Whether you're keen to improve your core strength, lungeing techniques or posture, take a look at these equestrian training books on the market
‘Rider + Horse = 1’
By Eckart Meyners with Hannes Muller and Kerstin Riemann
The blurb: Equestrian sports physiologist Eckart Meyners, and Hannes Muller, head instructor for the German National Riding School, have put together 60 exercises for horse and rider — beginning with a thorough explanation of the classical training scale and a six-step program to build balance and rhythm.
The blurb: Improve your stable management skills with this blueprint for modern horse husbandry — from stables and shelters to horse health and first aid.
The blurb: This illustrated book looks at how to deliver a safe, varied, fun, effective and achievable training programme, based on the principles of anatomy and biomechanics with welfare in mind.
The blurb: This book fills the gap that often exists between trainers, riders and equine-bodywork therapists when it comes to understanding how the dressage horse uses his body in performance. Learn hands-on ways he can help optimise his suppleness, flexibility, balance and movement.
The blurb: The eventer opens her doors to reveal the formulas she uses on a daily basis and how they apply to every aspiring equestrian — from the working rider enjoying the grassroots levels through to those dreaming of representing their country.
The blurb: A step-by-step guide to the art of training, exercising and suppling horses from the ground, by one of the world’s leading exponents of the art. Starting with training foals and young horses, Jennie works through to perfecting in-hand piaffe and passage.
The blurb: Hands-on advice on how to develop relevant attitudes and mental skills, making this an essential companion for riders wanting to get more out of the sport.
The blurb: Use Sue’s ‘do-anywhere’ Pilates exercises to improve your riding postion and effecivness in the saddle, eliminate rider faults, improve core stability and perform yard tasks safely and efficiently.
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A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.
