
Learning to Ride, Hunt, and Show
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- Social media campaign.
- First time in paperback.
- With a new foreword by George Morris, former coach of the United States Olympic equestrian team.
- Approximately four million Americans are involved in the sport of equestrian, and approximately three million horses are used in the Us solely for equestrian.
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George Morris is a protégé of Gordon Wright. America's most successful trainer of hunter/jumper riders, he now serves as coach of America's gold-winning Olympic show jumping squad. Morris lives in Wellington, Florida.
Content
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- A Note for the Paperback Edition
- Introduction
- A Foreword
- Preface
- PART ONE: THE HORSE
- Conformation
- Illnesses
- Stable Vices
- Colors, Markings, Measurements, Age Determination
- Grooming
- Equipment
- PART TWO: THE RIDER
- Training the Horse: Punishment and Reward
- Learning How to Learn
- Mounting and Dismounting
- Position
- The Elementary Aids
- The Posting Trot
- The Canter and Gallop
- PART THREE: JUMPING
- The Advanced Aids-First Part
- Schooling Movements
- Jumping: Elementary
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Riding a Course of Jumps
- How a Working Hunter Is Judged, by Col. Wm. H. Henderson
- PART FOUR: ADVANCED HORSEMANSHIP
- The Advanced Aids-Second Part
- The Meaning of F.E.I. Rules
- Fox Hunting Traditions, by Homer Gray, M.F.H., Rombout Hounds
- A Word to Young Riders, by Mrs. Charles Lee Harper, Chairman, Flat Saddle Division, A.H.S.A.
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