Dressage training and competition exercises for beginners - Flatwork & collection schooling for horses

*** Winner of the Best English Horse Training Book Award at the EQUUS Film & Arts Festival, USA 2023 ***
Ready to improve your dressage skills? This book is packed full of groundwork and riding exercises to improve your dressage training and competition results. It includes how to get ready for your next dressage competitions, handy checklists for your dressage test day and tips to help memorize your test. Plus if you've ever read 'needs more collection' on your dressage test results, this book will show you exactly how to improve your horse's posture, collection and self-carriage the kind way. No pulling on the reins or crazy muscles required! Help your horse to stay healthy, reach his full potential and have fun with dressage.
Lessons included inside:
Origins of dressage
Why dressage is great for your horse
Benefits of dressage
Dressage success tips
Saddles for dressage
Bridles and tack for dressage
Gadgets
Bitless, barefoot and treeless options
Finding a great trainer
How to improve your riding posture
When to start dressage training
Why should you do groundwork?
Groundwork exercises - Halt and backup
Groundwork exercises - Forequarter and hindquarter yields
Groundwork exercises - Walk in hand
Groundwork exercises - Speed and rhythm
Groundwork exercises - Shoulder out
Groundwork exercises - Outside the arena
Don't overbend your horse
When beginner dressage goes wrong
Collection - what it is and is not
Dressage riding exercises - The warmup
Dressage riding exercises - Straightness
Dressage riding exercises - More energy and impulsion
Dressage riding exercises - Weight aids and cues
Dressage riding exercises - Bends and corners
Dressage riding exercises - Transitions
Dressage riding exercises - Serpentines
Dressage riding exercises - Falling in love with corners
And many more riding exercises
Collection exercises - The 10 step exercise
Collection exercises - Spirals
Collection exercises - The teardrop
Collection exercises - Shoulder out
Collection exercises - Leg yield
And many more collection exercises
Going to dressage competitions
Dressage test mindset
Checklist: The week before your dressage test
Checklist: The day before your dressage test
Checklist: Your dressage test day
How to get the most from the judge's advice
The warmup arena
Tips to remember your dressage test
Managing competition nerves
Competition tips
After your dressage test
Common dressage test questions and issues
Dressage mistakes and problems to avoid
Impress your friends and become a great dressage rider and talented horse person - starting today!
Elaine Heney is the #1 best-selling author, award-winning film-maker, director of Grey Pony Films, and creator of the 'Listening to the Horse¿' documentary. She has helped over 120,000+ horse owners in 113 countries to create awesome relationships with their horses.
Elaine lives in Ireland with her horses Ozzie & Matilda. Discover Elaine's series of world renowned online groundwork, riding & training programs at Grey Pony Films.