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1 Willcox, Shelia The Event Horse
London Pelham Books 1973 0720707005 / 9780720707007 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine Photographs 
160 pgs. Illustrated with 49 b/w photos and 20 line illustrations including ring diagrams and charts. Clearly written in laymans' terms, this concise work is a perfect gift offering for anybody who aspires to train their own mount to win at three-day-eventing or wants to really enjoy being a spectator. THIS EXHAUSTIVE WORK CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS: FOREWORD /INTRO/ THE HORSE/ THE RIDER/ THE ARENA: ITS SIZE AND SHAPE. THE SCHOOL FIGURES/ GENERAL DIRECTIVE. THE THREE STAGES OF TRAINING. FREE FORWARD MOVEMENT. THE CORRECT CIRCLE. LENGTH BEND. THE HALF HALT. TRANSTIIONS: HALT - WALK - TROT. / THE CANTER. AIDS TO CANTER. UBERSTEICHEN. CANTER TO TROT TRANSITION./ TURNS ON THE FOREHAND. THE WALK: ORDINARY, FREE WALK AND FREE WALK ON A LOOSE REIN. TURNS ON THE HAUNCHES. THE REIN BACK./ PRELIMINARY EXERCISES AS PREPARATION FOR TWO TRACK WORK. TEACHING THE AIDS TO THE HORSE. LEG YEILDING. RIDING IN POSITION./ THE BASIC PACES ACHIEVED. INCREASE AND DECREASE AT THE TROT./ INCREASE AND DECREASE AT THE CANTER./ WORK ON TWO TRACKS AT THE TROT. SHOULDER-IN. TRAVERS. RENVERS. HALF PASS AND COUNTER CHANGE OF HAND ON TWO TRACKS./ COLLECTED AND EXTENDED WORK AT THE WALK, TROT AND CANTER. HALF PIROUETTES./ WALK TO CANTER TRANSITIONS. COUNTER CANTER. HALT TO CANTER TRANSITIONS. BLOQUER. SIMPLE CHANGE OF LEG./ THE JUMPING SEAT. PRELIMINARY JUMPING WORK. POLES ON THE GROUND. CAVALLETTI./ DEVELOPING THE HORSE'S ATHLETIC ABILITY AND CONFIDENCE. THE SPEEDS FOR SHOW JUMPING, THE STEEPLECHASE AND CROSS-COUNTRY. 'TRUE' DISTANCES. HOW TO ASSESS YOUR STRIDE. THE BOUNCE STRIDE./ THE EVENT SEASON. A GRADUATED PROGRAMME TO INTRODUCE THE HORSE FIRST TO ONE-DAY-EVENTS AND THEN TO THREE-DAY-EVENTS./ THE TRAINING PROGRAMME ITSELF. DAILY DRESSAGE AND ROAD WORK. JUMPING PRACTICE. FAST WORK. THE NECCESSARY SPEEDS FOR NO TIME PENALTIES. THE TRAINING CHART. THE FEED CHART./ HORSEMASTERSHIP. THE DAILY ROUTINE. ATTENTION TO DETAIL./ PREPARING FOR THE EVENT. GETTING YOURSELF FIT. HINTS ON RIDING THE DRESSAGE TEST. WHAT TO TAKE, WHEN TO ARRIVE. / THE ONE-DAY-EVENT. WALKING THE COURSE. PREPARATION FOR THE COMPETITION. AFTERWORDS./ THE THREE-DAY-EVENT. WHEN TO ARRIVE. THE DRESSAGE DAY. THE SPEED AND ENDURANCE DAY. THE SHOW JUMPING DAY./ GLOSSARY OF TERMS./ INDEX. 
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2 Willcox, Shelia The Event Horse
PA J. B. Lippincott 1973 0397010001 / 9780397010004 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Near Fine Photographs 
Brown hardcover boards with sharp tips and spine ends, no marks within the 160 pg text. Price-clipped DJ in new mylar shows small chip at tip of upper board fore-edge, else fine. Illustrated with 49 b/w photos and 20 line illustrations including ring diagrams and charts. Clearly written in laymans' terms, this concise work is a perfect gift offering for anybody who aspires to train their own mount to win at three-day-eventing or wants to really enjoy being a spectator. THIS EXHAUSTIVE WORK CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS: FOREWORD /INTRO/ THE HORSE/ THE RIDER/ THE ARENA: ITS SIZE AND SHAPE. THE SCHOOL FIGURES/ GENERAL DIRECTIVE. THE THREE STAGES OF TRAINING. FREE FORWARD MOVEMENT. THE CORRECT CIRCLE. LENGTH BEND. THE HALF HALT. TRANSTIIONS: HALT - WALK - TROT. / THE CANTER. AIDS TO CANTER. UBERSTEICHEN. CANTER TO TROT TRANSITION./ TURNS ON THE FOREHAND. THE WALK: ORDINARY, FREE WALK AND FREE WALK ON A LOOSE REIN. TURNS ON THE HAUNCHES. THE REIN BACK./ PRELIMINARY EXERCISES AS PREPARATION FOR TWO TRACK WORK. TEACHING THE AIDS TO THE HORSE. LEG YEILDING. RIDING IN POSITION./ THE BASIC PACES ACHIEVED. INCREASE AND DECREASE AT THE TROT./ INCREASE AND DECREASE AT THE CANTER./ WORK ON TWO TRACKS AT THE TROT. SHOULDER-IN. TRAVERS. RENVERS. HALF PASS AND COUNTER CHANGE OF HAND ON TWO TRACKS./ COLLECTED AND EXTENDED WORK AT THE WALK, TROT AND CANTER. HALF PIROUETTES./ WALK TO CANTER TRANSITIONS. COUNTER CANTER. HALT TO CANTER TRANSITIONS. BLOQUER. SIMPLE CHANGE OF LEG./ THE JUMPING SEAT. PRELIMINARY JUMPING WORK. POLES ON THE GROUND. CAVALLETTI./ DEVELOPING THE HORSE'S ATHLETIC ABILITY AND CONFIDENCE. THE SPEEDS FOR SHOW JUMPING, THE STEEPLECHASE AND CROSS-COUNTRY. 'TRUE' DISTANCES. HOW TO ASSESS YOUR STRIDE. THE BOUNCE STRIDE./ THE EVENT SEASON. A GRADUATED PROGRAMME TO INTRODUCE THE HORSE FIRST TO ONE-DAY-EVENTS AND THEN TO THREE-DAY-EVENTS./ THE TRAINING PROGRAMME ITSELF. DAILY DRESSAGE AND ROAD WORK. JUMPING PRACTICE. FAST WORK. THE NECCESSARY SPEEDS FOR NO TIME PENALTIES. THE TRAINING CHART. THE FEED CHART./ HORSEMASTERSHIP. THE DAILY ROUTINE. ATTENTION TO DETAIL./ PREPARING FOR THE EVENT. GETTING YOURSELF FIT. HINTS ON RIDING THE DRESSAGE TEST. WHAT TO TAKE, WHEN TO ARRIVE. / THE ONE-DAY-EVENT. WALKING THE COURSE. PREPARATION FOR THE COMPETITION. AFTERWORDS./ THE THREE-DAY-EVENT. WHEN TO ARRIVE. THE DRESSAGE DAY. THE SPEED AND ENDURANCE DAY. THE SHOW JUMPING DAY./ GLOSSARY OF TERMS./ INDEX. 
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