Stop, Go, Turn Claire Lilley

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Stop, Go, Turn Perfecting the Basics of Riding by Claire Lilley

Being able to STOP, GO and TURN is fundamental to making progress in riding, whatever level you ride at and whichever discipline you enjoy. This book will help you refine position, aids and general riding technique, leading to harmony and a better partnership with any horse you ride.

Improving basic riding technique is all about perfecting it over time. There is no quick fix; it takes months or even years to develop. You have to learn to work as a team with every horse you ride, whether you are a novice rider just starting out, or an advanced rider wanting to improve. This book will give you a greater insight as to how three aspects of riding – stopping, moving and turning – are used both separately and interlinked to enable you to establish a correct training regime, whether you are starting a young horse,or retraining an older individual. The outcome of being able to stop, go and turn with ease is a horse that is well balanced, attentive to the rider’s aids and able to work through his back, and this can only be achieved under a rider with a correct position and clear aids. This book shows you how.

STOP

– How to ride the perfect halt

– Half-halts

– Taking weight behind

GO

– The three basic gaits

– Asking your horse to move

– Understanding rhythm and tempo

TURN

– Flexion and bend and the difference between the two

– Circles and turns

– Changing direction

Author Claire Lilley has been teaching riding for many years. She runs her own training centre in Melksham, Wiltshire, specialising in short-term courses for riders and their horses and unmounted workshops covering many aspects of horsemanship. She has written several books,  200+ School Exercises with Poles, the Scales of Training and Dressage to Music andhas produced her own series of training programme DVDs and a range of lungeing equipment.