Riding Logic: Transform Riding Skills to Art on Horseback with Classical Lessons in Flatwork and Jumping

by Wilhelm Müseler

Out of print for more than 10 years, this classic book on equitation introduces and explains the art of riding. Updated with all new color photography of contemporary riders and horses, it includes details on training the rider, schooling the horse, cross-country riding, dressage exercises, and jumping techniques. It expertly provides a wealth of practical knowledge and experience and concisely lays down rules and guidelines that are as applicable today as when the book was written more than 70 years ago. Beginners and experts alike will find the instructions easy to follow and will benefit from the essential theoretical background provided here but so often overlooked in modern riding.

Genres: Horses, Nonfiction

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

Reviews

[Sara Zimmers · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a re-read for me. I read it many years ago and decided it was a classic. This time around, not quite sure. The author’s answer to everything is bracing the back. He disapproves of many training aids, like side reins. I do concur with his cross-training ideas. All in all, I would say there are a few good tips for improving riding here and there. It took me a long time to get through it because I was first using it as a reference, but then did not find it all that helpful as a reference.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the books I always go back to, when I am in the mood to revisit the basics. When I am questioning theory, who is right, modern or classical.. I always return to the old masters. I love it. It is well written, it assumes that you are not a rank beginner and some of it is plain old common sense, but it is great. Forward is the answer to most everything, listening of the rider to the horse and the horse to the rider is the basic premise. It is a dry read but that is fine considering the material, I dont need to be entertained, I need to be educated.

[Dark-Draco · Rating 1 out of 5]

I love old equitation books and usually can learn quite a lot, but I really struggled to get into this. Maybe because it's a translation, I found it difficult to follow in places. Sometimes the author seemed to spend a lot of time describing the most basic of concepts, at others glossing over a phrase that could have done with a bit more explanation. Maybe considered a classic, but not one I could finish.

[Valery Dostovalova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Хороший учебник. Немного академичный и суховатый. Зато пошагово и с картинками рассказывает обо всех апектах для начинающего всадника. Или если хочется исправить ошибки. Со схемами и геометрией движения всадника и лошади. Определенно стоит иметь в библиотеке. Лично я так научилась поворачивать лошадь вокруг задних ног :)

[Solon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is just an amazing book so far. This guy must have been so cool. It's all explained so much better than most current books.