Jane Savoie's Dressage 101 | Jane Savoie, Rhett B. Savoie

Title: Jane Savoie's Dressage 101
Subtitle: The Ultimate Source of Dressage Basics in a Language You Can Understand
Author: Jane Savoie, Rhett B. Savoie
Publisher: Trafalgar Square (2011)
ISBN-10: 1570764808
ISBN-13: 9781570764806
Condition: Very Good
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 453
Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.7 x 2.0 cm
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by Jane Savoie, Rhett B. Savoie
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New equestrians are handed the keys to a deeper level of communication and harmony with their horses in this great starter guide to dressage. With her lighthearted style, Jane Savoie takes the mystery out of training and shows how dressage techniques can be used to improve every horse's athleticism, performance, and well-being, regardless of the rider's chosen sport. Starting from the building blocks of dressage--forward, straight, rhythm, gait, and contact--this handbook delivers an excellent starting point for neophytes. Simple details for flat-work, explanations of the process of supplying, a sample schooling session, and chapters on troubleshooting pesky problems are all clearly presented for the rider with little or no dressage experience. Hundreds of photos, diagrams, and drawings are also included to enliven the text.Dressage sometimes gets a bad rap. To many, dressage theory comes off as complex and antiquated, and dressage training as arduous and frustrating. Famous classical texts can be heavy reading and hard to understand. But the benefits of dressage are enormous, for both the rider and the horse, and for all disciplines--so how to make it less of a struggle, less of a mystery, and more of a sunny, happy, joyful pursuit?