About the Author

Kyra Kyrklund has been at the top of world-class dressage for many years. She has trained and successfully competed 14 horses at Grand Prix standard—an outstanding achievement, which few riders could ever emulate. Her internationally known horses include Matador, Edinburg, Flyinge Amiral, Master, and Max. In her native Finland, Kyrklund has been National Dressage Champion 11 times, and she has taken part in six successive Olympic Games. She runs her own dressage center in the south of England. Jytte Lemkow is a former international dressage judge, an experienced rider, equestrian journalist, photographer, and commercial designer.

Reviews

Few of us could afford lessons with Kyra Kyrklund, but now you can have the next best thing at your fingertips. Her updated and extended Dressage with Kyra explains the training methods the author has used to phenomenal success.

Kyra, top trainer, top competitor, dependable, thoughtful, authoritative, is endowed with those flashes of insight that light up horsemanship and her sport. She takes account of the modern development of competitive dressage while maintaining her own high standard of classical horsemanship. These techniques are expounded here with great clarity.

To dressage enthusiasts, Kyra Kyrklund will need no introduction, but this book has something to offer all riders interested in improving their horse's schooling and training... In addition to the excellent photographs there are plenty of clearly drawn exercises that the reader can take advantage of in their training.