This is a neat little book with a lot of good exercises. However, I wish each exercise noted the particular benefits, or had an index for if you wanted to work on a particular skill. I don't think all of the definitions and everything were really necessary since it seems unlikely that anyone would be buying this book and able to do the exercises in it if they weren't at least that familiar with dressage. I would have preferred those pages be taken up with which exercises help with what (e.g., straightness, canter, etc.).