The Balanced Horse

Sylvia Loch discovered classical High School riding in Portugal. In 1984 she founded the Lusitano Breed Society of Great Britain and was awarded an Honorary Instructorship by the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art. She trained with Former First Chief Rider of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna and founded The Classical Riding Club in 1995.

Title Page
Dedication
Illustration Credits
Epigraph

Foreword by Carl Hester MBE
Why I Wrote this Book
Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. Balance
Questions and Answers

2. The Aids for Impulsion
Forward and Straight

3. Rein Aids
Ask and Give; Direct Flexion and Stretch

4. The Role of the Inside Rein and Inside Leg
Lateral Flexion and Bend

5. The Role of the Outside Rein
Engagement and Co-ordination

6. The Role of the Outside Leg
Engagement and Canter Transitions

7. The Weight Aids of the Seat
Collection, Halt, Half-halt and Rein-back

8. The Indirect Aids
Shoulder-in, Travers and Half-pass

9. Changing the Balance
Lengthening and Extension

10. Refining the Weight Aids
Flying Changes

11. The Higher Airs
The Aids of the Upper Body; Piroutte, Piaffe and Passage

12. One-Handed Riding
And Finessing the Reins

13. Perfect Balance in All Things

Thoughts for the Future
School Exercises
Chapter by Chapter
References
Index