Horse Sports category: 686 books
Saratoga Race Course
The August Place to Be
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
In the early 1800s, Saratoga Springs was a destination for its natural mineral waters and their healing powers. But that changed in 1863 with the opening of the Saratoga Race Course. From then on, summers in the Spa City came alive with the excitement of the "sport of kings." Since the victory of the...
by Dr. Thomas Ritter
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Analyzed by an expert and accompanied by many practical examples, the ancient secrets of classical riding are presented here in a modern way
Classical riding, in essence, is correct riding. It is how one should ride every time they get on a horse, and includes not just knowing...
by Charles de Kunffy
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2007
Training Strategies for Dressage Riders is a unique guide to the art and technique of dressage, written by one of the most renowned equestrian trainers in the world today. It offers a complete training system for both horse and rider, paying special attention to how a rider s actions can influence...
Academic Equitation
A Training System Based on the Methods of D'Aure, Baucher and L'Hotte
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Originally written and published in 1949, Academic Equitation was considered by dressage experts to be the most important contribution to classical training in the twentieth century. This book was intended as a preparation for international dressage competitions but is far more than this. It discusses...
The Great Sweepstakes of 1877
A True Story of Southern Grit, Gilded Age Tycoons, and a Race That Galvanized the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In 1877 the members of the United States Senate postponed all business for the day so that they might attend a horse race—the iconic, polarizing post-Civil War event at the center of this story. The nation, still recovering from the depredations of the Civil War and the Reconstruction that followed,...
by C.L. Lee Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Developing the Art of Equine Communication, by C.L. "Lee" Anderson, Living Historian and Horseman of the Old-School, will be of benefit to all equine owners, novice and seasoned riders alike. Anderson has spent a lifetime studying, researching, practicing, and proving what he has written, and his...
Of Women and Horses
Essays by Various Horse Women
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
GaWaNi Pony Boy's unique approach to horses is captured in these five books from BowTie Press. GaWaNi Pony Boy is the founder and president of lyuptala University (lyuptala means "one-with" in Lakota), and online college that allows horse lovers to expand their knowledge of these magnificent...
Horseplayers
Life at the Track
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
This fun and witty exposé of horse racing in America goes behind the scenes at the track, providing a serious gambler's-eye-view of the action. Ted McClelland spent a year at tracks and off-track betting facilities in Chicago and across the country, profiling the people who make a career of gambling...
by Muriel Lennox
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2016
What makes a champion? Bestselling author, and confidant to E P Taylor, owner/breeder of the mighty Northern Dancer, Muriel Lennox, argues the importance of ancestry. To discover these influential ancestors, Lennox follow Canada's Rivers of Gold, a series of powerful genetic streams back...
Modern Eventing with Phillip Dutton
The Complete Resource: Training, Conditioning, and Competing in All Three Phases
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This fabulously illustrated book covers training, conditioning, and competing in all three phases of events: dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. In addition, Dutton includes full chapters describing the special needs of the event horse, with tips and advice from the top experts who make up his...
by Betty Weibel
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Home to inventors of the first automobile, airplane and professional baseball team, Ohio is also the birthplace of the first horse show jumping grand prix in the Western Hemisphere. Longtime fans can relive the exciting victories of some of the finest horses and riders in history, while newcomers can...
Gold
My Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
With a show-jumping career spanning over forty years, Nick Skelton is a legend in the equestrian world. No other rider has won so many major competitions on so many different horses and he is as popular at Olympia and Hickstead as he is at Aachen, Geneva, Paris and Spruce Meadows. Skelton has competed...
101 Drill Team Exercises for Horse & Rider
Including Three-Loop Serpentine, Cinnamon Buns, Carousel Pairs, Thread the Needle & 97 more
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Build teamwork and good horsemanship as you work through these fun and rewarding exercises. With clearly drawn arena diagrams and step-by-step instructions for each exercise, your team will become a cohesive unit as you progress from basic skill-building drills to fun and challenging synchronized...
The Boss
The Life and Times of Horseracing Legend Gordon W. Richards
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
The sudden death of Gordon W. Richards in late September 1998 brought a premature end to a legendary training career which had seen him rise from obscurity to national fame as master of his profession.
Consigned to racing's scrap-heap with a broken back at the age of 29, he scraped a living...