Horse Sports category: 686 books
It Takes Two to Tango
Discover How to Unlock Your Horse’S Potential
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
\Horse riders are often looking for ways to develop, improve, and consolidate work with their animals. From pleasure riders to competitive riders, equestrians are always looking for improvement in their skill set. In It Takes Two to Tango, author Tanja Mitton educates riders, trainers, and coaches...
Saving Baby
How One Woman's Love for a Racehorse Led to Her Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
"If we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt." --Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty
Jo Anne Normile was not supposed to keep the foal, an exuberant Thoroughbred with only a few white hairs on his reddish-brown...
Fit to Ride in 9 Weeks!
The Ultimate Exercise Plan: Achieve Straightness, Suppleness, and Stamina In the Saddle
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Regardless of discipline, level of expertise, training philosophy, body shape, or fitness level, all riders do better-in horse-related activities on the ground and in the saddle-when they take care of their bodies and maintain their fitness. While riding is a great way to enjoy an active lifestyle,...
Headless Horsemen
A Tale of Chemical Colts, Subprime Sales Agents, and the Last Kentucky Derby on Steroids
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
A pointed and irreverent critique of thoroughbred racing's breakdown, by a prominent journalist turned horse breeder
Jim Squires was in trouble. He had gone from one business seemingly intent on committing suicide to another, both led over the cliff by visionless leaders. First it was the newspaper...
by Cherry Hill
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Ground training is the key to a safe and pleasurable riding experience. Designed for easy reference while working with your horse, this guide can be hung on a post. Riders of all disciplines and skill levels will benefit from these exercises that reinforce good habits and help develop a strong bond between horse and rider.
You Bet Your Life
My Incredible Adventures in Horse Racing and Offshore Betting
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
The rags-to-riches tale of one of the most remarkable figures in horse racing history.
Readers will be left breathless at the edge of their seats by the amazing stories in You Bet Your Life: My Incredible Adventures in Horse Racing and Offshore Betting, the story of celebrated jockey Dave Stevenson....
by Anne Holland
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Often called the sport of kings, horse racing dates back at least to the chariot races of the ancient Olympic Games. Arriving in Britain with the Romans in the first century BC, its popularity among the elite led to the breeding of thoroughbred racehorses and prompted the establishment of a formal...
by Anna Blake
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
What can a parrot teach you about horses? Have you ever thought your pickup truck was the perfect purse? Does a donkey exist with more scruples than Edgar Rice Burro? How did a Welsh Corgi get the name of Preacher Man? What should you do when the Grandfather Horse steals your goat? And when a neglected...
by Tony Byles
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
The Epsom Derby, established back in 1780 for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies, is today considered to be the most prestigious of the five Classics of the racing calendar, but there was nothing noble about the notorious Derby held in 1844. Marred by horse switching allegations, false age...
by Alois Podhajsky
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
For over a quarter of a century, Colonel Alois Podhajsky was the Director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, home of the famous white Lipizzaner stallions whose remarkable performances have thrilled audiences throughout the world. Now for the first time, Col. Podhajsky has set forth explicitly...
Divide and Conquer Book 2
Advanced Dressage Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Just as small streams make big rivers, Divide and Conquer Book 1 explains a myriad of details on how to address each of the horse's body parts for training purposes. *Divide and Conquer Book 2* regroups these details to show how to accomplish all of the upper level movements and provides several...
by George Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Horse Talk is a collaboration of over 250 words or phrases dealing with Thoroughbred racing and training terminology, including jockey strategy, the important role of the exercise riders, and a bunch of fun slang terms that can only be explained by the author. A must for all racing enthusiasts or...
Not By a Long Shot
A Season at a Hard Luck Horse Track
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2007
The great myth of horse racing is that the game is the regal and royal Sport of Kings. It isn't. Not by a long shot.
Anyone who doubts this need look no further than Suffolk Downs, a once-proud racecourse graced in its glory years by boisterous throngs and champions such as Seabiscuit. Now...
Duel for the Crown
Affirmed, Alydar, and Racing's Greatest Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
A gripping look at the great duel between Affirmed, the last horse to win the Triple Crown—comprised of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes—and his archrival, Alydar.
From the moment they first galloped head-to-head in Saratoga Springs, the two chestnut colts...