Authors: Kate Luxmoore
ISBN-13: 9780643094796, ISBN-10: 0643094792
Format: Paperback
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date Published: April 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)
This is not another "how to ride" book, its purpose is to help parents and riders who are new to the world of equestrian sports or those changing from one type of competition to another.
The major disciplines are covered in four separate chapters: hacking/showing, dressage,
showjumping and eventing. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction to the discipline showing how it originated and its current status. A detailed description of the discipline follows including types and classes of horses, types and levels of competition, who runs the competitions, which rules apply and how the competition is judged.
At the end of each chapter is a section on the "ground rules" which is really a distillation of the author's own experience which takes the mystery and worry out of the whole experience. It covers topics such as how to find out what competitions are taking place and how to enter, which dressage tests apply, what to wear, what to do when you arrive, where best to park, where you can and cannot warm up, checking your gear and reporting to the judge.
The appendices at the end of the book contain illustrations of arenas and the different types of bits and saddles, website links and examples of competition programs.
Ch. 1 Introduction 1
Ch. 2 Hacking/showing 3
Ch. 3 Dressage 29
Ch. 4 Eventing/horse trials 47
Ch. 5 Showjumping 71
Ch. 6 Before the competition 91
Ch. 7 Tools of the trade 117
App. 1 Dressage arenas 155
App. 2 Example dressage test 157
App. 3 Example show program 158
Further reading and website links 159
Index 161