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Summary: Simplify Your Riding
Review: If I had to pick one book that tells the whole story about really learning how to be a confident and balanced rider, it would be Wendy Murdoch's new book. The text, photos and illustrations harmonize to give the reader (no matter what their level of skill) the big picture in understanding any discipline of riding.What's great about this book is that you can use it as a work book and structure your own lessons from it. Buy this book... it's a great read and your horse will love you for it.
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Summary: A great, practical book
Review: This is a wonderful, easy to read, clear guide to riding, no matter what disapline you ride. Photographs, drawings and demonstrations on and off the horse help explain the concepts in ways most people can understand and see. I highly recommend it to all riders, pleasure and performance. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: The Missing Riding Manual You've Always Wanted
Review: Whether you're a new rider or have been in the saddle for years, whether you participate in dressage, eventing, fox hunt, play polo, barrel race, ride Western or English, compete or just ride for pleasure this book should be in your barn, truck, trailer, any place but collecting dust on your bookshelf.Wendy takes some of the most important yet basic principles in riding and makes them simple and easy to understand. She helps you understand from a different perspective. Every chapter is filled with photos and sketches to show what she is explaining. This the only riding instruction book that provides photos of the human skeleton to show what your body is doing, or not doing. Rather than simply discuss things like pelvis position she shows you the skeleton so you can understand why you may have had a problem perfecting some aspect of your riding. The other thing she explains is how your riding position and movements can affect your horse and their ability to carry you or perform. It is amazing to learn how much change can come from a minute adjustment of position. Her teaching philosophy comes through in this book, which is that you can't consider just the rider or the horse, but that they are truly a union. The writing style is smooth and easy to read. You don't get overpowered with explicit detail that leaves you scratching your head. You don't have to start at the beginning and read to the end. You can pretty much open it up and start anywhere. Each chapter is like one of her lessons. You can't put her 17 years of experience into one book, but this is a good start.
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