Master Dressage: Ride more beautiful tests, get higher marks and have a better relationship with your horse. - Softcover

Dove, Mr Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1495320715 ISBN 13: 9781495320712

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Master Dressage

Get higher marks and have a better relationship with your horse

A 5 Step System you can follow to start mastering dressage from day one

Learn how to

Ride more accurate tests

The chapter on accuracy covers how to ride all of the main shapes with greater balance and accuracy. Stop throwing away marks due to inaccurate shapes which make the job of your horse more difficult that it needs to be.

Improve your fluidity

Improve the appearance of the suppleness of your horse. Learn how to prepare your horse for each movement correctly and produce a beautiful looking test.

Increase your dressage understanding

Understand the purpose of the movements in a dressage test, learn what the judge wants to see and what each movement is meant to demonstrate to the judge. Avoid typical rider traps, and bust some of the typical dressage myths. Your horse will thank you for it.

Learn what to practice and in what order

Have you ever entered the arena to school your horse and not know what to do? Have you ever hit a major problem training your horse something? This section not only tells you what you should be practicing, but how to go about it, and what you should do when you get into trouble.

Learn how to properly review your progress

Learn to review your progress using different tools to use, how to understand judges comments and how to change your practice to improve.

Get FREE access to webinars, videos and additional tutorials

Simply turn to page 189 of your book and get the special code to access the online webinars, videos and articles.

About The Author

Peter Dove has been riding, teaching and learning dressage for over 25 years. In the 15 years he has been at East Soley EC2000 he has judged and taught combined, some 9000 riders competing at intro to elementary level and beyond. Over the 15 years he has developed systematics ways of explaining how to improve results competing at dressage. Peter is taught by Mary Wanless BHSI and considers her teachings of rider biomechanics to be one of the main keys to success at all levels of riding and is forever in her debt for all she has taught.
Grab yourself a copy of Master Dressage now, and get higher marks, ride more beautiful tests and have a better relationship with your horse.

Testimonials

“If you would like to improve your accuracy, get more marks and understand the basics of riding and training dressage, then buy this book!”
Lindsay Jenkins
International Grand Prix Rider, British Dressage List 1 Judge, FEI 3/4 star Event Judge, Accredited Coach with British Dressage – www.lindsayjenkins.co.uk

“Peter Dove has done a great job in explaining the geometry of the movements, and the problems that people commonly experience when riding them. Understanding the reasons for doing them, and how they fit and flow together is a great help in both riding a test that will score well, and within day to day training.”
Mary Wanless BHSI BSc
International Rider Biomechanics coach and author of the Ride With Your Mind Books & DVDs – www.mary-wanless.com

About this title

About the Author

Peter Dove has been riding, teaching and learning dressage for over 25 years. In the 15 years he has been at East Soley EC2000 he has judged and taught combined, some 9000 riders competing at intro to elementary level and beyond. Over the 15 years he has developed systematics ways of explaining how to improve results competing at dressage. Peter is taught by Mary Wanless BHSI and considers her teachings of rider biomechanics to be one of the main keys to success at all levels of riding and is forever in her debt for all she has taught. Peter is also a professional computer programmer, photographer and magician. He lives in Chilton Foliat in the UK, married to Emma Dove with two beautiful children Milly and Edward. He is currently studying for his Maths degree with the open university.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1495320715
• ISBN 13: 9781495320712
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224