The Balanced Horse by Sylvia Loch

The Balanced Horse by Sylvia Loch

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The Balanced Horse by Sylvia Loch

This book is about developing that perfect understanding which is so important in our riding relationships. Whether you practice dressage, hack, event, show, enjoy long distance riding, natural horsemanship or Western, the improvement of your horse through an understanding of his language, should allow him greater ability, confidence and enjoyment in all your work together. The Language of the Aids is not as well understood today as it should be and it seems that it is frequently forgotten or fragmented, and it will be the horse that suffers most when this happens. Incorrect aiding can have a very adverse effect. The aim of The Balanced Horse is to confirm in people's minds what they should be doing for each and every request, and what they must avoid. Every instruction is based on what the horse needs to feel--at that moment in time. Each aid is based on the psychological and physiological effect placed on that sensitive animal underneath us. Over time, applying each aid correctly can elicit a response in a horse's body as instant and involuntary as the knee jerk reaction in our own.

In Portugal, Sylvia Loch found classical High School riding. She created the Lusitano Breed Association of Great Britain in 1984, and the Portuguese Academy of Equestrian Art awarded her an Honorary Instructorship. In 1995, she started The Classical Riding Club after training with the former First Chief Rider of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna. The Rider's Balance, The Classical Rider, Dressage in Lightness, and Dressage: The Art of Classical Riding are only a few of her books.

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ISBN 13 9781570766220
ISBN 10 1570766223
Title The Balanced Horse
Author Sylvia Loch
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Trafalgar Square Books
Year published 2013-06-07
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.