Horse Training Book: 101 Arena Exercises by Cherry Hill

Carla Wennberg, AQHA judge and instructor :
"This book is perfect for anyone who is seeking to improve their riding skills or their horse's performance."

Western Horseman:
"There is a wealth of how-to information in this spiral bound book for both English and Western disciplines."

Horseplay Magazine:
"All Cherry's works are easy to understand and apply; this book is a dream come true for instructors".

Practical Horseman:
"Besides helping riders, our testers thought the book an excellent resource for instructors looking for new exercises or for new approaches to teaching old ones."

CONTENTS

GAITS - 13 exercises including: HALT

WORKING WALK
EXTENDED WALK
COLLECTED WALK
FREE WALK
WORKING TROT
JOG (SITTING TROT)
EXTENDED TROT
COLLECTED TROT
WORKING CANTER AND LOPE
EXTENDED CANTER
COLLECTED CANTER
BACK

TRANSITIONS - 16 exercises including:

HALF HALT OR CHECK
HALT-WALK-HALT
WALK-POSTING TROT-WALK
WALK-SITTING TROT-WALK
TROT-CANTER-TROT
TROT-HALT-TROT
CANTER-WALK-CANTER
LISTEN UP!
TROT-HALT-BACK-WALK
TROT-HALT-BACK-TROT
LENGTHEN TROT
EXTENDED CANTER
COLLECTED CANTER
CHANGE OF LEAD THROUGH TROT
LONG AND LOW
QUALITY CONTROL CHECK (SELF CARRIAGE TEST)

CIRCLES - 25 exercises including:

STRAIGHT
CORNERS
CHANGE OF REIN ON LONG DIAGONAL
CHANGE OF REIN ON SHORT DIAGONAL
EXTRA LARGE CIRCLE
LARGE (20 METER) CIRCLE
MEDIUM (10 METER) CIRCLE
SMALL (6 METER) CIRCLE
FIGURE 8
LARGE CIRCLE - SMALL CIRCLE
CANTER SPRINGS
SPIRAL
LOOSEN UP
HALF TURN
CHANGE OF BEND - SINGLE LOOP
CHANGE OF BEND - SHALLOW LOOP
CHANGE OF REIN OUT OF A CIRCLE
CHANGE OF REIN IN A CIRCLE
FIVE LOOP SERPENTINE
LONG SERPENTINE
QUARTER TURN
COUNTER FLEX
COUNTER CANTER - SHALLOW LOOP
COUNTER CANTER ACROSS DIAGONAL
COUNTER CANTER SERPENTINE

LATERAL WORK - 26 exercises including:

TURN ON THE FOREHAND
WESTERN TWO STEP
LEG YIELD
LEG YIELD REFRESHER
LEG YIELD ON A CIRCLE
ZIG ZAG TWO STEP
IN POSITION AND SHOULDER FORE
SHOULDER IN
SHOULDER IN AND CIRCLE
SHOULD IN ON A CIRCLE
TRAVERS (HAUNCHES IN)
SHOULDER IN AND TRAVERS ON A LONG SERPENTINE
WALK-VOLTE-TRAVERS
RENVERS (HAUNCHES OUT)
WALK PIROUETTE
COUNTER-FLEXED SPIRAL IN
HINDQUARTER PIVOT
ROLLBACK
SIDE PASS
HALF PASS
HALF PASS REFRESHER
ZIG ZAG HALF PASS
WORKING PIROUETTE (PRE-PIROUETTE)
HALF CANTER PIROUETTE
THREE QUARTER CANTER PIROUETTE
FULL CANTER PIROUETTE

MINI-PATTERNS - 21 exercises including:

GUESS WHAT
SERPENTINE AT TROT WITH LEG YIELD
CIRCLE AND LEG YIELD
SIMPLE CHANGE SERPENTINE
SQUARE SERPENTINE
TWO SQUARES
LOPE LARGE CIRCLE WITH SIDEPASS
SHOULDER IN AND LENGTHEN
SIDEPASS AND LOPE THE DIAGONAL
WALK-360-WALK
LOPE-HALT-360-LOPE
CANTER, COUNTER CANTER
CANTER - HALF PASS - COUNTER CANTER
FLYING CHANGE
FLYING CHANGE AFTER SHORT WALL
FLYING CHANGE STRAIGHT AT WALL
FLYING CHANGE WITH SHARP CORNER
CIRCLE, SIMPLE CHANGE, FLYING CHANGE
CIRCLE, DIAGONAL, FLYING CHANGE
CANTER HALF PASS - LEAD CHANGE

For more information on rider development see: Becoming and Effective Rider