Suggested Reading

Riding

• Principles of Riding (R) - German National Equestrian Federation
• Advanced Techniques of Dressage (R) - German National Equestrian Federation
• USDF Training Manual (Classical Training of the Horse) (R)
• USDF The Gymnasium of the Horse (R) - Gustav Steinbrecht
• The Complete Training of Horse and Rider (R) - Alois Podhajsky
• The Riding Teacher (R) - Alois Podhajsky
• Thinking Riding (R) - Molly Sivewright
• Equine Locomotion (R) - Dr. Hilary Clayton
• USDF Dressage Manual (SR) - USDF
• Anatomy of Riding (SR) - Drs. H. & V. Schusdziarra* (This has been reprinted as Anatomy of Dressage with USDF as the co-publisher)
• Balance in Movement (SR) - Suzanne Van Dietze
• Practical Dressage Manual (SR) - Bengt Ljungquist
• Dressage with Krya - Krya Kyrklund
• Dressage; A guidebook for the Road to Success - Alfred Knopfhart
• Competitive Edge II - Dr. Max Gahwyler
• Riding Logic (BEING REISSUED)
• Cavalletti - Ingrid & Reiner Klimke
• The New Basic Training of the Horse - Ingrid & Reiner Klimke

Lungeing

• Lungeing (R) - German National Equestrian Federation
• USDF Lungeing Manual (R) - USDF
• Lungeing and Long Reining - Jenny Loriston-Clark

Teaching

• The Right Track - Sarah Venamore
• USDF Teaching Manual (R) - USDF
• Teaching Safe Horsemanship (R) - Jan Dawson
• Teaching Exercises - Major Anders Lundgren
• Equestrian Education - Jill Hassler-Scoop and Kathy Kelly
• Effective Teaching - Eckart Meyners

Other Recommended Reading

• The Dressage Horse (SR) - Harry Boldt**
• Ecole de Cavalerie (The School of Horsemanship) - F.R. de La Gueriniere
• The Art of Horsemanship - Xenophon
• USPC Manual of Horsemanship; Intermediate Horsemanship through C Level - Susan Harris
• USPC Manual of Horsemanship: Advanced Horsemanship through B/ H-A/A Level - Susan Harris
• USEF Rulebook (R ) - USEF
• Program for Better Riding; Books 1-5 - Eckart Meyners

Rider Forms the Horse, by Udo Burger & Otto Zietzchmann -
Paperback (2003)

USEF Rule Book Dressage Division

USEF Dressage Attire and Equipment

United Stated Dressage Federation
Book List

Arenas, Shows and Judging

Classic Horsemanship

Freestyle, Quadrille and Pas De Deux

Horse Health

Lungeing

Rider Health and Fitness

USEF, USDF Tests and Directory

Training and Education