Books for Dressage

This is a list for instructors who teach dressage. There are many good dressage books so please email your recommendations to bfox@theridinstructor.net  * Indicate RI faves.

Dressage Books Classics

1. Duke of William Cavendish Newcastle, A General System of Horsemanship
2. School of Horsemanship by François Robichon de La Guérinière – 1994 – 352 pages First published in 1733 J.A. Allen
3. Smalley, Lt.- Colonel Henry R., An Analysis of Horsemanship, American Remount Association, Washington D.C. 1932

4. Alois Podhajsky- Dressage

5. Alois PodhajskyThe Complete Training of Horse and Rider
6. *Alois Podhajsky: My Horses My Teachers, \
7. *Podhajsky, Alios, The Riding Teacher, Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, Vermont 1973
   

   Others

8. Henriques, Pegotty, Balanced Riding, Kenilworth Press Limited, Threshold Books,1990
9. Henriques, Pegotty,, Dressage For Young Riders, Threshold Boooks, The Kenilworth Press Limited, England 1992
10. Loch, Sylvia, The Classical Seat, Horse and Rider Magazine, England , 1988
11. Loch, Sylvia, Dressage, The Classical Art of Riding, Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, Vermont 2001, Issue first in UK 1990
12. Loch, Sylvia , The Classical Rider, Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, Vermont 1997
13. *Loch, Sylvia , Dressage in Lightness, Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, Vermont 2000
14. *Lindgren, Major Anders, Major Anders Lindgren’s Teaching Exercises, A Manual for Instructors and Riders, Half Halt Press, Inc, Maryland 1998
15. Trott, David and Hillsdon, Penny, Preparing for a Dressage Test, A. Allen London 2001
16. Bell, Jaki, 101 Schooling Exercises for Horse and Rider, David and Charles, F+W Publications New Abbott, UK 2005
17. Principles of Riding German National Equestrian Federation
18. Advanced Techniques, German National Equestrian Federation
19. USDF Training Manual (Classical Training Of the Horse)
20. USDF Teaching Manual
21. Fit for Riding Eckhart Meyners
22. USDF  Manual
23. *Karl, Phillipe, Twisted Truths of Modern Dressage, Cadmos, 2008
24. Collins, David, Dressage Masters, Lyons Press 2006, CT
25. Steiner, Betsy, Mind, Body & Spirit, Trafalgar Press 2003, VT
26. Niggli, Wolfgang, Dressage, a Guideline for Riders and Judges, j.A. Allen, London 2003
27. *Gerd Heuschmann, Tug of War: Classical Versus “modern” Dressage