If you are like most people, you know what you want your horse to do and how you want him to behave. You want your training experiences to be safe and enjoyable for both you and your horse. But maybe you aren't sure what to do and when. In 101 Longeing and Long Lining Exercises you'll find complete ground training lesson plans from square 1 to square 101. Cherry Hill starts with basic in-hand and free longeing lessons, then takes you through the addition of a longe line, cavesson, bridle, surcingle, side reins, saddle, and long lines. You'll learn a wide variety of ground training exercises suitable for both English and Western horses. In-hand section: * Fancy footwork * Whip works * Pitching a wave * Turn on the forehand * Sidepass * Longeing section: * Stop, look, and listen * Outside turns * Inside turns * Whip talk Spirals * Wagon wheels * Bending tune-up * Contact and collection * Long lining section: * Long line lingo * Yin y ang * Figure-8 * Serpentines * Backing * Cavalletti work * Trail obstacles
Each of the exercises is laid out with a diagram, step-by-step instructions, and an explanation of its benefits. The exercises progress from the basic skills to more advanced ones, such as counter-canter and flying changes of lead. This book and its companion volume, Longeing and Long Lining the English and Western Horse: A Total Program, give you a solid foundation for helping your horse work in productive form.
If you are like most people, you know what you want your horse to do and how you want him to behave. You want your training experiences to be safe and enjoyable for both you and your horse. But maybe you aren't sure what to do and when. In 101 Longeing and Long Lining Exercises you'll find complete ground training lesson plans from square 1 to square 101. Cherry Hill starts with basic in-hand and free longeing lessons, then takes you through the addition of a longe line, cavesson, bridle, surcingle, side reins, saddle, and long lines. You'll learn a wide variety of ground training exercises suitable for both English and Western horses. In-hand section:
Fancy footwork
Whip works
Pitching a wave
Turn on the forehand
Sidepass
Longeing section:
Stop, look, and listen
Outside turns
Inside turns
Whip talk Spirals
Wagon wheels
Bending tune-up
Contact and collection
Long lining section:
Long line lingo
Yin y ang
Figure-8
Serpentines
Backing
Cavalletti work
Trail obstacles
Each of the exercises is laid out with a diagram, step-by-step instructions, and an explanation of its benefits. The exercises progress from the basic skills to more advanced ones, such as counter-canter and flying changes of lead. This book and its companion volume, Longeing and Long Lining the English and Western Horse: A Total Program, give you a solid foundation for helping your horse work in productive form.
About the Author
Cherry Hill has been training young horses for over thirty years. During ten years of instructing university horse training classes, she formulated the ground training program outlined in this book. She is the author of eighteen books on horse training, riding, and care, and in addition is a judge for several breed organizations. She and her husband, Richard Klimesh, live in Colorado with their seven horses, two dogs, and two cats.
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.
This review is from: 101 Longeing and Long Lining Exercises English and Western: A Ringside Guide (Plastic Comb)
Never did I ever dream there was so much you could do with a horse free longing or long lining him. I have just purchased a racetrack thouroughbred and Lesson56 (sliding sidereins) has been particularly useful because he has a tendancy to carry his head up in the clouds hollowing his back and neck. It was almost as if when I put the sliding sidereins on he intuitively knew what I wanted him to do. Wonderful book!!!! This is one every horseman should have in his (or her) library.
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This review is from: 101 Longeing and Long Lining Exercises English and Western: A Ringside Guide (Plastic Comb)
Spice up your ground work with this educational guide and develop a better relationship with your horse in the process. There are often days when we perhaps don't have the time to ride, but instead of just longeing around on the circle we could be more constructive - this book can help you. I find this book particulary useful when starting young horses.
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This review is from: 101 Longeing and Long Lining Exercises English and Western: A Ringside Guide (Plastic Comb)
I can never get enough of books with exercises that challenge both my horse and I. This book is one that every Equestrian should have, whether for training purposes or just getting back in shape. Half of the Exercises are really basic and a waste for an intermediate to advanced rider, but then again I guess all horses can use a few lessons in the refresher courses. The last 30 Exercises focus on long lining which I use on all my younger horses. They advance from driving a horse in a yin yang pattern to change direction to Figure 8s and Lazy 8s (just a flatten figure 8). Eventually the horse graduates to haunches in and shoulders in. I find that even more advanced school masters benefit from these exercises.
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