Schooling Horse & Rider

The Principles of Riding - BOOK

The Principles of Riding

This extremely popular handbook, the English translation of the official German Instruction manual, provides a complete course for horse and rider using the German training system - the system that has consistently produced international champions for many decades.

EQUESTRIAN AUSTRALIA NCAS RECOMMENDED READING

Contents include:

Basic training of the rider
Basic exercises
Basic training of the horse
Tips for riding in competitions

Author: German National Equestrian Federation

Binding: Paperback

Extent: 245 x 198mm, 192 pages

Illustrations: Black & white drawings

ISBN: 1872119717

The Right Track - BOOK

The Right Track

Recommended Reading by Equestrian Australia & Pony Club Australia

Have you every tacked up your horse, ridden into the arena and discovered you haven’t any idea what to do next? Are you a riding instructor looking for more exercises for your students? Or perhaps you’re the dedicated parent of a potential riding star who wants to help discover the secret of successful training. The Right Track is an immensely useful collection of a huge variety of arena exercises for individual and group riding lessons designed to make flatwork interesting and fun, but above all, effective.

Have you ever tacked up your horse, ridden into the arena and discovered that you haven't any idea what to do next? Are you a riding instructor looking for more exercises for your students? Or perhaps you are the dedicated parent of a potential riding star who wants to help discover the secret of successful training... The Right Track is here to help. With exercises designed to improve transitions, rhythm, flexion, accuracy, balance-- and much more-- this indespensable collection of arena exercises will revitalize flatwork sessions, making them interesting, fun and, above all, effective.

Author Notes: Sarah Venamore is an internationally experienced horsewoman. She is renowned amongst her students for the clarity of her teaching, and this book encapsulates the essence of her style. Sarah Venamore studied for her BHSAI under molly Sivewright at the Talland School of Equitation. She has since gained further teaching qualifications and now back in her native Australia she is the NSW State Pony Club dressage coach; she travels all over the country coaching pony club teams and has overseen several vaulting teams successfully compete overseas. Sarah competes at dressage herself and has been placed at state and national level. While some of the exercises in this book have been taught to Sarah during her own training, Sarah has devised the rest herself, refining and improving them. Sarah uses them extensively-- and successfully-- to hold the interest of young riders as they train at her riding camps. They are presented in an easily usable fashion in this book for all riders and trainers to benefit.

Format: Spiral Bound
Number of Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781570763694
Author: Sarah Venamore

The Right Track II ...Moving Foward - BOOK

The Right Track II .. moving forward

Following on from 'The Right Track', 'The Right Track 11...moving forward', gives riders and instrctors more ideas for exercises within an arena.

You'll also find an insight as to how we learn, and how much information you can receive from a lesson!.

The Right Track II is the next`book with fantastic exercises to challenge the mind and the body, for both horse and rider.

It works with the same principles of straightness, forward, flexion, bend, transitions, awareness and lateral work.

There is also a section to explain how we think and learn to help you get the most out of your own lessons or to help you train others.

Riding with Feel - BOOK

Riding with Feel by Zoe Harrison

Riding with Feel is a practical guide for riders of all standards and all disciplines who want to improve their ability to communicate with their horse when riding on the flat and over jumps.

It is the only book to deal entirely with the subject of developing the rider's ability to feel.

Zoe Harrison leads the rider through a series of techniques and exercises, some mounted and some dismounted, to increase their awareness of their own body and to more clearly feel their horse's movements and response to the aids.

This book will also be useful for coaches and instructors in guiding their students of all levels and all ages in the development of feel.

Riding with Feel is illustrated with line drawings and covers topics such as rider position, body awareness, application and timing of the aids, fitting of saddlery and the horse's balance and movement. Exercises are clearly explained in the text and presented in summary form in each chapter to further assist the rider in their training sessions.

Zoe Harrison - BHSAI, EFA NCAS II (General and Dressage), PC NCAS I

Riding from the Inside Out by Lisa Champion - BOOK

Riding from the Inside Out by Lisa Champion

If you're ready to unlock the secrets of easy, natural riding, let Riding from the Inside Out show you how. This unique book combines the talents of an exercise specialist with an innovative physiotherapist and a gifted dressage rider.

Together they have created a whole new exercise and stretching programme to practise off the horse that is guaranteed to improve your performance on the horse - for good. Practical and accessible, this book includes a bonus audio CD with step-by-step instructions for key exercises, and a 'bottom clencher' for muscle-strengthening.;

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 112
ISBN: 0 85131 912 2
Author: Lisa Champion

Better Rider, Better Ride - BOOK

By using this detailed program, you'll see tremendous improvement in many areas you need to be good at in riding:

* Better posture

* Improved reaction times

* Improved body composition

* Better balance and coordination

* Better discipline

Author Linda Schultz identifies common riding problems and how they can be corrected through specific exercises. Includes a self-test to allow readers to accurately assess their current fitness level.

Clear color photos demonstrate each beginner, intermediate and advanced exercise.

Challenge yourself to become the best rider/athlete you can be—your horse deserves nothing less!

Author Notes: Linda M. Schultz is Director of Marketing for the United States Dressage Federation. She also owns and manages Kantelaufer Farm, Inc., a dressage training facility in Georgetown, KY. Ms. Schultz is also an associate instructor with the USDF, earned her USDF bronze and silver medals, and holds a BA in Journalism from Northern Illinois University and an MBA in Marketing from Keller Graduate School of Management

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 104
ISBN: 9780939481804
Author: Linda Schultz

Centred Riding - BOOK

Centred Riding

This book’s publication 21 years ago caused a revolution in riding by demonstrating how good use of the body can make a world of difference to both rider and horse. The author is widely known for her innovative teaching philosophy stressing body awareness, the value of ‘soft eyes’, proper breathing, centring and balance, and her methods enable horse and rider to achieve harmony, working together naturally and without pain.

Author Notes: Sally taught riding professionally for ten years as a young woman, however moved on and it wasn’t until she retired at the age of 62 that she returned to teaching riding. She had an awareness of the body-mind connection and its importance to the mechanics of riding well. The book Centered Riding was published in 1985 and became one of the best-selling horse books of all time. It was followed by two popular videotapes in 1986. Sally began to travel both nationally and internationally to teaching Centered Riding. She formed the organization Centered Riding Inc, and since the organization began 1,000 instructors have been approved. Now aged 85 she no longer travels, but still teaches a few private lessons and some two-day clinics.

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 288
ISBN: 0 85131 933 5
Author: Sally Swift

Centred Riding 2 - BOOK

Centred Riding 2

When Centered Riding was first published in 1985, it became one of the best-selling horse books of all time. Since then, the centered riding method has continued to evolve and the author has developed many new concepts, all of which are presented here with the aim of achieving a successful partnership in which horse and rider work efficiently together in joyful harmony.

Centered Riding is a way of educating the mind and body of the rider in order to achieve greater balance, harmony and communication with the horse. Sally Swift’s first book, Centered Riding revolutionised riding by demonstrating how good use of the body can make a world of difference to both rider and horse. Seventeen years later, the author has produced a remarkable sequel which shows how the Centered Riding method has continued to evolve and presents new concepts and fresh imagery, all designed to help, reward and inspire the rider. Centered Riding 2, not only does Sally Swift explain the ain tenets of her method for the benefit of the rider but also turns her attention to the horse, showing how it is possible to improve balance, musculature and way of going, with the result that horse and rider can work together efficiently and successfully in joyful harmony,

Format: Hardcover

Number of Pages: 208
ISBN: 0 85131 873 8
Author: Sally Swift

Ride with your Mind - BOOK

Ride with your Mind

Whilst the horse world is rich in descriptions that tell us what horse and rider should look like, we lack good information about exactly "how" to produce the desired results. Good horsemen ride well without knowing how they do it, and without understanding why you are not like them and cannot do it too.

During 23 years of research it has been Mary Wanless's personal mission to expose the secrets of horsemanship, breaking down riding skills into "bite-size chunks" and finding ways of describing them that work for average riders. By using the learning strategies given here the rider should discover how to connect with the horse in a way that makes sense to him and enables him to carry himself well, in self-carriage.

At the same time the techniques aim to offer the rider security, stability and effectiveness in the saddle. This title sets out to simplify "Ride With Your Mind" methods and to provide a basic tool-kit for the acquisition of a truly independent seat in walk, trot and through transitions, on straight lines, turns and circles - and, importantly, how to make corrections when things don't go exactly to plan. Mary explains how to use the hands, legs and body correctly, and gives the ingredients for perfect contact. In each section, the instruction is backed up by practical self-tests and exercises to ensure success, and there are ideas for troubleshooting during the learning process and in the future.

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 144
ISBN: 9781872119526
Author: Mary Wanless

For the Good of the Rider - BOOK

For the Good of the Rider

An absolute must for everyone who wants to improve their technique.

‘Mary Wanless explains her unique approach in this important book. Through her various methods she promises to help the reader understand the biomechanics of riding, overcome training blocks and nervousness, as well as “bringing joy to your riding”.’ Horse & Hound

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 287
ISBN: 9781872119687
Author: Mary Wanless

Art of Training - BOOK

Art of Training

What do riders want from their horse? Whatever their goals, they need to understand that how the way a horse is put together affects his athletic ability, and what his limitations and abilities are likely to be. They must also recognize the enormous extent to which they, as riders and trainers, can affect a horse's capabilities and either enhance or decrease his potential. This book sets out to show how the average owner can assist any horse to achieve maximum potential - whether the ultimate aim is dressage, endurance, eventing, showjumping, riding-club activities, showing or general recreational riding.

The aim of Realize Your Horse’s True Potential is to enable the average owner, rider and trainer to improve the general ability and performance of any horse no matter what his or her age, whether the ultimate purpose is general recreational riding, riding club activities, eventing, showjumping, dressage or endurance. The author looks at the strengths and weaknesses inherent in different types of conformation, and suggests ways in which riders can minimize the effects of any weakness while recognizing the limitations. The emphasis throughout the book is on what can be achieved; no horse has absolutely perfect conformation but almost every horse can be helped, through correct care, training and riding, to overcome such limitations as nature has imposed on them, and to become fitter, healthier, happier and more versatile as a result, thus enhancing the rider’s enjoyment. Every horse owner, rider and trainer will benefit fro the study of his immensely practical, fascinating and ground breaking book.

Author Notes: Lesley Skipper writes about equestrian matters and Russian history. She is a liaison member of the Classical Riding Club, and is a regular contributor to the Club’s quarterly Newsletter. Her previous book Inside Your Horse’s Mind has been accepted as the set book for the Equine Behaviour Course at the Damelin School in South Africa.

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 256
ISBN: 85131 814 2
Author: Lesley Skipper

Bits and Bitting - BOOK

Bits and Bitting

Bits and Bitting - A fully comprehensive yet essentially simple and attractive guide to bits and bitting, illustrating all types of bits and describing their correct fitting and use. There are sections on nosebands, reins and martingales. The ultimate reference book.

This comprehensive and easy to reference guide to bits and bitting covers all aspects of the subject including the difference types of bi, their correct fitting and action, sections on internal and external aids, assessing the structure if the horse’s head and how to measure and order bits. It contains 92 drawings and over 400 photographs in full colour, and is a fascinating, invaluable and attractive reference for all riders, horse owners and students.

Author Notes: Hilary Vernon has spent ten years in the saddlery trade advising clients on bits and their uses. Hilary is also a qualified riding instructor and a keen amateur whip. She is also at the moment helping to build a new saddlery.

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 128
ISBN: 0 85131 725 1
Author: Hilary Vernon

The Bit and the Reins - BOOK

The Bit and the Reins

The author demonstrates how rein contact can be a live connection; an empathetic and energetic game of question and answer between horse and rider. He explores various types of bridles and bits and explains their correct fitting and use. He provides a basic training outline for developing correct head carriage in the young horse and shows how the rider can develop an independent seat and allow mutual balance to evolve without stress and with active concern for the welfare of the horse.

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 160
ISBN: 0 85131 903 3
Author: Gerhard Kapitzke

Lungeing the Rider for a Perfect Seat - BOOK

Lungeing the Rider for a Perfect Seat

For centuries, the riders from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria, have been revered around the world for their exemplary seats and impeccable equitation. Lungeing the rider is the School's tried and true method of teaching students to attain an independent seat, and they are lunged for at least six months before being allowed to take up the reins. Why is this method so consistently successful? Being lunged temporarily relieves the rider of complex and often confusing tasks, such as managing the horse's speed, direction, balance, and alignment. It reduces the very long list of riding responsibilities, enabling the rider to become organized, learn to juggle an increasing number of mounted tasks, and concentrate on his or her own balance and self-control.

This step-by-step guide to both lungeing others and being lunged unveils the secrets behind the most beautiful - and functional - riding in the world. By combining traditional mounted exercises with yoga, conscious breath work, and hands-on bodywork, Linda Benedik's unique rider-lungeing programme helps the rider create a personal balance that leads to a deeper connection with the horse while at the same time developing a stable, correct, elegant and independent seat - every rider's goal.

Author Notes: Linda Benedik is an internationally known equestrian author, clinician, trainer, and riding instructor. She is the founder of 'Harmony With Horses', a unique programme that blends mind-body practices with classical horsemanship, and the author of the acclaimed book, Yoga for Equestrians, as well as the two-part instructional video series, Yoga & Riding. She resides on California's Gold Coast in San Buenaventura where she freelances as a private equestrian trainer for an exclusive clientele in the Los Angeles region. She also travels to teach various classical riding and yoga clinics each year.

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 248
ISBN: 9780851319599
Author: Linda Benedik

Lungeing and Long Reining - BOOK

Lungeing and Long Reining

This manual offers a step-by-step guide to the art of training, exercising and suppling horses from the ground, by a leading exponent of the art. Starting with training foals and young horses, the author works through to perfecting in-hand piaffe and passage, explaining how to master each stage on the way.

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 112
ISBN: 9781872119533
Author: Jennie Loriston-Clark

Cavelletti - BOOK

Cavelletti

The classic work on the schooling of horse and rider over ground poles. Written by an Olympic gold medallist widely regarded as one of the best all-round riders in the world. Demonstrates how to train any horse for jumping with the use of cavalletti with a chapter on gymnastic jumping by the author's daughter, Ingrid Klimke.

This revised and updated version of Reiner Klimke’s classic book on cavalletti work now has an extended section on gymnastic jumping by the author’s daughter, Ingrid Klimke. First published over 30 years, the original information on schooling horses over cavalletti is still valid today but the book also encompasses the changing face and requirements of the modern sport horse.

Author Notes: Reiner Klimke, who died in 1999, won the gold medal for dressage at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, and was five times European dressage champion. He was also chosen to represent Germany in the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968 and Munich in 1972. Ingrid Klimke, an international trainer of dressage, showjumping and eventing horses, has been not only influenced by her father but also Fritz Ligges, Ian Miller and Anne Kursinski

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 144
ISBN: 85131 755 3
Author: Ingrid & Reiner Klimke

101 Exercises from Top Riders - BOOK

101 Exercises from Top Riders

This is a collection of the favourite and most effective flatwork and jumping exercises from the stars of the equestrian world. The contributors include Olympic medalists, world champions and up-and-coming stars of the future from a range of equestrian disciplines. It includes progressive training for all levels of experience, from novice to intermediate. It provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction with clear diagrams and illustrations.

Publisher: David & Charles
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 224
ISBN: 0-7153-2547-7
Author: Jaki Bell

101 Horsemanship Exercises - BOOK

101 Horsemanship Exercises

This perfect guide to improving your horse's manners, concentration, temperament, suppleness and obedience both on the ground and from the saddle, based on how horses think and respond to training.

Dip into the 101 exercises to help you understand and solve a particular proble, or work through them in sequence to develop a solid foundation.
Learn both theory and practical skills - from the simplest fundamentals that everyone around horses should know, tot he refined techniques of the expert horseman, providing a clear road map, for the journey towards the Art of Horsemanship.

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 217
ISBN: 9780715326725
Author: Rio Barrett

101 Riding Exercises - BOOK

101 Riding Exercises

This is a comprehensive and practical guide to improving your horse riding with a huge range of exercises designed to tackle every aspect of the rider's position. The 101 exercises are divided into sections according to the area of the body, with some focusing on specific areas and others involving the entire body.

Riders can identify problem areas and tailor-make their own personal training programme of both ridden and dismounted exercises, while riding instructors can use the exercises to create their lesson plans. Each exercise is clearly explained with diagrams and step-by-step instructions and includes invaluable tips to ensure effective results.

Author Notes: Karen Bush is an experienced author and instructor and has previously co-written The Principles of Teaching Riding (D&C, 2005) and The Complete Equine Emergency Bible (D&C, 2006). Julian Marczak is the chairman of the Association of British Riding Schools (ABRS) and member of the council of the British Equestrian Federation.

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780715331477
Author: Karen Bush, Julian Marczak

101 Schooling Exercises - BOOK

101 Schooling Exercises

Schooling your horse is fundamental to any equestrian pastime, so getting it right is essential to the horse and rider's progression. With 101 Schooling Exercises, you can plan the exercises you want to ride according to the level of you and your horse's ability.

Whether to increase your horse's balance, generate impulsion or for more advanced lateral exercises, the easy-to-follow exercises include all the information you need to ride the movement correctly, what may go wrong and advice on how to correct it. Each exercise is accompanied by an aerial illustration of the arena and additional diagrams showing the rider's position including where the emphasis should be on the rider's aids. Celebrities from the equestrian world also divulge their favourite training exercises including celebrity tips and advice.

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 224
ISBN: 0 715329758
Author: Jaki Bell & Andrew Day