Complete Guide to Hunter Seat Training, Showing, and Judging

by Anna Jane White-Mullin

Overview

The USEF and USPC have both listed The Complete Guide to Hunter Seat Training, Showing, and Judging by Anna-Jane White-Mullin as recommended reading. Never before has such a complete text on the American hunt seat and equitation disciplines been compiled! Based on Anna Jane White-Mullin's now out-of-print bestseller Winning and chock full of gorgeous, full-color photographs taken at Beacon Hill Show Stables owned by Stacia Madden, The Complete Guide to Hunter Seat Training, Showing, and Judging provides every aspiring equestrian the means for achieving greatness in the show ring. Beginning with a comprehensive overview of the basic principles of horsemanship—recently re-emphasized as compulsory by such luminaries of the sport as George Morris—and progressing through essential schooling exercises in the development of the hunter or equitation mount, as well as advanced concepts applicable to upper-level competition, Part One lays the amateur's riding and training foundation. You'll find: • Discussion of collection and lengthening—long, medium, and short frames • Flatwork for improving the basic gaits—cadence, pace, and transitions • Training and showing tips for USEF Tests 1-19—patterns and how to prepare for them • Introduction to hunter and equitation jump courses—basic, intermediate, and advanced As an added bonus, the education of the rider is made complete with the inclusion of White-Mullin's famous text on judging hunters and equitation. Offering a complete discussion of the USEF rules, requirements, and tests, the second part of the book explains what judges look for and the training methods necessary to achieve the desired results.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570765636
Publisher:	Trafalgar Square
Publication date:	12/01/2008
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Anna Jane White-Mullin is a registered judge for the United States Equestrian Federation and the author of "Judging Hunters and Hunter Seat Equitation" and "Winning: A Training and Showing Guide for Hunter Seat Riders." She lives in Gadsden, Alabama. Chrystine J. Tauber has held various positions within the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), including Secretary and judge. She is a former member of the USET Show Jumping Team.
Anna Jane White-Mullin began riding when she was five years old and was “discovered” by George Morris when she was eleven. Competing in major horse shows on the East Coast, Ms. White-Mullin won junior hunter and equitation championships at many noteworthy shows, including Ox Ridge, Fairfield, Harrisburg, Washington, Madison Square Garden, and the Florida Circuit shows. In 1971, coached by Ronnie Mutch, she won the Alfred B. Maclay Finals on her horse, Rivet, and was awarded a gold medal for winning 20 USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Classes. After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Ms. White-Mullin continued her equestrian activities as a Registered (Big “R”) judge in the hunter, hunter seat equitation, and jumper divisions. In 1986, she was a panelist at U.S. Equestrian’s Hunter Seat Equitation Judges Clinic in San Francisco, presenting a slide show based on her book, Judging Hunters and Hunter Seat Equitation. Subsequently, these slides were added to the permanent files of U.S. Equestrian. She is also the author of Winning: A Training and Showing Guide for Hunter Seat Riders and The Complete Guide to Hunter Seat Training, Showing, and Judging.

Editorial Reviews

What a blast of info this book provides.

The Horse Studio

A great guide for anyone with an interest in hunters or equitation.

The Chronicle of the Horse

Getting this information straight from a top judge can make the difference between a red ribbon and blue one.

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