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Book One:
Simple Dressage for Every Horse, Every Sport
The term "dressage" sometimes conjures up visions of
snooty people with very expensive horses never riding outside of a
ring.
The author shatters this myth and points out that every horse
can benefit from training in this classical riding style:
- Cross-training with dressage increases communication and establishes a
foundation from which any horse can excel at any discipline
- Dressage can help improve a horse's physical problems such as soreness,
stiffness and unathletic movement
- Dressage promotes harmony, obedience, patience, rhythm, and athleticism.
No matter whether you prefer English or Western riding, barrel
racing, show jumping, eventing, reining, cutting or endurance riding, your horse needs to
move in a forward and straight manner. These two basic rules, together
with rhythm, are the foundations for all correct work in every riding
discipline.
If you are from the "more leg, stronger leg" school
of thought, which can be exhausting, dressage teaches your horse to be in front
of your leg so you can do less and he can do more.
This book starts with the basics and is well-written in a
light-hearted manner that takes the stuffiness out of the subject of classical
riding.
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