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Acknowledgements | xii | |
Author's note | xiv | |
Introduction | 1 | |
1 | Improving on nature | 5 |
2 | Getting the picture | 14 |
Differing types | 16 | |
Objective judgement | 25 | |
Angles of the upper limbs | 27 | |
'Uphill' or 'downhill' build | 27 | |
Photographing the horse | 28 | |
Assessing the proportions | 30 | |
Build a profile | 33 | |
In the stable | 34 | |
In the field | 34 | |
Being tacked up | 35 | |
Training and work | 35 | |
Having the right knowledge | 36 | |
3 | No foot, no horse | 39 |
The foot | 39 | |
The forelimb | 44 | |
The pastern | 44 | |
Hoof/pastern axis | 44 | |
The fetlock | 46 | |
The cannon bone | 46 | |
The carpus | 47 | |
Knee faults | 47 | |
The forearm | 49 | |
The elbow | 50 | |
The hind limb | 52 | |
The hind cannon bone | 52 | |
The hock | 53 | |
Sickle hocks | 53 | |
Straight hocks | 53 | |
Cow hocks | 55 | |
Bow hocks | 56 | |
The gaskin | 56 | |
The femur | 56 | |
4 | The body beautiful | 59 |
The shoulder and humerus | 59 | |
The shoulder | 59 | |
The humerus | 60 | |
The Body | 63 | |
The breast | 63 | |
The withers | 64 | |
The barrel | 65 | |
The thigh | 65 | |
Improving the body and upper limbs | 67 | |
Exercises for the shoulder and hind limb joints | 68 | |
5 | The topline | 73 |
The neck | 73 | |
The back | 78 | |
The croup | 83 | |
Flat croup | 85 | |
Steep croup | 85 | |
Hunter's bump | 86 | |
Improving/preserving the topline | 86 | |
Longitudinal stretching | 86 | |
Lateral stretching | 86 | |
Strengthening the 'ring of muscles' | 88 | |
Benefits | 89 | |
Drawbacks | 90 | |
6 | The head | 92 |
The shape and size of the head | 92 | |
Facial characteristics and personality | 94 | |
The eyes | 95 | |
Equine vision | 96 | |
Understanding equine vision | 100 | |
Outward appearance of the eye | 101 | |
7 | From the horse's mouth | 103 |
The equine mouth | 103 | |
Bitting | 104 | |
Head carriage | 105 | |
The upper jaw | 106 | |
The lower jaw | 106 | |
The tongue | 108 | |
Bitting for comfort | 108 | |
The mouthpiece | 109 | |
The despised pelham | 112 | |
Position of the hands | 114 | |
Choosing a bit | 115 | |
Going bitless | 116 | |
Weight in the hands | 119 | |
The unbalancing effect of pressure | 120 | |
The sin of pulling | 121 | |
Nosebands | 121 | |
Communication before control | 122 | |
8 | The elusive outline | 124 |
Collection and outline | 126 | |
A hollow outline | 130 | |
Training aids | 131 | |
Looking at the whole picture | 132 | |
9 | Working from the ground | 134 |
Lungeing | 134 | |
Loose work | 137 | |
Trotting poles and cavalletti | 138 | |
Training aids | 138 | |
10 | The rider | 143 |
The aids | 143 | |
Helping the horse | 145 | |
The effective rider | 149 | |
The classical seat: riding from your centre | 152 | |
11 | Improving the horse I Understanding the movement | 158 |
Forward movement | 158 | |
Basic types of movement | 159 | |
The quality of movement | 167 | |
Improving the gaits | 167 | |
12 | Improving the horse II Training strategies | 173 |
Starting work | 174 | |
Praise and reward | 174 | |
Warming up | 175 | |
Relaxation | 176 | |
Tense, spooky horses; horses who go above the bit | 176 | |
On the ground | 176 | |
In the saddle | 176 | |
The walk | 178 | |
Work on a circle | 178 | |
Trotting poles and cavalletti | 181 | |
Exercises | 183 | |
Exercise 1 | 183 | |
Exercise 2 | 183 | |
Exercise 3 | 183 | |
Exercise 4 | 184 | |
Exercise 5 | 184 | |
Exercise 6 | 184 | |
'Deep' work | 185 | |
Transitions | 187 | |
Half-halts | 189 | |
Exercises | 190 | |
Exercise 1 | 190 | |
Exercise 2 | 190 | |
Exercise 3 | 190 | |
Lateral work | 190 | |
Shoulder-in | 191 | |
Turn on the haunches | 194 | |
13 | Glowing with health | 196 |
Tension and stress | 197 | |
Massage | 197 | |
Grooming | 199 | |
Variations on a theme | 202 | |
Interior wellbeing | 203 | |
Condition | 206 | |
The holistic approach | 208 | |
14 | Know thy horse | 209 |
Conclusion | 218 | |
Appendix I | Kruger, a brief analysis | 221 |
Appendix II | Useful organizations | 224 |
Recommended reading | 229 | |
Index | 233 |
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