- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: J.A.Allen & Co Ltd; illustrated edition edition (29 Nov 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0851318630
- ISBN-13: 978-0851318639
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 14 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,191,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The counter-canter and flying change are both progressions of the basic canter and although there is a clear relationship between them they have distinct derivations and purposes. While the counter-canter is a long-established exercise, the flying change is a relatively new addition to the list of classically accepted movements. As with so much in equitation, it is essential that both exercises are introduced at an appropriate stage in the horse's training, and that their purposes and aims are clearly understood. To these ends, Masters of Equitation on Counter-canter and Flying Changes examines the derivation and uses of the counter-canter, and the complexities surrounding the introduction and execution of flying changes, through the words of various Masters. Their thoughts will provide invaluable guidance to all who wish to advance their horses' education in the gait of canter, and will fascinate all' readers interested in the historical development of equitation. Counter-canter and Flying Changes is Book 3 in the Masters of Equitation series and in each volume the editor has collected the views of leading authorities on a specific gait or movement in order to form a unique reference work on each subject for the serious rider and trainer. The great masters are introduced by a leading present-day expert accompanied by the relevant instructions, and there is a summing up by the compiler. The series will eventually form a mini-reference library for anyone with an interest in academic and practical equitation.
About the Author
Martin Diggle is the author of seven books on riding, and a professional editor. In the latter role, he has worked with a number of contemporary equestrian authorities, and has been fascinated by how often they acknowledge the influence of past masters, and how often such acknowledgement is echoed down through generations. He has also discovered that, while methods of riding and training may alter according to individuals and circumstances, and while debates may rage around certain points and personalities, there is, at the very least, a considerable consensus regarding principles. He has therefore complied this series first, to give the thinking rider easy access to the methods of the master and second, to help prevent training errors that fly in the face of the received principles.
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If you compete in dressage at the higher levels, do you understand the purpose of counter-canter and flying changes? Or do you think of them simply as something that you and your horse have to be able to do in order to compete at your chosen level?
Flying changes may be more of a rider-tester than a challenge for the horse, but the gymnastic value of counter-canter is indisputable. Understanding why this is so is essential for proper gymnastic training of the horse, yet too few riders and trainers really do understand these movements and their place in training.
To understand and appreciate their role, we need the guidance of the great masters of equitation. The J.A. Allen Masters of Equitation series, of which this book is a part, seeks to provide that guidance, by gathering together many of the key thoughts of eminent equestrians, from Xenophon in c. 400 BC right through to the present day. Bringing these thoughts together under specific headings, they provide a handy source of reference for the thinking rider who wants to seek wider understanding, but who may not have either the time or the resources to devote to studying the writings of the great masters of equitation in depth. By giving extracts relevant to the subject under discussion, and commenting on them as appropriate, Martin Diggle has made the great masters more accessible to the everyday rider. This book contains quotes mainly from masters of the nineteenth century to the present day; this is because the older masters used the counter-canter mainly as a straightening exercise, not - as it is often used today - as a preparation for flying changes. Such earlier masters therefore had comparatively little to say about the counter-canter. However, we are treated to quotes from more modern masters such as Seunig, Podhajsky, Decarpentry, Wätjen, Oliveira, Herbermann, Belasik and many others.
This excellent little book is a must for all riders (and non-riders!) who truly want to understand, not only the what and the how, but also the why of counter-canter and flying changes. Thoroughly recommended.
- Lesley Skipper
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