Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsForeword by Ben Maher Preface
Part One - Training 1. Why Train? 2. Choosing and Obtaining a Show Jumper 3. Starting the Young Horse 4. Working your Horse on the Lunge 5. Jumping without a Rider 6. On Board - the Rider's Position 7. Basic Work on the Flat 8. More Advanced Work on the Flat 9. Finding a Good Distance for Take-Off 10. Getting from Fence to Fence - and Leaving Them Up 11. Related Distances 12. Jumping Combinations 13. Gymnastic Jumping
Part Two - Competing 14. Show Jumping Competitions 15. Before the Show 16. Getting There 17. Walking the Course 18. Riding In - Collecting Ring Technique 19. The First Round 20. The Jump-Off 21. What Happens If...? 22. More Advanced Jump Training
Part Three - For the Good of the Horse 23. Saddlery and Equipment 24. Schooling Aids and Gadgets 25. Keeping your Show Jumper
Part Four - Some Leading Riders and the Future of Our Sport 26. Past Masters 27. What Comes Next?
The Last Word Index

About the Author

Ernest Dillon FBHS is a highly respected show-jumping trainer and former chairman of the BHS Training Advisory Group and has been heavily involved with training the British Show Jumping Junior and Young Rider international squads. He instructs internationally and has competed in all three major disciplines at a high level.