Horse Sports category: 686 books
by L. de B. Handley
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to playing water polo. Primarily designed for the beginner, it gives instructions on preparatory work, rules and strategy, as well as providing some historical information on the development of the game. This profusely illustrated guide is ideal for...
by Pony Club
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Endurance riding is one of the fastest growing sports in the UK and this guide is a perfect introduction to the sport. This book describes the origins of the sport and also the equipment, preparation, veterinary, training and practical considerations which are involved, with hints on developing skills...
Horses Came First, Second and Last
My Unapologetic Road to Eventing Gold
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
With an astounding eighteen medals in eight international championships and team gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1976 and 1984, Jack Le Goff created the standard by which modernday equestrian teams are measured. But Le Goff's techniques could be unforgivingtough, brutal, and abrasiveearning...
by Barbara Morgenroth
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Making it to the equitation finals is all that's preoccupied seventeen-year old Talia Margolin and her half sister Greer Swope for the last five years. Time is running out. Their last trainer fired, the new one arrives. But Lockie Malone isn't like other trainers. He's not going to teach them to how to ride but how to live. Is there life beyond their last junior year?
by Barbara Morgenroth
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2013
Talia Margolin doesn't want to be judged and quickly learns the show ring isn't the only place she'll be tested.
The challenges Talia face now that Lockie Malone is the trainer at Bittersweet Farm stack up like cord wood. Her half-sister, Greer, is making the transition to jumper rider more...
by Barbara Morgenroth
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
With snow falling and the holiday season approaching, Lockie, Greer and Cam head to Florida to prepare for the winter show circuit, leaving Talia home.
While receiving help at the farm from an unexpected source, Talia’s on her own managing Victoria Rowe’s serial emergencies. Her life takes...
by John Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
Every year, some 10,000 people attend Lyons's clinics to learn the secrets contained in this complete training program for horses and trainers of all skill levels, by one of America's most popular and trusted trainer-instructors.
Superior Saddle Fitting: A Step-by-Step Guide
Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-238
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2001
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
The Smart Woman's Guide to Midlife Horses
Finding Meaning, Magic and Mastery in the Second Half of Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317) and index.
by Stephanie Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
I was once a young girl who had never had a riding lesson. I lived in the city, and I dreamed. My dreams became bigger. Dreams are never a bad thing: they drive you.
Why We Ride
Women Writers on the Horses in Their Lives
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Women and their horses - a symbiotic relationship based on trust, camaraderie, friendship, and love. In Why We Ride, Verna Dreisbach collects the stories of women who ride, sharing their personal emotions and accounts of the most important animals in their lives.
This collection of stories...
Baucher and His School
With Appendix I: Recollections From LOUIS RUL and EUGÈNE CARON With Appendix II: Commentary by LOUIS SEEGER From his pamphlet: MR. BAUCHER AND HIS ART: A SERIOUS WORD WITH THE RIDERS OF GERMANY
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Baucher and his School (1948) is an original biography of the “greatest écuyer of all time,” François Baucher. Decarpentry comments on the discoveries of one of the most prolific innovators in Equestrian Art. This book comprises the equestrian biography of Baucher, an analytical examination of...
by Melissa Troup
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2006
As an instructor it takes time to develop a repertoire of exercises to suit all ages and abilities. This book has the answer: it provides a wide range of ideas with notes on how these can be adapted and developed for different levels, from beginner to advanced, whether children or adults, along with teaching tips for a professional delivery.
Dressage in Harmony
From Basic to Grand Prix
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1998
Maybe the best way to introduce this book to our audience is to quote Max Gahwyler when he read the book when it was in manuscript form: "You must publish this. It is superb!" We agree this is, truly, one of, if not the clearest, most readable books on training dressage ever written. It's just delightful!...