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Jec Aristotle Ballou

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Jec A. Ballou’s distinct love of developing equine athletes is fueled by her eclectic background. Raised in a horse training family, she has devoted herself to the most thorough, correct, and straightforward approach to improving performance for horses and riders alike. In addition to being a nationally recognized educator about equine conditioning and gymnastic development, she is a committed rider, author, philosopher, published poet, and athlete.

Widely appreciated as the author of best-selling 101 Dressage Exercises for Horse and Rider, Jec’s aim is to meet what she sees as an enormous need within the industry for simple, clear, and practical information. 101 Dressage remains one of the top sellers of all equine instruction books and has ...more

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	101 Dressage Exercises for Horse & Rider by Jec Aristotle Ballou (Goodreads Author), Lisa Wilcox (Foreword) 4.46 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Equine Fitness: A Program of Exercises and Routines for Your Horse 4.32 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	55 Corrective Exercises for Horses: Resolving Postural Problems, Improving Movement Patterns, and Preventing Injury 4.57 avg rating — 68 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	101 Western Dressage Exercises for Horse & Rider by Jec Aristotle Ballou (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Boyles 4.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	33 Strength and Fitness Workouts for Horses: Practical Conditioning Plans Using Groundwork, Ridden Work, Poles, Hills, and Terrain 4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unscheduled Dismount: And Other Humor from a Life with Horses 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“My horse doesn’t care where his feet are.” I hear this from at least one student in every clinic as a reason to bow out on conditioning exercises involving ground poles. The student will explain that her horse knocks his feet against the poles rather than picking them up nicely to step over them and the rider, therefore, no longer bothers using ground poles when schooling despite my arguments in

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“When a horse operates with tight muscles, his muscle fibers are shorter and more contracted than they should be; therefore, they cannot stretch as readily or quickly as they need to. This tightening then spreads from one muscle group to another because as one group tightens, the neighboring muscle group is not able to stretch enough to accommodate the necessary movement. This second group will then tighten and will pass along the stress to the next muscle group, and so on, creating a ripple effect.”
― Jec Aristotle Ballou, Equine Fitness: A Program of Exercises and Routines for Your Horse

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“Training horses should always follow this equation: 50 percent of time spent on schooling; 50 percent of time spent on conditioning. Schooling should never outweigh work on basic conditioning.”
― Jec Aristotle Ballou, Equine Fitness: A Program of Exercises and Routines for Your Horse

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