Equestrian category: 611 books
by Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2008
With three full exercise routines for riders at beginner, intermediate, and advanced fitness levels, this guide helps you achieve a good basic riding position that is centered, aligned, balanced, and relaxed. There are clear explanations and photos of each exercise plus three tear-out workout guides,...
The Rider's Problem Solver
Your Questions Answered: How to Improve Your Skills, Overcome Your Fears, and Understand Your Horse
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
From the best way to break in a pair of stiff new boots to mastering a difficult jumping routine, Jessica Jahiel addresses hundreds of common problems facing amateur horse-riders. Offering helpful tips and plenty of encouragement, this comprehensive guide covers a wide range of riding concerns that...
The Seven Deadly Sins of Dressage
How to Overcome Human Nature and Become a More Just, Generous Riding Partner for Your Horse
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
"Like the classic deadly sins, the seven deadly sins of dressage presented in this innovative guide-ignorance, timidity, pride, fear, gluttony, impatience, and sloth-wreak havoc on both rider and equine development and training. Calling attention to common mistakes and offering new strategies for avoiding...
Give Your Horse a Chance
A Classic Work on the Training of Horse and Rider
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
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....
by Charlene Strickland
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Get in the saddle and experience the thrills, challenges, and fun of Western riding! In this comprehensive introductory guide, veteran trainer Charlene Strickland covers everything from safe horse handling procedures and basic Western riding techniques to stylish competition outfits. With plenty of...
Centered Riding 2
Further Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Centered Riding is not a style of riding as are dressage, hunter seat, or Western. Rather, it is a way of reeducating a rider’s mind and body to achieve greater balance in order to better communicate with the horse. Founder Sally Swift revolutionized riding by showing that good use of the human body...
by JANE HOLDERNESS-RODDAM
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 1998
This edition, substantially revised, reflects recent developments and practical advice on how to cope with common equine injuries and ailments. It explains when to call the veterinarian, and what to do before the vet arrives. New ideas are explored on wound care and laminitis.
It's Not Just About the Ribbons
It's About Enriching Riding (and Life) with a Winning Attitude
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Over 15 years ago, Jane Savoie wrote the first book to recognize the importance of training the mind and shaping attitude in order to achieve higher levels of riding skill than ever imagined. Riders who benefited from the lessons in That Winning Feeling! clamored for more, and Savoie responded with her...
3-Minute Horsemanship
60 Amazingly Achievable Lessons to Improve Your Horse When Time Is Short
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
A new book especially written for the time-starved 21st-century horse owner! Do you day after day make a promise to train yourself and your horse to be better at something, but when you get to the barn there just doesn’t seem to be enough time? Don’t worry, what really matters is the quality of...
Up, Down, and Over
A Woman's Journey with Horses
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Ever want to consider intelligence beyond schools? Read Up, Down, and Over, and follow one persons journey to learn deep listening to hear horses and their stories. In so doing, she came to know her own truths. Without making a test of the levels of intelligence, horses teach us about ourselves and...
by Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Every human enters this life and begins a journey. The path traveled is unique to each individual, and for some, the main streets and popular thoroughfares provide all that’s needed to nourish a life well lived-food, fuel, friendship, family. For others, though, there is a desire-in fact, a need-for...
Discovering Natural Horsemanship
A Beginner's Odyssey
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Tom Moates's life and work were on a horseless path until serendipity brought Niji, a sorrel gelding, into his life. In his candid and plainspoken style, Moates shares the honest highs and lows of starting out in the Better Way with horses. He works hard to follow the wise ways of many well-known...
by Toni Mcallister
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
First Aid is the perfect guide to discover what to do before the vet arrives, including monitoring your horse’s vital signs, and attending to cuts, sprains, skin irritations, and colic. With this book, you’ll be equipped for any equine health emergency!
by Geoff Teall
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
"This isn't just a book about how to ride, it's a book about how to enjoy, appreciate and maximize your every experience with your horse." -Chronicle of the Horse