Reining Essentials
How to Excel in Western‛s Hottest Sport
Sandy Collier with Jennifer Forsberg Meyer
Foreword by Al Dunning
World Champion trainer and rider Sandy Collier provides this indispensable
guide of progressive training exercises for the reining horse. Whether green,
broke, or “push-button,” every horse will perform more willingly,
cleanly, and quickly with work on what she calls the “Seven Essentials”—the
foundational basics every riding horse needs. Like no other book out there,
Collier breaks down the maneuvers required in a reining pattern and the tricks
and techniques for introducing them, perfecting them, and showing them off in
competition.
You’ll learn about:• Collection and steering—condensing your horse’s frame
and getting his feet to follow his nose
• Lead departures, circles, and spins—preparing for the lope, “hunting
the circle,” and driving into the spin
• Stops, back-ups, and rollbacks—perfecting the slide, moving backward
with cadence, and swinging ‘round 180 degrees over the hocks
• Lead changes—getting it right and preventing anticipation
“You’ll want to have your highlighter with you when you read [this
book]. You can go chapter by chapter, and when you’re done, start over
again and advance yourself and your horse even further on subsequent reads.
As you acquire more knowledge and ability, you’ll get more out of this
book each time you read it—because it’s deep.” —from
the Foreword by Al Dunning, World Champion Quarter Horse trainer and rider
“Good, basic horsemanship is the same across disciplines. Because that’s
true, this wonderful book is for anyone who rides. Sandy’s lucid explanations
and logical progression will make it easy for anyone to access her wealth of
training insights and exercises. A true professional and a perfectionist, Sandy
has devised a building-block approach that will take you from wherever you are
now, to advanced.” —Charlotte Bredahl-Baker, Olympic bronze-medal-winning
dressage rider and “S” level judge
SANDY COLLIER (www.sandycollier.com) was the first and only woman horse trainer
to win the prestigious NRCHA (National Reined Cow Horse Association) World Champion
Snaffle Bit Futurity. She’s been NRCHA World Champion Snaffle Bit Futurity
Reserve Co-Champion, NRCHA Stallion Stakes Champion, NRHA Limited Open Champion,
and an AQHA World Champion. In 2008, Collier won the NRCHA Hackamore Classic
and was presented the Western Lifetime Achievement Award by Monty Roberts. She
is ranked in the top 10 for NRCHA earnings. Collier lives in Buellton, California.
JENNIFER FORSBERG MEYER is an award-winning journalist, author, and editor with
numerous articles and columns, as well as three other books, to her name. Formerly
the Publisher of California Horse Review and the California Paint Horse Directory,
she filled many shoes at Horse & Rider magazine before assuming her current
post as Editorial Director. She lives in Northern California.
240 pp • 8 ½ x 11 • 175 color photos, 25 illustrations
• 978 1 57076 407 3
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