Dressage School

A Sourcebook of Movements and Tips

Britta Schoffmann

• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
• eBook ISBN:
  9781570769702
• Year: 2019

A fantastically detailed and uniquely organized dressage reference for the rider. Discover the what, the how, and–most importantly–the why of more than 100 dressage movements. Color photographs of riders of various levels and on different breeds of horse show how each movement should look when ridden correctly. Each movement is clearly defined. Explanations include common mistakes and how to avoid them. Readers find out the benefits of each exercise and how it contributes to the "bigger picture" of the dressage training scale. "This book appealed to me," says gold-medal-winning Olympian Isabell Werth. "Especially important is the emphasis on the meaning of the individual dressage movements within the overall context of a horse's training. Only the rider who understands why the movements are important and what their purposes are can build a dressage horse systematically. This applies to both the development of the horse's muscles and the development of his mind." Throughout, emphasis is placed on the horse as an individual and how it is the rider's responsibility to learn to customize movements and lessons to benefit any horse, with his particular physical and psychological characteristics in mind. Practical and easy-to-follow, this valuable resource provides explanations in seconds that will last a lifetime of rides.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Note
• Contents
• Alphabetical Index
• Endorsements
• Preface
• Turning
• Figure Eight
• Canter Depart
• Walking Off
• Trotting Off
• Working Pirouette
• Working Gaits
• Working Trot
• Working Canter
• Changing Rein Out of the Circle
• Half-Volte in the Corner with Return to the Track
• Counter-Canter
• Sitting Trot
• Changing Rein through the Circle
• Changing Rein Across the Long Diagonal
• Changing Rein Across the Short Diagonal
• Riding Down the Centerline
• Changing Rein Down the Centerline
• Simple Change of Lead
• Flying Change of Lead
• Full Halt
• Salute
• Half-School
• Half-Halt
• Halting
• Half-Steps
• “True” Canter
• Turn on the Haunches
• Half-Volte with Return to Track
• Counter Shoulder-In
• Half-Turn on the Haunches
• Lateral Bend
• Rising Trot
• Praise and Reward
• Medium Walk
• Medium Trot
• Medium Canter
• Passage
• Piaffe
• Pirouette
• Square Volte
• Renvers (Haunches-Out)
• Rein-Back
• Seesaw
• Leg-Yielding
• Serpentines
• Shoulder-In
• Shoulder-Fore
• Flying Changes in Sequence
• Extended Walk/Trot/Canter
• Flexion
• “Riding in Position”
• Travers (Haunches-In)
• Half-Pass
• Lengthening Stride
• Transition
• Release
• Collection
• Leg-Yielding Away from and Back to the Track
• Volte
• Turn on the Forehand
• Zigzag Half-Pass
• Circle
• Decreasing and Increasing the Circle
• “Chewing” the Reins out of the Hands
• Increasing Pace
• Acknowledgments