Training Strategies for Dressage Riders

by Charles de Kunffy

Overview

Training Strategies for Dressage Riders is a unique guide to the art and technique of dressage, written by one of the most renowned equestrian trainers in the world today. It offers a complete training system for both horse and rider, paying special attention to how a rider's actions can influence a mount. The book provides practical, in-the-saddle advice on a wide range of dressage topics, including:

• The art of classical equitation
  
• The development of the rider's seat and aids
  
• Developing the basic gaits
  
• Gymnastic improvement
  
• Horse insubordination
  
• Clinics and competitions judging
  

Whether you want to prepare for dressage competition or simply improve your riding skills, this is a matchless guide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764526374
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	04/01/2003
Series:	Howell Equestrian Library
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	313
Sales rank:	912,528
Product dimensions:	6.38(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.05(d)

About the Author

About the Author CHARLES DE KUNFFY is known throughout the world as an author, lecturer, coach, and judge (AHSA—I; FEI—C). From his home in California he travels to teach training courses for teachers and judges and also to give clinics in the United States and abroad. He is the author of four books on classical riding, including Howell's The Athletic Development of the Dressage Horse, published in 1992.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Foreword.

One: The Art of Classical Equitation.

Two: The Development of the Rider's Seat and Aids.

Three: The Athletic Horse.

Four: Longitudinal Flexion.

Five: Lateral Bending.

Six: The Development of the Basic Gaits.

Seven: Schooling for Gymnastic Improvement.

Eight: Insubordination of Horses to Riders.

Nine: Clinics, Competitions, and Judging.

Ten: Equipment for Dressage.

Epilogue.

Index.