The Way to Perfect Horsemanship

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Summary: A thorough and incomparable guide to horsemanship!
Review: The author combines his veterinary knowledge, his skill as a horseman and his unabashed love of horses to create the richest equine treatise I have ever read. Udo Burger emphasizes that as riders we must constantly strive to refine our sensitivity and therefore be capable of precise and subtle use our aids. It is only then that our horses may be gently and beautifully ridden. Dr. Burger's explanation of equine biomechanics is crucial to a rider's understanding of proper horsemanship. Anything less is unfair to our horses. Burger emphasizes that we must continue to study for the sake of our wonderful and generous equine companions. As the originator and teacher of the S.E.N.S.E. Method (bodywork and movement exercises for horse and rider), I can only applaud. Loudly. This is a book no horseperson should be without.

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Summary: Developing an athlete
Review: This book is exciting. It explains the the anatomical development of horses as we ride them. You get an insight how riding your horse correctly contributes to particular muscle development of the horse and how your horses motor physiology would not respond and find limitations when incorrectly ridden. Not easy reading but certainly a must for those who want to develop their horses into athletes.

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Summary: A must for any serious horse rider
Review: This book was recommended to me by a dressage judge. He lent me the original German version which I read 4 times in a row before returning it. I then ordered the English translation and read it another 3 times. Every time I did, I learnt hundreds of new things about riding. It is the most amazing riding book I have ever read. The only other one that comes to close to it is Museler's Riding Logic. The author ends the book by saying that he hopes, by writing this book and getting riders to understand them better, he is repaying his horses for serving him faithfully all those years. He has succeeded!