33 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.
33 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.
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.
Balance 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.
Balance 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.
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.
Braiding Manes and Tails
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Horse trainer and instructor Charni Lewis brings the wonderful process of braiding to life in her clearly described step-by-step guide to 30 beautiful braids. Helping the braider along are full-color photographs and detailed illustrations showing twists and turns that make each style unique and the hand positions necessary to hold those ropes of equine hair in place. To keep hands free for braiding the book has a nail hole at the top of each page for easy hanging on a post or barn wall.
Spiral Bound- 151 pages
Braiding Manes and Tails
SOLD OUT
Horse trainer and instructor Charni Lewis brings the wonderful process of braiding to life in her clearly described step-by-step guide to 30 beautiful braids. Helping the braider along are full-color photographs and detailed illustrations showing twists and turns that make each style unique and the hand positions necessary to hold those ropes of equine hair in place. To keep hands free for braiding the book has a nail hole at the top of each page for easy hanging on a post or barn wall.
Spiral Bound- 151 pages
Braiding Manes and Tails
Braiding Manes and Tails $29.95Braiding Manes and Tails
SOLD OUT
Horse trainer and instructor Charni Lewis brings the wonderful process of braiding to life in her clearly described step-by-step guide to 30 beautiful braids. Helping the braider along are full-color photographs and detailed illustrations showing twists and turns that make each style unique and the hand positions necessary to hold those ropes of equine hair in place. To keep hands free for braiding the book has a nail hole at the top of each page for easy hanging on a post or barn wall.
Spiral Bound- 151 pages
Feet First Barefoot Performance & Hoof Rehabilitation
It has long been taken for granted that shoes are essential to protect a horse’s feet. This book challenges that notion and demonstrates that many horses hooves are capable of high levels of performance on all surfaces without shoes.
This ground-breaking book explores the issues surrounding barefoot horses and looks in detail at how to improve overall hoof health, in both shod and barefoot horses. The book offers a practical, hands-on advice on achieving barefoot performance in a variety of disciplines – from eventing and hunting to endurance – focussing on the essential elements for healthy hooves: diet, environment, exercise and trimming or shoeing. Paperback, 168 pages.
Feet First Barefoot Performance & Hoof Rehabilitation
It has long been taken for granted that shoes are essential to protect a horse’s feet. This book challenges that notion and demonstrates that many horses hooves are capable of high levels of performance on all surfaces without shoes.
This ground-breaking book explores the issues surrounding barefoot horses and looks in detail at how to improve overall hoof health, in both shod and barefoot horses. The book offers a practical, hands-on advice on achieving barefoot performance in a variety of disciplines – from eventing and hunting to endurance – focussing on the essential elements for healthy hooves: diet, environment, exercise and trimming or shoeing. Paperback, 168 pages.
Feet First Barefoot Performance
Feet First Barefoot Performance $42.95Feet First Barefoot Performance & Hoof Rehabilitation
It has long been taken for granted that shoes are essential to protect a horse’s feet. This book challenges that notion and demonstrates that many horses hooves are capable of high levels of performance on all surfaces without shoes.
This ground-breaking book explores the issues surrounding barefoot horses and looks in detail at how to improve overall hoof health, in both shod and barefoot horses. The book offers a practical, hands-on advice on achieving barefoot performance in a variety of disciplines – from eventing and hunting to endurance – focussing on the essential elements for healthy hooves: diet, environment, exercise and trimming or shoeing. Paperback, 168 pages.
From 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.
From 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.
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
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.
Grid 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.
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.
Pilates for Equestrians
A guide to how Pilates can help you develop a more effective riding position and achieve better competition results.
“The book is dedicated to specific exercises, most of which can be done without any special equipment like gym balls or bands. All of the exercises are explained clearly, with excellent accompanying photographs and a box detailing how the exercise relates to your riding….The book also covers key exercises which can be used to combat common rider faults.”—Horse & Hound
NEW EDITION 2015 Hardcover.
Pilates for Equestrians
A guide to how Pilates can help you develop a more effective riding position and achieve better competition results.
“The book is dedicated to specific exercises, most of which can be done without any special equipment like gym balls or bands. All of the exercises are explained clearly, with excellent accompanying photographs and a box detailing how the exercise relates to your riding….The book also covers key exercises which can be used to combat common rider faults.”—Horse & Hound
NEW EDITION 2015 Hardcover.
Pilates for Equestrians
Pilates for Equestrians $46.95Pilates for Equestrians
A guide to how Pilates can help you develop a more effective riding position and achieve better competition results.
“The book is dedicated to specific exercises, most of which can be done without any special equipment like gym balls or bands. All of the exercises are explained clearly, with excellent accompanying photographs and a box detailing how the exercise relates to your riding….The book also covers key exercises which can be used to combat common rider faults.”—Horse & Hound
NEW EDITION 2015 Hardcover.
Pilates 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.
Pilates 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.
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.
The Horse Anatomy Workbook – Raynor
Maggie Raynor has prepared this very detailed labelling and colouring book for equine students fully illustrated and designed to assist in remembering anatomical detail and terminology.
The book is ring bound to open flat. Paperback, 192 pages.
The Horse Anatomy Workbook – Raynor
Maggie Raynor has prepared this very detailed labelling and colouring book for equine students fully illustrated and designed to assist in remembering anatomical detail and terminology.
The book is ring bound to open flat. Paperback, 192 pages.
The Horse Anatomy Workbook – Raynor
The Horse Anatomy Workbook – Raynor $49.95The Horse Anatomy Workbook – Raynor
Maggie Raynor has prepared this very detailed labelling and colouring book for equine students fully illustrated and designed to assist in remembering anatomical detail and terminology.
The book is ring bound to open flat. Paperback, 192 pages.
World Class Braiding Manes & Tails
A handy quick-reference with step-by-step color photos and easy-to-follow instructions from two top professional grooms. Spiral Bound for easy use.
Professional grooms Cat Hill and Emma Ford, co-authors of the bestselling World-Class Grooming for Horses, have braided thousands of horses for a variety of disciplines over the course of their esteemed careers in the equestrian industry. Now they’ve highlighted those skills in a book conceived to be a helpful barn companion—one you can take with you and keep in your tack trunk, providing a go-to reference whenever you need it. Full of full-color photographs that illustrate every step of the process.
World Class Braiding Manes & Tails
A handy quick-reference with step-by-step color photos and easy-to-follow instructions from two top professional grooms. Spiral Bound for easy use.
Professional grooms Cat Hill and Emma Ford, co-authors of the bestselling World-Class Grooming for Horses, have braided thousands of horses for a variety of disciplines over the course of their esteemed careers in the equestrian industry. Now they’ve highlighted those skills in a book conceived to be a helpful barn companion—one you can take with you and keep in your tack trunk, providing a go-to reference whenever you need it. Full of full-color photographs that illustrate every step of the process.
World Class Braiding Manes & Tails
World Class Braiding Manes & Tails $33.95World Class Braiding Manes & Tails
A handy quick-reference with step-by-step color photos and easy-to-follow instructions from two top professional grooms. Spiral Bound for easy use.
Professional grooms Cat Hill and Emma Ford, co-authors of the bestselling World-Class Grooming for Horses, have braided thousands of horses for a variety of disciplines over the course of their esteemed careers in the equestrian industry. Now they’ve highlighted those skills in a book conceived to be a helpful barn companion—one you can take with you and keep in your tack trunk, providing a go-to reference whenever you need it. Full of full-color photographs that illustrate every step of the process.
Four Legs Move My Soul – Werth
The Authorised Biography of Dressage Olympian Isabell Werth.
Retail $49.95 Our price $42.00
German Olympian Isabell Werth is one of the most successful horsewomen in the world. With six Olympic gold medals and scores of championship titles to her name, there are few who equal her on paper. Readers will get the inside scoop when it comes to Werth’s accomplishments-and her failures, too. They’ll hear her personal thoughts regarding some of the biggest controversies to rock the dressage world: Rollkur and Totilas. Perhaps most importantly, they’ll learn about each of the sensitive and talented horses that has impacted Werth’s life, including Gigolo, Satchmo, and Bella Rose.
Paperback 336 pages
Four Legs Move My Soul – Werth
The Authorised Biography of Dressage Olympian Isabell Werth.
Retail $49.95 Our price $42.00
German Olympian Isabell Werth is one of the most successful horsewomen in the world. With six Olympic gold medals and scores of championship titles to her name, there are few who equal her on paper. Readers will get the inside scoop when it comes to Werth’s accomplishments-and her failures, too. They’ll hear her personal thoughts regarding some of the biggest controversies to rock the dressage world: Rollkur and Totilas. Perhaps most importantly, they’ll learn about each of the sensitive and talented horses that has impacted Werth’s life, including Gigolo, Satchmo, and Bella Rose.
Paperback 336 pages
Four Legs Move My Soul – Werth
Four Legs Move My Soul – Werth $49.95Four Legs Move My Soul – Werth
The Authorised Biography of Dressage Olympian Isabell Werth.
Retail $49.95 Our price $42.00
German Olympian Isabell Werth is one of the most successful horsewomen in the world. With six Olympic gold medals and scores of championship titles to her name, there are few who equal her on paper. Readers will get the inside scoop when it comes to Werth’s accomplishments-and her failures, too. They’ll hear her personal thoughts regarding some of the biggest controversies to rock the dressage world: Rollkur and Totilas. Perhaps most importantly, they’ll learn about each of the sensitive and talented horses that has impacted Werth’s life, including Gigolo, Satchmo, and Bella Rose.
Paperback 336 pages
Horse Brain / Human Brain
By Janet Jones, brain scientist and horsewoman.
Horsemanship of every kind depends on mutual interaction between equine and human brains. When we understand the function of both, we can learn to communicate with horses on their terms instead of ours.
Paperback – 312 pages
Horse Brain / Human Brain
By Janet Jones, brain scientist and horsewoman.
Horsemanship of every kind depends on mutual interaction between equine and human brains. When we understand the function of both, we can learn to communicate with horses on their terms instead of ours.
Paperback – 312 pages
Horse Brain / Human Brain
Horse Brain / Human Brain $53.95Horse Brain / Human Brain
By Janet Jones, brain scientist and horsewoman.
Horsemanship of every kind depends on mutual interaction between equine and human brains. When we understand the function of both, we can learn to communicate with horses on their terms instead of ours.
Paperback – 312 pages
Physical Therapy for Horses
A Visual Course in Massage, Stretching, Rehabilitation, Anatomy, and Bio-mechanics
In this highly illustrated book, the author begins with a comprehensible introduction to the musculoskeletal and nervous systems, as well as an instructive conversation covering bio-mechanics basics, then explores the major areas of therapy in detail. Readers will find practical how-to guidance in the most popular therapeutic modalities, as well as cutting-edge alternatives that are currently gaining ground: fascia work, stretching, massage, stability and strengthening exercises, laser therapy, kinesiotaping, and much more.
Physical Therapy for Horses
A Visual Course in Massage, Stretching, Rehabilitation, Anatomy, and Bio-mechanics
In this highly illustrated book, the author begins with a comprehensible introduction to the musculoskeletal and nervous systems, as well as an instructive conversation covering bio-mechanics basics, then explores the major areas of therapy in detail. Readers will find practical how-to guidance in the most popular therapeutic modalities, as well as cutting-edge alternatives that are currently gaining ground: fascia work, stretching, massage, stability and strengthening exercises, laser therapy, kinesiotaping, and much more.
Physical Therapy for Horses
Physical Therapy for Horses $79.95Physical Therapy for Horses
A Visual Course in Massage, Stretching, Rehabilitation, Anatomy, and Bio-mechanics
In this highly illustrated book, the author begins with a comprehensible introduction to the musculoskeletal and nervous systems, as well as an instructive conversation covering bio-mechanics basics, then explores the major areas of therapy in detail. Readers will find practical how-to guidance in the most popular therapeutic modalities, as well as cutting-edge alternatives that are currently gaining ground: fascia work, stretching, massage, stability and strengthening exercises, laser therapy, kinesiotaping, and much more.
Stride Control
AUTHOR: JEN MARSDEN HAMILTON
Understanding and implementing stride control (being able to adjust the number of strides before and between fences) improves a horse’s rideability and allows the rider to further improve the horse’s technique over an obstacle. Jen Marsden Hamilton discovered striding from former US Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe George Morris, who credits her as being the first student to whom he taught the method that he’d learned from Bertalan De Némethy, one of his mentors.
Stride control is an essential part of any rider’s development when jumping obstacles, and jumping them well, is a goal. Paperback, 176 pages, illustrated
Stride Control
AUTHOR: JEN MARSDEN HAMILTON
Understanding and implementing stride control (being able to adjust the number of strides before and between fences) improves a horse’s rideability and allows the rider to further improve the horse’s technique over an obstacle. Jen Marsden Hamilton discovered striding from former US Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe George Morris, who credits her as being the first student to whom he taught the method that he’d learned from Bertalan De Némethy, one of his mentors.
Stride control is an essential part of any rider’s development when jumping obstacles, and jumping them well, is a goal. Paperback, 176 pages, illustrated
Stride Control
Stride Control $45.00Stride Control
AUTHOR: JEN MARSDEN HAMILTON
Understanding and implementing stride control (being able to adjust the number of strides before and between fences) improves a horse’s rideability and allows the rider to further improve the horse’s technique over an obstacle. Jen Marsden Hamilton discovered striding from former US Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe George Morris, who credits her as being the first student to whom he taught the method that he’d learned from Bertalan De Némethy, one of his mentors.
Stride control is an essential part of any rider’s development when jumping obstacles, and jumping them well, is a goal. Paperback, 176 pages, illustrated
Training and Riding with Cones and Poles
By Sigrid Schöpe
Training your horse to concentrate on a lesson, bend his body from nose to tail, and pay attention to where he places his feet—whatever your discipline or level of expertise, these are necessary foundation skills. This book shows how to exercises using two very basic training tools: traffic cones and ground poles. Arranged in an easy-to-view format so you can work through the exercises progressively, or dip in as you please.
Spiral Bound Hardback, 96 Pages, Illustrated
Training and Riding with Cones and Poles
By Sigrid Schöpe
Training your horse to concentrate on a lesson, bend his body from nose to tail, and pay attention to where he places his feet—whatever your discipline or level of expertise, these are necessary foundation skills. This book shows how to exercises using two very basic training tools: traffic cones and ground poles. Arranged in an easy-to-view format so you can work through the exercises progressively, or dip in as you please.
Spiral Bound Hardback, 96 Pages, Illustrated
Training and Riding with Cones and Poles
Training and Riding with Cones and Poles $29.95Training and Riding with Cones and Poles
By Sigrid Schöpe
Training your horse to concentrate on a lesson, bend his body from nose to tail, and pay attention to where he places his feet—whatever your discipline or level of expertise, these are necessary foundation skills. This book shows how to exercises using two very basic training tools: traffic cones and ground poles. Arranged in an easy-to-view format so you can work through the exercises progressively, or dip in as you please.
Spiral Bound Hardback, 96 Pages, Illustrated
Yoga for Riders
Yoga teacher and horsewoman Cathy Woods believes the meditative, mindful breathwork and lifestyle aspects of yoga, as well as the postures, can be profoundly helpful in our interactions with horses. In addition, Woods shares specific stretches for strength, flexibility, and balance, as well as postures that contribute to rider safety as we age. The result is a book that helps us become more aware and conscious riders while gently correcting our imbalances, resulting in a richer, more rewarding, more joyful horsemanship experience.
Paperback, 184 pages, illustrated.
Yoga for Riders
Yoga teacher and horsewoman Cathy Woods believes the meditative, mindful breathwork and lifestyle aspects of yoga, as well as the postures, can be profoundly helpful in our interactions with horses. In addition, Woods shares specific stretches for strength, flexibility, and balance, as well as postures that contribute to rider safety as we age. The result is a book that helps us become more aware and conscious riders while gently correcting our imbalances, resulting in a richer, more rewarding, more joyful horsemanship experience.
Paperback, 184 pages, illustrated.
Yoga for Riders
Yoga for Riders $59.95Yoga for Riders
Yoga teacher and horsewoman Cathy Woods believes the meditative, mindful breathwork and lifestyle aspects of yoga, as well as the postures, can be profoundly helpful in our interactions with horses. In addition, Woods shares specific stretches for strength, flexibility, and balance, as well as postures that contribute to rider safety as we age. The result is a book that helps us become more aware and conscious riders while gently correcting our imbalances, resulting in a richer, more rewarding, more joyful horsemanship experience.
Paperback, 184 pages, illustrated.
Dressage For No Country Paul Belasik
In this new book Paul Belasik shares a lifetime of searching and studying, both through stories of his own adventures and thoughtful essays on the subjects he has pondered during the years he has trained and ridden horses. Beginning in northern New York, and travelling to Portugal, and later, Vienna, Belasik serves as a tour guide of the various dressage “paths” he had the chance to explore, including the German system, the Portuguese art of equitation, and the revered institutions of the Spanish Riding School. Armed with the knowledge and experience he accrued over time, Belasik debates whether classical dressage and competition dressage are at all compatible. Then, he considers the role of mindfulness, how to become a good teacher, and how to be a good student in today’s horse world, providing the guideposts needed to take dressage–and riding, in general–the next step forward.
Dressage For No Country Paul Belasik
In this new book Paul Belasik shares a lifetime of searching and studying, both through stories of his own adventures and thoughtful essays on the subjects he has pondered during the years he has trained and ridden horses. Beginning in northern New York, and travelling to Portugal, and later, Vienna, Belasik serves as a tour guide of the various dressage “paths” he had the chance to explore, including the German system, the Portuguese art of equitation, and the revered institutions of the Spanish Riding School. Armed with the knowledge and experience he accrued over time, Belasik debates whether classical dressage and competition dressage are at all compatible. Then, he considers the role of mindfulness, how to become a good teacher, and how to be a good student in today’s horse world, providing the guideposts needed to take dressage–and riding, in general–the next step forward.
Dressage For No Country Paul Belasik
Dressage For No Country Paul Belasik $44.95Dressage For No Country Paul Belasik
In this new book Paul Belasik shares a lifetime of searching and studying, both through stories of his own adventures and thoughtful essays on the subjects he has pondered during the years he has trained and ridden horses. Beginning in northern New York, and travelling to Portugal, and later, Vienna, Belasik serves as a tour guide of the various dressage “paths” he had the chance to explore, including the German system, the Portuguese art of equitation, and the revered institutions of the Spanish Riding School. Armed with the knowledge and experience he accrued over time, Belasik debates whether classical dressage and competition dressage are at all compatible. Then, he considers the role of mindfulness, how to become a good teacher, and how to be a good student in today’s horse world, providing the guideposts needed to take dressage–and riding, in general–the next step forward.
Dressage School A Sourcebook of Movements & Tips
Britta Schöffmann is a journalist, a Grand Prix dressage rider, a competition judge, and an instructor. She is the author of several books that focus on the value of a strong mutual bond of trust between rider and horse.
In this new edition of her fantastically detailed and uniquely organised reference, readers discover the what, the how, and–most importantly–the why of more than 100 dressage movements. Colour photographs of riders of various levels and on different breeds of horse show how each movement should look when ridden correctly. Not only is each movement clearly defined, but explanations include common mistakes and how to avoid them, as well as the benefits of each exercise and how it contributes to the “bigger picture” of the dressage training scale.
Hardcover, 208 pages.
Dressage School A Sourcebook of Movements & Tips
Dressage School A Sourcebook of Movements & Tips $49.95
Dressage School A Sourcebook of Movements & Tips
Britta Schöffmann is a journalist, a Grand Prix dressage rider, a competition judge, and an instructor. She is the author of several books that focus on the value of a strong mutual bond of trust between rider and horse.
In this new edition of her fantastically detailed and uniquely organised reference, readers discover the what, the how, and–most importantly–the why of more than 100 dressage movements. Colour photographs of riders of various levels and on different breeds of horse show how each movement should look when ridden correctly. Not only is each movement clearly defined, but explanations include common mistakes and how to avoid them, as well as the benefits of each exercise and how it contributes to the “bigger picture” of the dressage training scale.
Hardcover, 208 pages.
Dressage School A Sourcebook of Movements & Tips
Dressage School A Sourcebook of Movements & Tips $49.95Dressage School A Sourcebook of Movements & Tips
Britta Schöffmann is a journalist, a Grand Prix dressage rider, a competition judge, and an instructor. She is the author of several books that focus on the value of a strong mutual bond of trust between rider and horse.
In this new edition of her fantastically detailed and uniquely organised reference, readers discover the what, the how, and–most importantly–the why of more than 100 dressage movements. Colour photographs of riders of various levels and on different breeds of horse show how each movement should look when ridden correctly. Not only is each movement clearly defined, but explanations include common mistakes and how to avoid them, as well as the benefits of each exercise and how it contributes to the “bigger picture” of the dressage training scale.
Hardcover, 208 pages.
