A highly illustrated guide to simple yet effective methods for keeping
horses sound, healthy, and performing their best.
Over time, horses (like people) acquire postural habits, compensate for
soreness and injury, and develop poor movement patterns. This limits
performance ability, causes unsoundness and health issues, and
ultimately undermines the horse's overall well-being.
Jec Aristotle Ballou has made a name for herself advocating for the
horse and providing sensible instruction in his schooling, conditioning,
and care. Her bestselling books and popular clinics are designed to
enable any horse person to correctly apply proven principles that bring
measurable progress while avoiding boredom and confusion.
In her latest collection of mounted and unmounted corrective exercises,
Ballou demonstrates how we can actively work to improve the horse's
posture and movement, whether he is:
- An active performance or pleasure mount.
- An aging or older horse that benefits from gentle exercise.
- A horse being rehabilitated following injury, illness, or lack of
conditioning.
Ballou's positive cross-training techniques are free of shortcuts, and
her guidelines for analyzing the horse's posture and way of going help
readers gain a new awareness of the equine body. Applicable for all
disciplines and full of quality color photographs to explain the
exercises, this is an integral collection that optimizes how the horse
uses his body and helps ensure he stays sounder and healthier for more
years of his life.
