Horse Gaits, Balance and Movement

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Book Description
See how your horse moves and become a better rider!

Horses are born to move-a foal can walk, trot and gallop within hours of birth. But not all horses move equally well, and the way a horse moves can have a real impact on how you ride. In this unique book, Susan Harris presents more than 300 eye-opening drawings that show you exactly how horses move. She illustrates movements common to all horses, pinpoints movement problems, reveals how a human in the saddle affects a horse's movement and helps you become a better, more accomplished rider.

Get a close-up look at horse gaits and transitions
Observe the differences between good and poor movement
Find out how balance and conformation affect movement
View flexion, bending and lateral movements
See the impact of shoeing and riding on movement
Discover practical tips to improve your horse's movement

From the Inside Flap
Horses move! It is what makes them useful, able and beautiful. A foal can walk, trot and gallop within hours of its birth. The horse knows how to be a horse without human help. But when we ride, drive, train and judge horses, we soon discover that not all horses move equally well. Even though there are over two hundred breeds and types of horses and many different disciplines and styles of riding, the horse's basic mechanism and nature are the same. At the heart of Horse Gaits, Balance and Movement is what is natural and common to all breeds, and herein lies the broadness of this book's appeal to riders, instructors, trainers and judges-anyone concerned with equine movement. Lifelong horsewoman Susan E. Harris addresses in her writing and in her more than 300 superb drawings-which demonstrate the kind of nuance and detail photographs do not permit-the following topics:

basic structure and anatomy
the cycle of movement
gaits and transitions
balance and movement
poor movement
flexion, bending and lateral movement
conformation and movement
shoeing and movement
how a rider affects movement.

Her chapter on practical tips for improving the horse's movement will be especially valuable to the rider, whether he or she is in reining, show jumping or dressage. Indeed, the information given in this book will go a long way toward enabling horsemen to interfere less and thus permit the horse to achieve the best movement it is capable of achieving. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Horse Gaits, Balance and Movement

Horse Gaits, Balance and Movement,Susan E. Harris,François LeMaire De Ruffieu,Howell Book House,0764587889,Animals,Horses - General,Horses - Riding,Pets,Veterinary Medicine - Equine,Pets / Horses / Riding

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