More Cross Training

Do you want your horse to dance - to look as beautiful when ridden as when galloping around his field? Continuing on from her first book, "Cross-Train your Horse: Simple Dressage for Every Horse, Every Sport", Jane Savoie delves further into the use of equestrian dressage techniques for all equestrian activities, in this book focusing more on sports that require a higher level of athleticism. After dealing with the basics in Book One, here in "More Cross-Training: Build a Better Performance Horse", she reveals the professionals' secret, the half-halt, and tells the reader, step by step, how to do one and how to know when it has been done correctly. She also explains what 'connection' really means, taking the mystery out of putting a horse 'on the bit'. For the first time, these seemingly difficult concepts are laid out in a straightforward, easy-to-understand way. In subsequent chapters, she presents solid information in a lively fashion, interspersed throughout with anecdotes from successful riders from all different equestrian sports, and her own experience.
Chapters on self-carriage, collected gaits, lateral movements, extended gaits, flying changes, and more, are all presented in the clearest way possible, accompanied by over two hundred photos, diagrams, drawings, and cartoons. Any serious rider, who wants to deepen the human-equine bond, as well as help the horse excel as an athlete, will eagerly welcome this book.