Schooling and Riding the Sport Horse: A Modern American Hunter/Jumper System

by Paul D. Cronin

Book Overview

A prot g of the legendary Vladimir S. Littauer and for more than thirty years director of the riding program at Sweet Briar College, Paul D. Cronin is a well-known and highly respected trainer and riding instructor. Schooling and Riding the Sport Horse is Cronin's clear and practical guide to getting the most out of your horse in a humane and sensitive way.

Beginning with a brief history of educated horsemanship from the earliest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813938309
• ISBN13: 9780813938301
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

Paul Kronin's book is and excellent read for any hunter/jumper! I read this because it was required reading for Linda McClaren's classes at William Woods University. It has very clear, informative diagrams and is very well written. This book encompasses everything from starting green horses to correct positioning.

Wonderful book

This is a wonderful book for the serious amateur. My daughter and I use it weekly, reading it aloud to one another. The schooling plans are brilliant and I would recommend that you begin there and then flip back and forth between the schooling plans and "position and controls." My only criticism, this book is too jam-packed to read cover to cover. Read what pertains to you, skip around, index & appendix are helpful. What I love is the clarity of this system, one lesson builds on another; sometimes just rereading a section will help you to solve a problem.