This is an ideal training guide with simple explanations of the different jumping exercises used by world-class horse riding celebrities. The contributors are all Olympic riders or trainers at the very top of eventing. Their achievements include World, European and Olympic medals, Badminton and numerous Burghley Horse Trial wins. This book features sequential photographs and notes as to when to use the exercises, when not to, and how to fix common problems. It includes photographs of the celebrity riders and their training philosophies.
Author Biography:
Caroline Orme trained as a working pupil at The Catherston Stud with Jennie Loriston-Clarke, at Aston Park with Gill Watson and at The Wirral. As a BHSII she is a part-time freelance instructor and hunts with the Berks and Bucks Draghounds. Caroline lives near Andover.
Contents:
Foreword by Mark Phillips
- Guide to the exercises
- Key to the exercises
- Each contribution includes:
- Celebrity biographies
- Training philosophies
- Getting started
- Progressing
- How to ride each exercise
- Fixing common faults
- Uses
- Distances and glossary
- Rider profiles
- Acknowledgments
- Index
; "Celebrity Jumping Exercises")