101 Arena Exercises: A Ringside Guide for Horse & Rider [Plastic Comb]

Cherry Hill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 9, 1995

This ringside exercise book is a favorite of riding instructors and enthusiasts. Classic exercises and original patterns and drills are presented in a unique "read-and-ride" format. The book can be hung like a calendar or draped over the rail of the ring for quick and easy reference. Exercises such as working walk, canter, two squares, half halt, and flying changes progress through skill levels for both English and Western riders.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"101 Arena Exercises is an invaluable workbook for trainers, instructors and coaches interested in exploring new teaching methods." - The Collection

"…she has choreographed more tasks than you could possibly master if you spent the rest of your summer working through her book." - Horses USA

Review

101 Arena Exercises won a Top Hand Award from the Colorado Authors League.

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Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 224 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 9, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 088266316X
• ISBN-13: 978-0882663166
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

Cherry Hill is an award-winning author of over 30 books and videos and over 1000 articles on horse training and care.

Cherry was a horse show judge for 25 years for several national breed organizations. She also taught college equine courses from 1975-1985 in the US and Canada, including Olds College in Alberta, Canada and Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Cherry instructed courses such as Horse Behavior, Ground Training, Mounted Training, Western Horsemanship, English Equitation, Riding Instructor Training, Equine Evaluation, Stable Management, and Equine Production.

Cherry has been a free-lance equine photo-journalist since 1975 and has written for such publications as Horse & Rider, The Quarter Horse Journal, The Chronicle of the Horse, the American Farrier's Journal, The Horse Journal, Western Horseman and over 20 other national equine publications.

Cherry Hill received the Colorado Authors' League Top Hand Award twice for her books. The Top Hand award is one of the most distinguished writing awards in the regions with competition from fiction and non-fiction books on any topic. Cherry received the CAL Top Hand Award in 1995 for 101 Arena Exercises and in 1999 for 101 Horsemanship and Equitation Patterns.

In 1994 the American Farriers Association presented Cherry with their Journalism Award for meritorious service in collecting, editing, and presenting information of interest to farriers.

Cherry was the recipient of the 1992 American Horse Publications first place award for editorial excellence in the category Service to the Reader for a series she wrote on liability in the equine industry.

In 2002, Cherry Hill was the recipient of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Henry Bergh Children's Book Honor in the Non-Fiction Companion Animal Category for her book Cherry Hill's Horse Care for Kids. It was selected for its outstanding ability to teach young readers a new way to care for animals and natural resources that we all share.

For more information on Cherry Hill and her books and videso, visit her website at http://www.horsekeeping.com

Videos and DVDs by Cherry Hill:

101 Horsekeeping Tips: 3 volumes
Handling and Grooming
Feeding and Health Care
Faciliites and Tack

The Horse - El Caballo
A Journey for Kids
A bilingual video horse book on DVD

Books authored by Cherry Hill:

El Cuidado de Tu Caballo, Tutor, 2005.

Monta Western, Hispano Europa, 2005

HORSEKEEPING ON A SMALL ACREAGE, 2nd edition, Storey Books, 2005.

Cherry Hill's Horse Care for Kids, Storey, 2002

HORSE HOUSING (With Richard Klimesh)Trafalgar Square, 2002.

RIDING WESTERN 2002.

STABLEKEEPING Storey 2000.

TRAILERING YOUR HORSE Storey 2000.

101 HORSEMANSHIP AND EQUITATION PATTERNS , Storey, 1999.

101 LONGEING AND LONG LINING EXERCISES, ENGLISH & WESTERN, John Wiley 1999.

LONGEING AND LONG LINING THE ENGLISH AND WESTERN HORSE, John Wiley, 1999.

BEGINNING WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
INTERMEDIATE WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
ADVANCED WESTERN EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
BEGINNING ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.
ADVANCED ENGLISH EXERCISES, Storey, 1998.

HORSE HANDLING AND GROOMING, Storey 1997.

HORSE HEALTH CARE, Storey 1997.

HORSE FOR SALE, Howell Book House, 1995.

101 ARENA EXERCISES, Storey 1995.

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LAMENESS IN HORSES with Ted Stashak, DVM. Williams & Wilkins, 1995.

YOUR PONY, YOUR HORSE, Storey, 1995.

MAXIMUM HOOF POWER, with Richard Klimesh, Trafalgar Square, 1994.

MAKING, NOT BREAKING, Breakthrough, 1992.

BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE RIDER, Storey 1991.

FROM THE CENTER OF THE RING, Storey, 1988.

THE FORMATIVE YEARS, Breakthrough, 1988.

http://www.horsekeeping.com/about_Cherry_Hill.htm

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Western meets English, June 1, 2000

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Julian P Killingley - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Arena Exercises: A Ringside Guide for Horse & Rider (Plastic Comb)

This is a really first class book that any reader should be able to put to good use. There are many books that claim to teach you how to ride better or make your horse go better but few that deliver on their promises. This is a book that delivers.

The real strength of this book lies in its blend of Western and dressage exercises. My horse and I are most familiar with dressage movements, so the Western based exercises had some novelty value for me - and provided a change for my horse. Cherry Hill explains a number of complicated movements in very simple terms and offers excellent advice as to how to get results. Her recipes for teaching the collected walk and achieving flying changes are the best I have read anywhere. Her instructions are simple, direct and work.

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful series of exercises for horse and rider..., March 2, 2001

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Laura Haggarty (Northern KY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 101 Arena Exercises: A Ringside Guide for Horse & Rider (Plastic Comb)

I really like this book, and so does my trainer (in fact, I'm giving it to her for her birthday!) Strictly speaking, it's almost more of a manual than a book. As the title indicates, it contains 101 exercises for you to use in an arena with your horse. All the exercises shown are maneuvers to be done while mounted, none are in-hand work. Most work with either English or Western styles of riding, although some are slanted more one way than another. Dressage enthusiasts will recognize much of the work here, as will some of the Western specialists.

There are five main sections in the book: Gaits; Transitions; Circles; Lateral Work; and Mini-Patterns. Each exercise covers two pages, with an overhead diagram showing the pattern created in the arena, as well as a drawing showing the desired effect in the horse. Each page has a step-by-step description of how to ride the exercise, a list of benefits, cautions to consider while doing it, and occasionally, extra notes. All the illustrations are pen and ink drawings; there are no photographs.

Some of the exercises are a little the same, I will agree with a previous reviewer on that point. But all are worth working on and getting right. The format of the book encourages you to take it to the arena with you, with a spiral binding that allows the pages to lay flat. The only thing I'd like to see is to have the pages all laminated, but that surely would have increased the cost, so I'll live with it the way it is. All in all this book is well worth owning, whether you're an Dressage rider, barrel racer, or simply a riding enthusiast who wants to increase the skill set of themselves and their horse. Don't hesitate to buy it, it's well worth the price.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful and Benifitional!, November 2, 1999

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This review is from: 101 Arena Exercises: A Ringside Guide for Horse & Rider (Plastic Comb)

I got this book and with in 10 exercises and about a week Te was more supple and moving better. He is even listening better. Get this book! It is well worth it!