Packed with 200 colour photos (most specially taken and including many sequences) and 70 line drawings, this book provides detailed training advice for horse and rider, whether starting from scratch or wishing to compete at higher levels.
Ernest Dillon offers guidance on choosing the right horse, working on the lunge, flatwork schooling and early jumping, and the importance of the rider's position. The core of the book then deals with jumping training, introducing horse and rider to simple polework and later, gymnastic grids, how to approach different types of fence, and how to overcome the common problems that arise in training. More advanced work follows, with combinations and related distances, increasing height and width, and jumping whole courses. In a section devoted to competing, Ernest Dillon explains how to develop the right attitude to competition riding and how to cope with success and failure. There are tips on walking the course and collecting-ring technique, and how to succeed in a jump-off.

Attraverso il testo e le fotografie di cavalieri famosi e non, questo libro si propone di fornire validi e concreti aiuti a cavaliere e cavallo siano essi esperti o principianti. Ernest Dillon, istruttore famoso per l’approccio semplice e chiaro, offre i principi guida per scegliere il cavallo giusto, per lavorarlo alla corda, in piano e sul salto con particolare attenzione alla corretta posizione del cavaliere. Innumerevoli e preziosi consigli anche sulla giusta mentalità da avere in gara, su come affrontare la ricognizione del percorso e sul lavoro in campo prova. Utile, ispira e diverte.