Dressage with Kyra

The updated and revised edition of Kyra Kyrklund's very successful book. She is one of the world's most talented dressage riders and in this book she reveals the secrets of her unique training system that has brought her repeated successes with her numerous horses. From novice to Grand Prix, she will guide you through her basic ABC, explaining how to teach the horse to work happily with only the lightest aids possible. Kyra explains how to develop true straightness, bend and flexion, and then how you can move your horse onto leg-yielding, collected lateral work, canter work, zigzag half-passes, pirouettes, piaffe and passage. AUTHOR: Kyra Kyrklund's training and riding career has kept her at the top of world-class dressage for many years and she is one of the world's most respected and talented riders. Her participation in Beijing was Kyra's sixth Olympic Games. In her native Finland, she has been National Dressage Champion ten times. SELLING POINTS: Clear and concise guide to a unique training system for riders of all levels Author is one of the most respected dressage riders, competed at Beijing ? her sixth Olympic Games Includes methods of preparation and ringcraft which every competition rider will want to share ILLUSTRATIONS: Colour photos