Reflections on Riding and Jumping

Reflections on Riding and Jumping

Author: William Steinkraus

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1570766029

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A revised and updated edition of a classic work on horses and horsemanship by one of the most acclaimed riders in show jumping history.


Schooling and Riding the Sport Horse

Schooling and Riding the Sport Horse

Author: Paul D. Cronin

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780813922874

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The director of the riding program at Sweet Briar College for more than 30 years, Cronin is a well-known and highly respected trainer and riding instructor. Here he presents a clear and practical guide to getting the most out of a horse in a humane and sensitive way.


Hunter Seat Equitation

Hunter Seat Equitation

Author: George H. Morris

Publisher: Doubleday Books

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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A classic by a world-renowned teacher and master equestrian--the definitive work on the art of teaching and riding the hunter seat, now updated to include refinements in Morris's insightful program of riding instruction. B & W photographs throughout


40 5-Minute Jumping Fixes

40 5-Minute Jumping Fixes

Author: Wendy Murdoch

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 157076719X

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Better balance in the saddle, improved body control from head to toe, and increased influence with your seat are just a handful of the simple fixes offered in this straightforward training manual for jumping. Most of the suggestions provided require only a few minutes to learn and offer solutions for making jumping more enjoyable for both riders and their horses. By starting and ending each ride with these simple, easy, and effective fixes, equestrians will happily and efficiently replace old habits with new ones and get out of the riding rut we all find ourselves in at some point in our riding career.


Riding the Tiger

Riding the Tiger

Author: Milena Banks

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2013-02-19

Total Pages: 533

ISBN-13: 1475956398

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Debut novelist Banks crafts a sweeping tale of seduction, betrayal and war...(her) evocative prose is impressive throughout....Banks delivers an engaging tale of forgiveness and the strength of familial ties, even when those ties have been frayed almost to extinction. A spectacular novel of colonial China that should put this first-time author on the map. Kirkus Reviews Riding the Tiger In the turbulent years of the late 1930s on the China coast, Jack, a powerful foreign business tycoon, and Ana, a sensual and deep Russian jazz singermeet as strangers and part as lovers on the night Shanghai burns and falls to the Japanese. And then Ana simply vanishes. Besotted, Jack returns to Hong Kong determined to find Ana. He must hide his anguish from his fiance, Violet, a beautiful and paranoid Hong Kong socialite, as she begins her lavish wedding plans. As the Japanese army advances, a tragedy unfolds, encompassing the passion and destruction of humans clinging to their dreams as the only world they know changes around them. Half a century later, a young woman lives with a hidden shame. Jardine Woo is a modern Chinese girl who makes a living jumping out of party cakes, but under her cheerful exterior lies a secret: her mother was a Jane Doe, struck dead on a Hong Kong street nearly thirty years earlier, her infant daughter in her arms. Grown up now, Jardine has adjusted to life with no familyor so she thinks. Then, the extraordinary occurs, and her world will change in the blink of an eye. Algernon Worthing, an Englishman on his deathbed, claims not only that he knows her, but also that she is inextricably connected to a long-hidden crime that occurred before she was even born.


Peter Leone's Show Jumping Clinic

Peter Leone's Show Jumping Clinic

Author: Peter Leone

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1603427171

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Offers strategies for successful show jumping, and provides advice on the physical aspects of riding and the mental focus needed for successful competition.


Classic Show Jumping

Classic Show Jumping

Author: Bertalan De Nemethy

Publisher:

Published: 2017-11-13

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9780933316997

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Bertalan de Némethy became a legendary figure as coach of the United States Equestrian Team show-jumping squad. During his twenty-five year tenure, he led the team to sustained international triumph in 6 Olympics, 5 Pan American Games, 4 World Championships, and countless international horse shows. Teams coached by de Némethy scored victories in 144 Nations Cups, while his individual riders won no fewer than 72 international Grand Prix, 44 Championships, and hundreds of individual classes all over the world.De Némethy formulated his own training techniques of horse and rider based on his Hungarian Cavalry School background and the principles of classical equitation. From this evolved the celebrated "de Némethy style," the precision and elegance of which are emulated throughout the world today. Classic Show Jumping: The de Nemethy Method is an exposition of this gold-medal technique, illustrated with more than 100 photographs of riders and horses that Bertalan de Némethy has personally trained. Covering all aspects of horsemanship, it is the only book to detail de Némethy's proven method for training world-class jumpers.Classic Show Jumping: The de Némethy Method includes: basic principles of equitation; longe line techniques; the basic training of a horse; modern cavalletti and gymnastic systems; competing over courses; plus much, much more. The material is presented clearly, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions. Every level of rider--beginner, intermediate, and advanced--can benefit from Bertalan de Némethy's genius as a trainer and teacher.


Reflections in a Golden Eye

Reflections in a Golden Eye

Author: Carson McCullers

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780618084753

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A reprint of the 1941 novel about the sad and tragic lives of the Pendertons and the Langdons, two military couples living on an army base in the American South in the 1930s.


A Year at the Races

A Year at the Races

Author: Jane Smiley

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2014-08-07

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0571305652

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley draws upon her first-hand knowledge to examine the horse on all levels - practical, theoretical and emotional. Drawing on the wisdom of trainers, vets, jockeys and a real-life horse whisperer, Smiley adds an element of drama and suspense as two of her own horses begin their careers at the racetrack. As the horses get closer to the winner's circle, we are enchanted, enthralled and informed about what it's really like to own, train and root for a racehorse.