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Anne Kursinski's Riding

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This book exceeded my expectations. As an intermediate rider, the combination of multiple illustrations and accompaning technical commentary is instrumental. This book covers basic flat work and jumping and makes the "upward transition" to advanced work. Anne Kursinski's written style uses common sense and visual imagery. After reading each chapter, I couldn't wait to try out her techniques on my horse.

If you want to become more connected with your horse through feel and athletic ability, this book will work for you.

Anne teaches you to communicate with your horse physically and emotionally. A combination that is essential but understated.

This book is a great resource for any serious rider who wants to improve their skills. I was able to not only use Anne's theories in my own riding but also apply them to my students. She explains everything in a very straight forward manner with lots of illustrations for the many exercises she gives. Since I live in an area where the closest jumper trainer is almost 2 hours away, this was a great way to get new ideas to tackle problems and master the basics. Highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to better themselves as a rider.

This book was excellent! It's perfect for anyone riding english weather you haven't even taken a lesson or you've been riding for 10 years! It's very in depth and will help you perfect your riding. It teachs the basics to advanced dressage and jumping. It includes great pictures and explains everything very well, and anyone can understand it. I HIGHLY reccomend it!

I think it is just a graet book, if you are new or if you are checking details. It has a lot a information and very tiny but important details.

This book helped me a lot with my riding style and the communication with my horses. I feel I have improved a lot and rereading it is helping me even more. The way it is written is very clear because it is just like having separate lessons. It encourages you to try to improve each area at a time, what makes it very manageable and helps you to focus on doing things well. I HIGHLY recommend this book to show jumpers, it is the BEST show jumping book I have. I feel Anne Kursinki has taught me a lot this past few months!

I refer to this book often as I progress with training. It's great to see why the rudimentary exercises I'm working on now as a beginner become so crucial down the line. The photos detail every move and show the perfect form of an excellent rider. The author communicates the important stuff without a lot of preachiness often found in books by people at the top of their game. It's carefully laid out and easy to follow...a great addition to any serious rider's library (even novices!).

Anne Kursinski has not only achieved international success as a U.S. Equestrian Team member, but has also established herself as a highly sought after instructor, clinician and now author. I've always admired her exquisite riding style, and she now shares her wisdom and systematic program with readers/riders. Her explanations are straightforward and concise with a true concern for both horse and rider. Beyond her abilities as a world class equestrian, Ms. Kursinski's level of horsemanship is unsurpassed as evidenced by her explanation/demonstration/review of each exercise she recommends, whether it is basic flat work or negotiating a cross-country course. Her flat work exercises provide such a solid foundation that can be used for any riding discipline. I am a nationally certified riding instructor who has also trained with some great instructors, and I've learned more from this book than from any other trainer I've worked with in several years. This book should be considered a must not just for competitive riders, but for anyone who truly wants to improve their riding and communication skills with their horse.

Ann is someone who leared from the best. Jimmy Williams and George Morris. Ann always impresed me with her persistence and determination. She never waivered from her goal. I haven't read the book yet but can personally vouch for the author.

This is a really good book, and it has helped me a lot. I recomend it to all people who would like to improve their flatwork, jumping, and overall performance, and to anyone starting to jump. It's a good book from begginer through advanced.

I enjoyed this bok because of its wonderfull content that helped me alot to advance to another level all together in my riding. I recamend this book to all riders alike and to all people that would like to be more informed about our style of riding.Enjoy!!!!! :)