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Horse Racing Tips For Winning Results has been written by me Jamie Iaconis. I have been around the horse race track since I was a wee little boy and have figured out some very reliable strategies for always being a winner when visiting the race track. I have written my thoughts in this book so I can share my ways of betting with you.

Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America's first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run--until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs.

Horses are athletes, and as with all athletes, it takes them years of training every day to become strong, supple, and focused enough to climb to the top. In Hints for Hopeful Dressage Riders, author Jane Richards presents a toolbox of exercises to help both horse and rider train and improve through...

Helping riders develop a deeper understanding of their animals, this newly revised guide reveals how horses' physical traits—from the muzzle, mouth, lips, and nostrils to the eyes, ears, chin, and facial swirls—can influence their behavior and personalities. Offering new profiles, personality evaluations,...

A true horseman's understanding of the rider's role as the horse's natural partner, and a unique insight into one man's outstanding training method   Emphasizing a nonviolent partnership between horses and humans, the training system presented in this book is an increasingly popular...

Nearctic was an equine aristocrat.  Tall, proud and true to his regal heritage, he could run a hole in the wind.  But Nearctic became a pawn in a bizarre power struggle.  His only real ally was Gordon (Pete) McCann, gifted trainer of countless Windfields Farm champions.  While...

If you want a horse in your life there are many Free Or Nearly Free Horses available no matter where you live if there are horses in your area.Many life changes often occur where new situations must be found for the horse. Divorce, illness, job loss, children going off to college and other...

With easy-to-follow instructions and clear photographs, this guide shows you everything you need to know to safely and effectively handle and groom your horse. Veteran trainer Cherry Hill shares expert techniques for haltering, tying, clipping, bathing, braiding, leading, blanketing, and more. Learn...

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through Greatest Horse Jockeys to Ever Race: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating...

A brief preface discusses the dangers of horse riding and my desire to improve the condition of the rider and horse. Chapter 1 lays out the parameters: distribute weight evenly, keep saddle from pinching horse and rider, clearance for rider legs, and types of strapping to keep saddle in position. Chapter 2 briefly describes the parts in place of diagrams.

A unique guide to understanding the horse s back: how it works, what can go wrong and why, how to recognize problems and how to prevent them - an essential handbook for all owners and riders. Topics covered include: the basic anatomy of the horse's back; sources and causes of problems; recognizing...

"Because ultimately, this is a story about unconditional love, about warming to the notion of commitment, about setting off on a voyage away from the shores of self-involvement and self-obsession. My Year of the Racehorse is a poignant, unsentimental, zappingly written and regularly side-splitting...

Many masters of horsemanship have studied horses and riding over the last centuries, but few have given the subject greater consideration than Agoston d'Endrody. In preparing this book, he gave considerable thought to the practical principles of riding and to the process of becoming a good rider....

Using the most basic statistics, completely explained, the author selects the sixteen most likely candidates for the title: "greatest horse of the twentieth century." Fifty colts and fillies, listed mainly ina 1999 publication by The Blood-Horse, Inc., were compared using a three-part...