Looks at a five year old horse - Dressage: refinement of rider aids, development and improvement of straightness, impulsion, suppleness, canter/gallop step transitions, half pirouette, rein back, counter canter, grid work, dressage in open country, and much more; Pole work: loosening and strengthening of musculature at walk, trot and canter; Jumping: gymnastic series, individual jumps, familiarisation with different fences and obstacles, diagonal jumping; Cross-country: individual fences and obstacles, a series of fences & obstacles, ditches and water

Author: Ingrid Klimke