A master horseman in everything from dressage to the steeplechase, Francois Lemaire de Ruffieu has written a superb riding guide. Clear directions and fully illustrated step-by-step instructions throughout. For beginners and advanced riders.

The Handbook of Riding Essentials

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he Handbook of Jumping Essentials by Francois Lemaire de Ruffieu: A step by step illustrated guide explaining how to train a horse to find the proper take-off spot. Lemaire de Ruffieu was first trained and graduated from the Cadre Noir, one of the oldest and most prestigious riding academies in Europe. During his 6 years in the cavalry at Saumur and Fontainbleau, he studied and showed extensively in dressage, stadium jumping, three day eventing and steeplechase. He taught riding in France and throughout the United States and was awarded the title of Master Instructor of the American Riding Instructor Certification program in 1996.

The Handbook of JUMPING ESSENTIALS: A step-by-step guide explaining how to train a horse to find the proper take-off spot

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The natural aids-the seat, the legs, and the hands,-are the most important means a rider has to direct and control his/her horse. Mastering them is the key to good horsemanship. The Handbook of Riding Essentials focuses on the natural aids and explains in detail, not only how they are applied, but why the horse responds to specific aids and when they should be used, providing the fundamental information all riders need to know, regardless of their level or chosen discipline.Step-by-step illustrated instructions in a clear, quick reference formaat are given for basic and advanced skills including: 1. the use and functions of the seat, legs, and hands. 2.the different rein actions and when to apply them. 3. putting the horse on the bit. 4. the natural aids for the walk, trot, canter and transitions. 5. longitudinal and lateral exercises, including the shoulder-in, haunches-in, half-pass, half-turns, counter-canter, flying changes, etc. Throughout, the author gives expert advice on training and improving the horse and solving common problems, suggesting practical tips for mastering even the most complicated movements. There are a series of exercises for the the rider to help with suppleness and comfort in the saddle. This is an excellent learning tool and reference source for the beginner and advanced rider alike.

The Handbook of RIDING ESSENTIALS: How, Why and When to use the legs, the seat and the hands with step by step illustrated instructions for basic skills and advanced exercises.

Calm, Forward and Straight must always serve as a guideline during the training and the order should not be interchanged. On this subject, all Riding Schools worldwide agree. These schools diverge only in their style due to the culture of their own country. In these volumes, I recapture and explain the foundations provided by the great Masters. I have provided appropriate exercises to recreate, develop, and enhance the horse’s natural gaits that should be the common denominator of all riding styles and training disciplines, including Dressage, Jumpers, Hunters, Western, Pleasure, and many others. Book One includes the training progression from the beginning of the elementary level. The training mastered in Book One will be necessary to accomplish the collected and extended gaits, pirouette at the canter, tempe flying changes of lead, piaffe and passage in Book Two. Although different training methods can produce similar results, a rider must know what to do, how to do it, and, perhaps most important, why he/she is doing it. The fundamentals are explained in Book One and should be mastered for the simple reason that what a horse has learned in the early stages of his education will remain with him for his entire life. Later, should a training problem occur, one can always revisit these fundamentals, review, improve, and perfect them. This work study explains how to Divide and Conquer the horse's body parts. To be able to properly perform the exercises, the horse should be able to find the appropriate head position independent of the rider. If these exercises, alone, do not result in the horse being able to find the appropriate head and body position, I explain the prerequisites to correctly set the horse's head: cession (yielding) of the mouth and the flexion of the poll.

Divide and Conquer Book 1: Fundamental Dressage Techniques

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The Handbook of Riding Essentials

The Handbook of JUMPING ESSENTIALS: A step-by-step guide explaining how to train a horse to find the proper take-off spot

The Handbook of RIDING ESSENTIALS: How, Why and When to use the legs, the seat and the hands with step by step illustrated instructions for basic skills and advanced exercises.

Divide and Conquer Book 1: Fundamental Dressage Techniques