Schooling Principles - Threshold Picture Guide 39

A guide to understanding the training concepts involved in producing a supple, well-schooled horse or pony.

• Educating the horse and rider
  
• Relaxation in the horse
  
• Balance and regularity
  
• Energy versus impulsion
  
• Bending and suppleness
  
• Straightness
  
• Contact
  
• Collection

Michael J Stevens has trained his own Lipizzaner gelding to advanced level dressage, and schools a variety of horses and teaches private clients. He is the author of A Classical Riding Notebook and Practical Schooling, both published by Kenilworth Press.