The Complete Training of Horse and Rider
Erschienen am 5. Juni 2013
288 Seiten
978-0-307-83054-8 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
For over a quarter of a century, Colonel Alois Podhajsky was the Director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, home of the famous white Lipizzaner stallions whose remarkable performances have thrilled audiences throughout the world. Now for the first time, Col. Podhajsky has set forth explicitly and in practical, instructive fashion the step-by-step methods of training both horse and rider that are used at the School and that are the applicable foundations of all good horsemanship, for their purpose is to develop the natural abilities of the horse and to make riding a graceful, pleasurable experience.
Weitere Details
Weitere Ausgaben
Andere Ausgaben
Buch
04/1967
Bantam Books
38,35 €
Artikel ist vergriffen; siehe andere Ausgabe
Person
Alois Podhajsky (1898-1973) was an army officer and Olympian who served for more than 25 years as the director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. He was notable for training Lipizzan horses and winning the bronze medal in equestrian dressage during the 1936 Olympic Games.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Contents
- List of Photographs
- I: Review and Principles of Riding
- 1. Historical Review
- 2. Principles of Training
- 3. Sources of the Methods of Training
- II: The Definitions of the Classical Art of Riding
- 1. The Paces (or Gaits)
- 2. Halt and Half-halt
- 3. Balance
- 4. Contact with the Bit
- 5. Position of the Head
- 6. Straightening
- 7. Collection
- 8. Action of the Rein Going Through the Body
- 9. Raising the Head and Neck by the Action of the Hindquarters
- 10. Bending
- 11. Aids
- 12. Punishments
- 13. Rewards
- III: The Training of the Horse
- 1. The Young Horse in the First Phase of Training
- Work on the Longe
- Under the Rider
- 2. The Young Horse in the Second Phase
- 3. The School Horse
- 4. Work in Hand
- IV: The Training of the Rider
- 1. On the Longe
- 2. On the School Horse
- V: Saddles and Bridles
- 1. Saddles
- 2. Bridles
- 3. Auxiliaries
- VI: The Spanish Riding School
- 1. Protocol
- 2. Traditional Figures
- 3. Work Between the Pillars
- 4. Exercises Above the Ground
- 5. The Performance
- Epilogue
