Take your riding to a new level! Bringing together recognized classic exercises for both English and Western riders plus her own original patterns and maneuvers, Cherry Hill provides an array of drills that will improve your riding technique. Whether you are a rider interested in expanding your repertoire or an instructor looking for new drills, these exercises will add excitement and variety to your training. Cherry Hill is an internationally known instructor and horse trainer and has written numerous books, including 101 Arena Exercises for Horse & Rider, Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage, How to Think Like a Horse, What Every Horse Should Know, and Horse Care for Kids. Visit her at www.horsekeeping.com, where you can find information on her books, DVDs, and horsekeeping knowledge. Carla Wennberg is an American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) World Championship rider and international AQHA and National Reining Horse Association judge. Wennberg is the Director of Reining for the United States Equestrian Team. FOREWORD INTRODUCTION SECTION 1: GAITS At the Halt Working Walk Extended Walk Collected Walk Free Walk Working Trot Jog (Sitting Trot) Extended Trot Collected Trot Working Canter and Lope Extended Canter Collected Canter Back SECTION 2: TRANSITIONS Half Halt or Check Halt-Walk-Halt Walk -- Posting Trot -- Walk Walk -- Sitting Trot -- Walk Trot-Canter-Trot Trot-Halt-Trot Canter-Walk-Canter Listen Up Trot-Halt-Back-Walk Trot-Halt-Back-Trot Lengthen Trot Extended Canter Collected Canter Change of Lead through Trot Long and Low Quality Control Check (Self-Carriage Test) SECTION 3: CIRCLES Straight Corners Change of Rein on Long Diagonal Change of Rein on Short Diagonal Extra Large Circle Large (20-Meter) Circle Medium (10-Meter) Circle Small (6-Meter) Circle: Volte Figure 8 Large Circle -- Small Circle Canter Springs Spiral Loosen Up Half Turn Change of Bend -- Single Loop Change of Bend -- Shallow Loop Change of Rein in a Circle Five-Loop Serpentine Long Serpentine Quarter Turn Counter-Flex Counter-Canter -- Shallow Loop Counter-Canter across Diagonal Counter-Canter Serpentine SECTION 4: LATERAL WORK Turn on the Forehand Western Two-Step Leg Yield Leg Yield Refresher Leg Yield on a Circle Zigzag Two-Step In Position and Shoulder Fore Shoulder In Shoulder In and Circle Shoulder In on a Circle Travers (Haunches In) Shoulder In and Travers on a Long Serpentine Walk-Volte- Travers Renvers (Haunches Out) Walk Pirouette Counter-Flexed Spiral In Hindquarter Pivot Rollback Sidepass Half Pass Half Pass Refresher Zigzag Half Pass Working Pirouette (Pre-Pirouette) Half-Canter Pirouette Three-Quarter Canter Pirouette Full Canter Pirouette SECTION 5: MINI-PATTERNS Guess What Serpentine at Trot with Leg Yield Circle and Leg Yield Simple Change Serpentine Square Serpentine Square Serpentine Two Squares Lope Large Circle with Sidepass Shoulder In and Lengthen Sidepass and Lope the Diagonal Walk-360-Walk Lope-Halt-180-Lope Lope-Halt-360-Lope Canter Counter-Canter Canter -- Half Pass -- Counter Canter Flying Change Flying Change after Short Diagonal Flying Change Straight at Wall Flying Change with Sharp Corner Circle, Simple Change, Flying Change Circle, Diagonal, Flying Change Canter Half Pass -- Lead Change SUGGESTED READING A Ringside Workbook for Every Rider Hang it from a post; refer to it from the saddle. Cherry Hill's original patterns and maneuvers, along with recognized classic exercises, help riders improve their own and their horse's skills. Exercises are organized into five sections, each

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