lift his hind legs significantly higher than usual in order to clear the poles, developing the coordination of the dorsal and ventral muscle chains, lifting the horse’s back and engaging his neck. He is encouraged to build muscle in a manner that’s both systematic and correct. This collection of exercises seeks to provide all these benefits and more, not only for the dressage rider seeking to correct or optimize the elements judged in competition but also for the recreational rider wishing to keep her horse fit and sound over a lifetime.
Paperback
Principles of Riding -Rev Edition
Principles of Riding -Rev Edition $49.95Principles of Riding -Rev Edition
Basic Training for Horse & Rider – German National Equestrian Federation
The first edition of The Principles of Riding was published more than 50 years ago, imparting mandatory basic knowledge for all areas of equestrian sport and horse-keeping and this 28th edition, Basic Training for Horse and Rider, has been completely revised regarding language and content, while still taking into account the well-established principles.
The consideration of traditional principles leads to the education and training of the horse according to its nature and thus to its health, well-being and performance capability. The horse’s instincts and natural behaviour are presented in detail as the basis of communication and understanding between horse and rider.
Paperback – 192 pages
Psychology of Horsemanship Lilley
Psychology of Horsemanship Lilley $49.95Psychology of Horsemanship Lilley
With high-quality photographs, diagrams and extended real-life examples, this book explores the application of psychology to the world of horses and how the understanding and evolvement of the horse-rider relationship impacts on both mental and physical development.
Divided into three sections, the book covers:
- Equine psychology – the horse’s senses, primary responses and emotion
- Training psychology – the rider’s communication, training and learning from past experiences
- Relational psychology – the goals, the development and the challenges faced in successful horsemanship
- Paperback – 176 pages -full colour photographs
Relaxation Exercises for Horses – Henry
Relaxation Exercises for Horses – Henry $44.95Relaxation Exercises for Horses – Henry
A Guide to Soft, Supple, and Light
The goal of a relaxed and willing horse crosses disciplines. Whether striving toward competitive goals in the show ring, working long hours on the ranch, or simply enjoying a leisurely trail ride, a horse that is supple in body, relaxed in mind, and light in the hand will be better able to perform, and stay sound and healthy while doing it.
The exercises in these pages are a classically correct and horse-friendly starting point to building a routine you can rely on to prepare your horse in the best way possible for training or performance, or to cool him down afterward.
Paperback – 96 pages
Riding Out Ingrid Klimke
Riding Out Ingrid Klimke $59.99Riding Out Ingrid Klimke
A decorated Olympian shares her tips for incorporating training outside the arena and on the trail for happier, healthier equine athletes.
Gold medallist Ingrid Klimke has long encouraged competitive equestrians to spend time riding outside the arena or typical fenced or covered training area. Klimke learned to love trail riding and working outside the ring from her father, the admired dressage master Reiner Klimke, who insisted it be a regular part of their weekly schedule.
While Klimke notes that the most important part of “riding out” is for horse and rider to enjoy it, there are also many training and conditioning benefits for the horse.
- Promotes relaxation in mind and body.
- Provides variety to everyday training.
- Boosts motivation when under saddle.
- Builds fitness in diverse ways.
Paperback, full colour, 104 pages.
The Horse in Positive Tension -Stammer
The Horse in Positive Tension -Stammer $75.00The Horse in Positive Tension -Stammer
Harnessing Equine Kinetic Energy for Top Performance – An illustrated study of the biomechanics of horse-and-rider movement like no other.
Everything you know about riding and the horse’s movement isn’t what you think it is! Did you know that:
- On a functional level, traditional ways of teaching rider position and horse movement do not actually work with the biomechanical system that is horse and rider?
- Use of the inside rein does not encourage the horse to bend to the inside?
- Training exercises and lessons that claim to be simple cannot be as easily applied as it might seem?
- Hardcover – 192 pages
The Working Equitation Training Manual
The Working Equitation Training Manual $59.95The Working Equitation Training Manual
The only book available devoted to learning and perfecting working equitation obstacles.
The Working Equitation Training Manual provides a one-of-a-kind progressive training system to those new to the sport. Lessons focus on developing confidence with the obstacle phases of working equitation while incorporating dressage principles. The elements of each obstacle are broken down and then brought back together in step-by-step exercises that:
- Prepare horse and rider to perform an obstacle properly.
- Introduce horses and riders to competition obstacles.
- Help improve and polish an obstacle’s execution.
- Paperback, 190 pages.
