Books

Training Showjumpers has been the standard textbook on showjumping since it first appeared in 1978. This second edition has been updated with new photographs and a revised text. Anthony Paalman is internationally known as a showjumping trainer, consultant and course designer. He is an advocate of the Natural Method of training horses and riders derived from the classical principles of the European cavalry schools. His book is a complete guide to showjumping training, from selection and early training of the young horse right up to participation in the highest grade of competition. Contents include:
Purchasing a Showjumper
Stabling
Shoeing
Tack
Breaking
Lungeing
Free Jumping
Schooling 'On Foot'
Jumping-Dressage
First Year Jumping Training
First Year Schooling Schedule
Novice Competitions
Advanced Jumping-Dressage
Improvement and Re-Schooling
The Second Showjumping Season
Junior Riders
Course Design

Hardback.