Table of Contents

Part I Collective marks: paces - the walk, the trot, the canter; impulsion; submission - on the bit; position, seat of the rider and correct use of the aids. Part II The seat, the aids: the seat; position of the hands - holding the reins; the weight; spurs and whip - the voice; influence and coordination of aids - half-halt, unilateral aids, resume. Part III Longeing and mounting the green horse. Part IV Training of the young or untrained horse: general principles; riding straight forward; turn through the corner; turn across the diagonal, down the centre line and across the arena; circles; half-circles and half-circles in reverse; serpentine along the long side; serpentine along the centre side; the change of circles; the change of rein through the circle; the figure of eight; decreasing and increasing the circle; leg yielding; the turn on the forehand; canter; counter-canter. Part V To make the horse straight. Part VI The development of the horse: general principles; collection; the halt; the rein back; the half-turn on the haunches - the half pirouette at the walk; lateral work at walk and trot - the shoulder-in, haunches-in, haunches-out, half-pass; transitions and extensions; the flying change; the half-pass at canter; the half-pirouette and pirouette at canter; the piaffer; the passage; transitions in connection with the piaffer and the passage. Part VII Riding horses with bad habits. Part VIII The competition. Appendix - the arena.