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We recommend you buy and use this Fundamentals book as a Bible to guide your growth as a horse rider of any discipline. Its author, Hollie McNeil became certified in Germany in all three disciplines at once. Her lessons are short and to the point.
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The book and all of its associated parts is copyrighted. This is a mere summary outline to get you started. A detailed checklist of tracking skills can be found and purchased from Certified Horsemanship of America, CHA has nothing to do with the ideas expressed by Hollie McNieil. We suggest starting with just stage one of three. This makes a great tracking list to mark off the student’s progress in orderly steps. See:
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Fundamentals of English Riding (40) By Hollie H McNeil
Includes a DVD and reference to a YouTube site for all 40 steps.
Contents of the DVD also seen on:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPLTE0jmEXXbtqli4tOaMg6uPF7k1ao3j
One set for each step.
The basic listed chapters of skills are:
1. Learning Control
2-5. Riding Position
6-10. Riding Aids
11-18. Working on Gaits
11. The Walk
12. The Trot
13. Posting and Sitting Trot
14. The Cantor
15. Cantor Leads
16. The Halt
17. Rein Back
18. Transitions
19-26. The Training Scale
27-29. Key Riding Techniques
30-38. School Figures
29-40 Lateral Work
Final chapter 8: The Destination: Intuitive Riding
Please note: The Chapter outlines above are copyrighted by www.Storey.com
and author Hollie H McNeil, © 2011.
and are used with permission and can be redistributed but cannot be used as part of any new publication for sale. Horses EveryOne, Inc. and author Donald Geldernick as well as those associated with the book take no liability for any actions others may have being on or near equines or horses. These actions are the sole responsibility of the actors themselves as is customary in most states, provinces and counties. Be safe.
