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Training the Modern Jumper

$CAD 42.95

Evaluating Potential • Gymnastic Exercises Over Fences • Maintaining Soundness • Dressage for Improving Performance • Course Building

By: Elmar Pollmann–Schweckhorst
In this lively and intelligent new book, internationally renowned jumper rider and trainer Elmar Pollman–Schweckhorst remindes us of the advantages of cross–training, explaining how classical concepts and dressage fundamentals are critical to the development of a willing, flexible, and ultimately successful jumping partner. The author shows the reader dressage training to the creation of a jumper capable of excelling on today's complex courses. Chapters include tips on assessing a jumper's conformation, personality, and technique over fences; diagrams of exercises to perfect a horse's jumping form and his ability to see a distance and adjust his stride; guidelines for riding courses in competition; methods to improve your ability to jump “against the clock”; discussion of the history, progression, and future of fence and course design; and recommendations for keeping the working jumper happy and healthy.

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