Exploring Dressage technique Journeys into the Art of Classical Riding with Paul Belasik.

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Exploring Dressage technique. Paul Belasik.
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Exploring Dressage technique Journeys into the Art of Classical Riding with Paul Belasik.

TheHorseStudio.com review. I wish that I could have a heart monitor for the horse and cameras available when I am training my horses! Paul Belasik's chapter that describes the change in the heart beat of the horse, as he works through exercises he thought the horse found difficult, in this case the passage, led him to realize that the horse was holding back and not, as he'd previously thought, finding the passage worrying.

The horse's heart rate decreased at the time of request for passage, whereas in all other areas of work it increased to match the effort. When paul pats his horse the heart rate drops considerably. Not that we didn't realize this was a calming effect, but also no doubt the riders heart rate would also drop as a result of the pat of the horse. Perhaps in his later work he will monitor the rider as well as the horse. How interesting would that be? When training a horse we are all keen to err on the side of caution, and not to over tax the horse's understanding. In this example, Paul clearly shows using technology, that all is not as we think. This thought transcends all dressage training, and this text surely is a thinking riders guide.

The notion, that the tenets that exist in the antiquities of dressage, as well as those that are part of modern day sport, are at times contradictory and confusing are well highlighted and discussed logically here. As the text broadens it is clear Paul Belasik is debunking a good few dressage training myths along the way. Plus he brings to the center line some refreshing new ideas that I will certainly be implementing. For example when training the passage and the horse is not in balance most trainers send the horse forward, or at least try to do so.

Paul explains that the push off from the forelimbs is responsible for the lack of balance and that pushing the horse forward on a horizontal plan will likely not help the matter but rather create confusion. A just conclusion. Instead he suggests work in hand to activate the hock and stifle joint, to work on the vertical biomechanic not the horizontal. He also suggests the trot to halt transitions and many more exercises that arise from his experiences with Oliveira and the Classical School. For any thinking and serious dressage trainer this book will certainly provide much food for thought and perhaps also a way forward in the training, quite literally.

Softcover. 143pp. Paul Belasik is a Cornell University Graduate. He has trained with Nuno Oliveira and Henri van Schaik amongst others, and has contributed numerous 'thinking' articles to magazines such as The Chronicle of The Horse. He currently resides in PA and runs a small training stable.

Please see his many other works, also here at TheHorseStudio.com.

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