101 Ground Training Exercises for Every Horse & Handler (Read & Ride) Paperback – May 8, 2012

The media could not be loaded. Great detailed photos in the book and very clear instruction. This book is extremely helpful and great quality.

Love this book - builds really well on Parelli work I've already done. The real advantage of it is that it gives simple exercises, that are easy to follow. My horse will get on the float but will not stand for me to put the bar across the back - she backs out before I can do this. I realised that I need to work more on my forward, halt and stand messages. Cherry Hall also encourages voice commands, which I love because a quiet, calm but confident voice calms the horse too in stressful situations (a calm voice works so well with cattle too). If you have trouble at any point with an exercise, it gives you ideas on what might have gone wrong and refers you back to earlier, basic exercises. The layout and explanations on where things might be going wrong are fantastic and has helped my confidence immensely. I read up on several exercises each night and then try them the next day with my horse. Increasingly, I can see her looking at me as if she is saying "That was interesting, what are we going to do next?" or "Is that what you wanted me to do?". I'm sure horses have a sense of humour now and that they can smile! I'm finally appreciating that even if the exercise isn't perfect, we are both playing but training & learning at the same time.

A good basic primer for groundwork. It assumes an absolute beginner's level on the part of both horse and handler. Basic concepts like voice commands and basic equipment for in-hand work are thoroughly discussed. As someone with years of experience riding and driving horses, there were plenty of things I already knew. I am currently working in a round pen for the first time, with a rescue mare who has some issues and am finding that going back to basics is what I need to do with her. This has been a helpful book to give me ideas of how to approach some of her negative behaviors, by starting over as if she knew nothing. Much of the book is devoted to very basic things- haltering, being touched all over, leading. If your horse already knows how to lead and lounge, this book may be a bit basic for you but it is helpful for those looking to ground break a horse for the first time or dealing with a horse who may have some vices on the ground.The biggest drawback to this book is the layout. It is spiral bound, which is a nice idea so it will lay flat in the barn, which is what I expected. However, it is printed like a calendar- the pages are oriented vertically, one on top of the other. The binding is at the top of the unopened book, not the left side. It has holes so it can be hung for easy referral in the barn or arena, but it makes this book more difficult to read if you're sitting in a chair or on the couch.

Loved this bought for my daughter who is becoming a horse trainer however it was way to basic for her. I learned a lot from it it had easy ti follow instructions and diagrams.

I got it for my instructor, she was very interested.

As a gift it was very well received by an equestrian.

I bought this edition of ground training exercises because my family bought me a lovely 18th month old quarter horse for Christmas, and I wanted to review ground training basics. Even though I will be using a professional trainer, I wanted to understand the training exercises and this book covers all the basics to include body language, and basic horse behavior responses. This is a great book. The only flaw with the book is that it says it is designed to take outside and use as a reference to hang off the fence! The paper is not designed to withstand damp environments so I would recommend doing your reading inside, or if you use it as a barn reference store it in a dry place when it is not in use.

i bought this for ideas to help ground-train my 2 year old saddlebred filly until spring of next year when she can be started under saddle. I wanted a manual that would help me get her round from the ground and teach her to really step underneath herself and work on lateral work before I got on her back as a sort of preliminary dressage. I found this more of a 0-to broke manual with the first exercises consisting of how to catch and halter your horse. I also found that 4-5 exercises were about all the different ways to sack-out a horse were a bit repetitive and that all the different items could have been compiled into the same exercise as variations (I get it- use all the items in your reach to desensitize!). The last 25 exercises or so were all about driving from the ground (2 lines) which I wasn't very interested in. Out of the 101 exercises perhaps 10 were of use for my training purposes. I was looking for a book that already assumed that you had the basics under your belt (horse can be caught, walk and lead) and that built on those basics and would help your horse think.I would recommend this for someone who has not had much experience handling horses as many of the exercises are things that you would naturally pick up just from being around a barn and watching trainers and handling horses on a regular basis or for someone working with an untouched horse. I ended up returning this book and replacing it with Horse Training In-Hand.