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01_599143 ffirs.qxd 1/13/06 7:22 PM Page iii M H Y ORE OW OUR H W ORSE ANTS Y R OU TO IDE Advanced Basics: The Fun Begins GINCY SELF BUCKLIN 01_599143 ffirs.qxd 1/13/06 7:22 PM Page iii 01_599143 ffirs.qxd 1/13/06 7:22 PM Page i M H Y ORE OW OUR H W ORSE ANTS Y R OU TO IDE 01_599143 ffirs.qxd 1/13/06 7:22 PM Page ii Also by Gincy Self Bucklin: How Your Horse Wants You to Ride: Starting Out—Starting Over What Your Horse Wants You to Know: What Horses’ “Bad” Behavior Means and How to Correct It 01_599143 ffirs.qxd 1/13/06 7:22 PM Page iii M H Y ORE OW OUR H W ORSE ANTS Y R OU TO IDE Advanced Basics: The Fun Begins GINCY SELF BUCKLIN 01_599143 ffirs.qxd 1/13/06 7:22 PM Page iv This book is printed on acid-free paper. ∞ Copyright © 2006 by Virginia Self Bucklin. All rights reserved. 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More how your horse wants you to ride : advanced basics—the fun begins / Gincy Self Bucklin. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-9914-9 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0-7645-9914-3 (cloth) 1. Horsemanship. I. Title. SF309.B885 2006 798.2—dc22 2005025256 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cover design by Wendy Mount Book production by Wiley Publishing, Inc. Composition Services 01_599143 ffirs.qxd 1/13/06 7:22 PM Page v To all the patient horses and students who bore with me over the many years during which I struggled to learn my trade. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. 01_599143 ffirs.qxd 1/13/06 7:22 PM Page vi “There is only one kind of mistake, that is, the fundamental mistake. Regardless of how advanced the exercise, if the performance is defective, one can directly trace that fault to a lack in the fundamental training of either the horse or the rider.” —Erik Herbermann 02_599143 ftoc.qxd 1/13/06 7:23 PM Page vii Contents Preface x Acknowledgments xii Introduction 1 What’s in the Book, Where It Came from, Why You Need to Know It PART I 7 Building Trust Through Ground Work 1 9 The Stone Horse Working in the Barn 2 33 The Following Horse Moving Around the Farm 3 47 The Floating Horse Playing in the Arena PART II 69 Riding So Your Horse Likes It Too 4 71 Clothing, Tack, and Mounting Starting Out Right Is the Key 5 103 Make Yourselves Comfortable Sitting on the Horse Without Stirrups 02_599143 ftoc.qxd 1/13/06 7:23 PM Page viii viii Contents 6 125 Making Conversation Listening as Well as Talking 7 147 The Quiet Aids Making Yourself Heard Without Shouting 8 161 Reins Without Borders Giving Up Control and Developing Soft Hands PART III 175 Setting Out into the Real World 9 177 Stirrup Stuff Sitting or Standing, Be Solid and Secure 10 211 Rein Effects Looking at Rein Aids from a Different Angle 11 231 Hills and Cavaletti Preparing for the Great Outdoors 12 245 The Real Fun Begins Cantering and Galloping 13 261 Jumping Made Easy The Half Seat Revisited 14 281 More About Jumping Getting There Is Half the Fun 15 291 Cheerful Confidence Going Where You Want to Go, Effortlessly
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