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Additional Foreword by Montie's Students
Did you always want to learn to ride as a child but the opportunity never presented itself? Did you always answer "a pony" whenever someone asked you what you wanted for your birthday of Christmas, but you never got one? Do those dreams remain even though you are grown up now with adult responsibilities? Are you at a point in your life where you can carve out some time? If you answered "yes" to those questions, you need to know that it is not too late. You can still do this! Sit down and read this book. It will be your guide as you begin this new and exciting journey.
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Now go and have a good ride!
Contents
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​ 1. Learning to Ride
2. Two Essentials to Learn
3. So How Do Horses View the World?
4. Always Remember This
5. Getting Started, Your Teacher and Your
Barn
6. A Balancing Act
7. You Will Make Mistakes
​ 8. On the Ground Compared to Sitting on
a Horse
9. The Channel of Cues
10. The Balance of Cues
11. Less is More
12. Good Relationships Start with Good
Groundwork
13. Is it a Hold or a Pull?
14. Recognize and Apply
15. Soft Eyes vs. a Hard Focus​
16. Use Your Imagination to Help Out
17. Let Your Hip Angles Help You Move Well
18. So Where is Your Horse's Energy
19. Use of Intermissions and the Free Walk
20. How the Horse Moves at the Walk
21. How the Horse Moves at the Trot
22. How the Horse Moves at the Canter
23. Is My Horse Straight or Bent? What
Does This Mean?
24. Adjustments Will Be Needed
25. Mental Adjustments Needed Too
26. How the Adult Rider Differs from a Child
27. Taking Notes
28. Ready to Consider Horse Ownership?
29. Final Thoughts