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Horse Training In-hand:
A Modern Guide to Working from the Ground
by Ellen Schuthof-Lesmeister and Kip Mistral (Foreword by Sylvia Loch)

Working the horse from the ground, or schooling "in-hand", offers every horse and his handler countless benefits, regardless of training level or ­discipline. This well-illustrated book shows how to apply these techniques, step-by-step, in language that makes sense to ­today’s horse owner.

In-hand work is the perfect way to:
• Start a green or young horse.
• Restart a horse requiring remedial training.
• Confirm lateral movements on the ground before attempting them from the saddle.
• Work a horse needing therapeutic exercise when he cannot be ridden.
• Keep an older, unridden horse strong and fit.
• Maintain training and conditioning when you can't ride.
• Demonstrate how specific exercises "feel" to a student in the saddle.
• Add variety to the standard training programme; and warm a horse up prior to riding.

The book's gradual progression of work – on the lunge, double-lunge, long lines, short reins and long reins – shows how to help the horse attain the ultimate goal of "lightness" and self-carriage, where he is balanced on both sides of his body, moves straight in both directions on lines and curves, and is strong and supple.
He will be able to support his weight and the rider's efficiently, stay sound over his lifetime and be an overall joy to ride.

(ISBN: 978-0-85131-969-8)

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