The complete book of hunter seat riding
Subtitle: training, showing, judging--on the flat and over fences
By: Anna Jane White-Mullin.
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: North Pomfret, Vt
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781570764080
Subjects: Hunt riding; Hunter seat equitation; Hunters (Horses) -- Training; Jumping (Horsemanship); Hunter horse shows -- Judging
Description: Foreword  ix  
 Maria Schaub 
 
Introduction  xi  
 Chrystine Tauber 
 
Preface  xiii  
Note to the Reader  xiv  
Acknowledgments  xv  
Special Thanks  xvi  
 Part I Training and Showing Procedures for Hunters and Hunter Seat Riders 
  1  
 The Elements of Flatwork 
  3  
 Flatwork:The Cutting Edge of Success 
  3  
 The Components of Flatwork 
  5  
 Frame: Collection and Lengthening 
  5  
 Lower-Level and Upper-Level Movements 
  10  
 The Rider's Aids 
  11  
 Half-Halts 
  14  
 Pace 
  18  
 Impulsion 
  24  
 Bending 
  25  
 Transitions 
  31  
 Punishment and Reward 
  34  
 Flat Exercises for Hunters and Equitation Horses 
  37  
 Categorizing Your Horse 
  37  
 Longeing 
  38  
 Devising a Work Plan 
  44  
 The Walk 
  46  
 The Trot 
  48  
 Leg-Yield 
  52  
 Shoulder-In 
  54  
 Turn on the Forehand 
  55  
 Travers 
  55  
 Renvers 
  56  
 Turn on the Haunches 
  57  
 Half-Pass 
  57  
 The Canter 
  58  
 Flying Change of Lead 
  62  
 Counter Canter 
  64  
 Modified Pirouette 
  64  
 USEF Tests 1-19: Tips for Training and Showing 
  69  
 Test 1 
  69  
 Test 2 
  71  
 Test 3 
  74  
 Test 4 
  75  
 Test 5 
  76  
 Test 6 
  78  
 Test 7 
  81  
 Test 8 
  81  
 Test 9 
  81  
 Test 10 
  85  
 Test 11 
  85  
 Test 12 
  87  
 Test 13 
  89  
 Test 14 
  90  
 Test 15 
  91  
 Test 16 
  93  
 Test 17 
  93  
 Test 18 
  97  
 Test 19 
  100  
 Basic Courses for Hunters and Equitation 
  103  
 A Systematic Approach to Jumping 
  103  
 Cavalletti 
  104  
 Gymnastics 
  110  
 Striding between Fences 
  122  
 Analyzing Distances 
  124  
 Walking Courses 
  126  
 Setting Fences 
  129  
 Basic Goals on Course 
  132  
 Intermediate and Advanced Equitation Courses 
  147  
 Isolated and Related Distances 
  147  
 Combinations 
  152  
 Turns 
  153  
 Jumping on an Angle 
  158  
 Narrow Fence and End Fence 
  160  
 A Long Gallop to a Single Fence 
  161  
 Novelty Fences 
  161  
 Solving Typical Problems 
  165  
 Rider Problems 
  165  
 Developing a Better Eye 
  165  
 Finding the Right Spot to the First Fence 
  169  
 Strengthening the Rider's Position 
  170  
 Memorizing a Course 
  172  
 Sitting the Trot Comfortably 
  172  
 Horse Problems 
  176  
 Teaching Flying Changes 
  176  
 Preventing the Horse from Rushing Fences 
  178  
 Correcting Disobediences (Refusals) 
  180  
 Preventing the Horse from Cutting Corners 
  182  
 Calming the Anxious Horse at Shows 
  182  
 Warming Up for a Class 
  183  
 Monitoring Horse and Rider 
  185  
 Setting an Attainable Goal 
  186  
 Winning 
  189  
 Part II Judging Hunters and Hunter Seat Equitation 
  191  
 Under-Saddle Classes 
  193  
 The Ideal Horse 
  193  
 Unsafe Performance 
  195  
 Length of Stride 
  196  
 Appropriate Frame 
  198  
 Body Straightness 
  199  
 Common Locomotion Faults 
  199  
 Rhythm, Transitions, and Bending 
  200  
 Hunter Classes over Fences 
  205  
 Jumping Form 
  205  
 The Ideal Hunter 
  205  
 Form Faults Associated with Long Spots 
  205  
 Form Faults Associated with Short Spots 
  209  
 Other Form Faults 
  210  
 Minor Form Faults 
  211  
 Flight Path 
  215  
 Ideal Flight Pattern 
  215  
 Maintaining a Line 
  216  
 Even Arc 
  216  
 Rhythm 
  218  
 Pace and Impulsion 
  218  
 Bending 
  219  
 The Numbers 
  219  
 Changing Leads 
  222  
 The Dishonest vs. Honest Horse 
  223  
 Conformation Classes 
  227  
 General Observations 
  227  
 A Comparative Guide to Judging Defects 
  229  
 A System for Judging Conformation 
  230  
 Model and Breeding Classes 
  248  
 Equitation on the Flat 
  253  
 Position 
  253  
 Lower Body---From Heel to Pelvis 
  253  
 Upper Body---From the Pelvis Up 
  259  
 Performance 
  266  
 General Observations 
  266  
 Impulsion and Cadence 
  267  
 On the Bit 
  268  
 Bending 
  270  
 Smooth Transitions 
  270  
 Flexion and Collection 
  272  
 Extension 
  273  
 Severe Performance Faults 
  273  
 Quality of Performance 
  275  
 Tests on the Flat 
  276  
 Equitation over Fences 
  295  
 Position over Fences 
  295  
 General Observations 
  295  
 Approaching the Fence and in the Air 
  298  
 Performance 
  313  
 Tests over Fences 
  316  
 What to Expect from Equitation Riders 
  321  
 Beginners 
  321  
 Intermediate Riders 
  324  
 Advanced Riders 
  325  
 The Judge's Card 
  327  
 Numerical Scoring 
  327  
 Back-to-Back Classes 
  332  
 General Impressions 
  333  
 Competitor Expectations of a Judge 
  334  
 Faults over Fences 
  335  
 Faults between Fences 
  336  
 Manners and Way of Going 
  337  
 Equitation Symbols 
  338  
Glossary  341  
Index  346
Notes: Includes index.