Table of Contents
Foreword v
Introduction vii
Exercises
1 Why Warm Up? 1
1 The Oval
2 Needlepoint
3 Go and Whoa
4 Turns and Forward Movement
5 In-hand Turn on the Forehand
6 In-hand Rein-back
7 In-hand Flexion
2 Looseness 17
8 Little Trot Transitions
9 Bending the Neck
10 Walking Ground Poles
11 Walking Ground Poles with Bending
12 Moving around a Point
13 Turns on the Square A
14 Turns on the Square B
15 Flex, Counter-flex
16 The Ackerman Square
17 Leg-yield to Canter
18 Rein-back Figure Eights
3 Straightness 41
19 Serpentines without Walls
20 Holding the Line
21 Transitions with a Bend
22 Serpentines with a Bend
23 Changing Frames
24 Circle and Canter
25 Moving the Shoulders
26 Shoulder-in on Quarter Line
27 Threading Lateral Work
28 Maneuvering
29 Shoulder-in to Counter-shoulder-in
4 Rider Position 65
30 Centering
31 The Pendulum
32 Carrying a Tray
33 Hip Slides
34 Strong Legs
35 Work without Stirrups
36 Leg Flippers A
37 Leg Flippers B
38 Leg Flippers C
39 Bicycle
40 Pulling Your Knees Up
41 Passing Overhead
5 Lateral Work 91
42 Keeping One Bend
43 Leg-yield to Counter Circles
44 Leg-yield to Counter Circles Variation
45 Leg-yield Staircase
46 Changing Angles
47 Leg-yield to Canter Depart
48 Leg-yield to Canter Depart with Circle
49 Leg-yield to Canter Depart, Inside Track
50 Leg-yield to Canter Depart with Direction Changes
51 Leg-yield Pinwheels
52 Half-pass Staircase
53 Half-pass to Leg-yield on a Straight Line
54 Half-pass to Counter-shoulder-in
55 Half-pass on a Circle
56 Half-pass to Renvers
6 Improving the Canter 123
57 Cowboy Figure Eight
58 Transitions on a Serpentine
59 Transitions on a Square
60 Canter Leg-yields
61 Miles of Counter-canter
62 Leg-yield from Outside Leg
63 Leg-yield to Smaller Circle
64 True Canter to Counter-canter
65 Pirouettes and Counter-canter
7 Building Suspension 143
66 Trotting Ground Poles
67 Trotting Ground Poles on an Oval
68 Trotting Ground Poles with Transitions
69 Trotting Ground Poles with Reverse
70 Opening the Topline
71 Fore and Aft
72 One-stride Transitions
73 Cantering Ground Poles
8 Flying Changes 161
74 Diagonal to Haunches-in
75 Using the Voice A
76 Using the Voice B
77 Canter/Counter-canter Transition
9 Developing Lightness 171
78 Walk/Halt Transitions
79 Transitions with a Sidestep
80 Rein-back with Lateral Steps
81 Walk/Halt/Rein-back Transitions
82 Collecting off the Leg
83 Inside and Outside
84 10-10-10
10 Lengthening the Strides 187
85 Building Power
86 Counter-shoulder-in to Lengthening
87 Short Canter Lengthening
11 The Importance of Fitness 195
88 Submission
89 Belly Lifts
90 Neck Loosening
91 Carrot Stretch A
92 Carrot Stretch B
93 Carrot Stretch C
94 Tail Pulls
95 Hind Leg Stretches
96 Trail Riding
97 Free Jumping a Cross Rail
98 Free Jumping Two Cross Rails
99 Sloping Terrain
100 Straight Hills
101 Hill with Transitions
Glossary 224
Index 225
