Reining Essentials e-bog

World Champion trainer and rider Sandy Collier provides this indispensable guide of progressive training exercises for the reining horse. Whether green broke, or "e;push-button,"e; every horse will perform more willingly, cleanly, and quickly with work on what she calls the "e;Seven Essentials"e;the foundational basics every riding horse needs. Like no other book out there, Collier breaks down the maneuvers required in a reining pattern and the tricks and techniques for introducing them, perfecting them, and showing them off in competition. You'll learn about: *; Collection and steeringcondensing your horse's frame and getting his feet to follow his nose *; Lead departures, circles, and spinspreparing for the lope, "e;hunting the circle,"e; and driving into the spin *; Stops, back-ups, and rollbacksperfecting the slide, moving backward with cadence, and swinging around 180 degrees over the hocks *; Lead changesgetting it right and preventing anticipation