This is the perfect guide to improving your horse's manners, concentration, temperament, suppleness and obedience both on the ground and from the saddle. Learn how horses think and respond to training and adopt sympathetic methods that your horse really understands. Strengthen the partnership you have with your horse and as a consequence improve all aspects of your horse's behaviour from ridden work to being around him in the yard. Gain a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of the training system and then transfer the techniques to the subsequent exercises. The 101 groundwork and ridden exercises can be dipped into to solve a particular problem, or strung together to form an individually tailored training program.

Table of Contents

Foreword; Introduction; 1 The truth behind the training; 2 Fundamentals; 3 Ground work; 4 Ridden exercises; 5 Specific issues; Index.

About the Author

Rio Barrett received conventional equestrian training until her thirties when she witnessed a demonstration by Pat Parelli. She sailed through all levels of their examinations, becoming one of his top instructors. She has now branched out, developing her own training system which is proving very successful. Rio lives near Chichester, West Sussex.