Give Your Horse a Chance: A Classic Work on the Training of Horse and Rider (A Trafalgar Square Classic)

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Summary: The most complete guide to trianing your horse yourself.
Review: This book gives your detialed information on every aspect of riding dressage. It shows clearly how your seat and hands influence the horse and how you can use all your aids in a clear way to guide your horse through the various training stages. If you are unsure how to coordinate your leg hand and seat to ask for a lateral bend this book will show you exactly how to ask for it and suggest ways to use your aids to get the desired result. If you are having a problem of any kind, Driving western or english this book will give you the tools to trace the source of the problem and then retrain to overcome it. It takes a bit of consintration to read as it is very step by step and packs a lot of info into a pharagraph. I think every serious rider should have a copy of this book It teaches classic time honored methods that are easy on the horse.