This is a pdf version of the book called Straight Forward Riding.
This book was written by Lesley Taylor and Carol Brett and published by BALANCE back in 1998. All copies were sold and it was never re-printed as we expected to update it at some point. However, enough requests have been made for the content to be made available again, that I have made a start on doing this in both a video format, and as a pdf format as well.
It will be produced in sections and added to this Download area.
This is the first file, which covers the original introduction found in the book and the dedications we made to 3 very special horses. Please respect that this is copyrighted material and must not be edited or copied. Thank you.
This is the 1st chapter in the revised version of the book that Carol Brett and Lesley Taylor wrote back in 1998. In a pdf version for those of you who want to read through the text, and this same presentation will be available to watch and listen to our our YouTube channel. Further chapters to come.
This chapter talks about the contacts that the rider has with their horse and how the quality of those contacts can make a huge impact on the way the horse moves and progresses with its training. There is a slide show version of the same content available on the BALANCE YouTube channel if you prefer to look at that. Here is the link SFR book. Chapter Two 'The Contacts'