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LANA on FacebookThe Art of Riding: Classical Dressage to High School: Odin at Saumur
by by Philippe Karl
Philippe Karl is a former member of the Cadre Noir, the French Classical Dressage School in Saumur. In this interesting book, filled with drawings, diagrams and photographs, Philippe Karl writes about training horses from a very personal perspective, documenting the training and development of a Lusitano stallion, Odin, according to traditional classical dressage principles, from young horse all the way up to high school. Through this case study, he teaches about the requirements of balance, including collection and conformation; the philosophy of Academic Equitation, including the language of the aids - seat, hands, legs; exercises for lateral flexibility, including work on one and two tracks. He also covers work at the canter, counter-canter, flying lead changes, tempi changes; collection, piaffe, passage, pesade; and canter pirouettes - preparation and development.
This book was just published in English in November 2010.