Simplicity of Dressage

Johann Hinnemann, an internationally renowned dressage trainer and coach of the Dutch national team, and Coby van Baalen, one of The Netherland's top riders and silver medal-ist at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, have collaborat ed on this book to inspire those who love dressage. Why is the book called The Simplicity of Dressage when to many dressage seems so complicated? Goby van Raalen explains: "It's not because dressage temple to do, but because dressage is simple to gardless of which level one rides, the lways the same." It's upon this premise is built-aiming toward an end goal lete suppleness and continual throughness of theids

The six, inseparable basics of classical dressage are: rhythm, suppleness, contact, impulsion, straight-ness, and collection. Understood individually and pursued consecutively, these six straightforward, simple concepts intertwine as training progresses, which if successfully achieved, results in a high-school dressage horse. As the authors make clear, a rider who maintains the structure of the training system, and understands that one basic alone is weak without the others, can advance regardless of natural ability. Hinnemann and van Baalen have organized this book so as to provide clear instruc-tion for logical progress, while handily managing to address common problems that trouble riders of varying abilities.

This book also offers substantial background information and breeding statistics about successful dressage horses from champion young-rider mounts and Olympic stars, to talented young prospects full of promise and hardworking Grand Prix schoolhorses.

Elegantly illustrated with beautiful photographs, The Simplicity of Dressage offers riders and trainers at every level a clearly stated method of attaining higher test scores and more advanced movements, while at the same time, showing great concern for the welfare and happiness of the horse.

Hardback, as new condition.