US Olympic dressage coach, Jane Savoie, demonstrates that all horses, whatever their discipline, can benefit from basic dressage training, developing forwardness, straightness and rhythm. Eminently readable, full of sound advice, schooling tips and helpful mental images, this really is a book for everyone.
Jeanette's comments about this book.....
A great book to have - it encourages you to have fun schooling your horse and takes the mystery out of dressage.
The book starts by explaining how horses being used for many different activities and competition disciplines can benefit from dressage training - western, driving, endurance, show jumping, showing and many others and benefits to different types and breeds.
It is the 'how to' book for creating Harmony between you and your horse with clear explanations, great photo's and diagrams.I really liked the descriptions of how to be clear when giving horses the aids/signals. Jane says if you are clear the horse does not need to think up a range of multi choice answers! 'Clear' 'Consist ant and 'Kind' is the theme of the entire book.
Lungeing for horse and rider is well covered giving the reader a clear picture of the key things to focus on when lungeing the horse and the rider being lunged to improve their feel and riding position.
Jane asks what is your attitude towards your horse? and explains how this can give you an awareness to think and feel what you want to achieve.
Good straightforward 'flatwork' for supp ling and improving balance given in a step by step process - technical terms becoming no longer a mystery.
This book is suitable for any novice rider through to those competing at top levels. A great book for the equestrian coach giving many ideas of how to explain training in logical terms.
Publisher: J A Allen
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 272
ISBN: 0 85131 719 7
Author: Jane Savoie
Author Notes: Jane Savoie received a B.S in Animal Science. She rode hunters as a child, evented in college, and began specialising in dressage in 1976 when she moved to Vermont. From 1976-1980 she ran the riding programme at the Vershire School Stables. Since 1980, she has been a freelance dressage instructor, motivational speaker, travelling clinician, trainer, and competitor with her home bases in South Strafford, Vermont and Wellington, Florida. She was the reserve rider for the Olympic Dressage Team in Barcelona, 1992 and dressage coach for the Canadian Three-Day-Event at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
