The Essentials of Horsemanship: Training, Riding, Care and Management (Howell Equestrian Library) - Hardcover

Drummond, Jocelyn

9780876056691: The Essentials of Horsemanship: Training, Riding, Care and Management (Howell Equestrian Library)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0876056699 ISBN 13: 9780876056691

Publisher: *Howell Book House, 1998

THE HOWELL EQUESTRIAN LIBRARY is a distinguished collection of books on all aspects of horsemanship and horsemastership. The nearly fifty book in print offers readers in all disciplines and at all levels of competition sound instruction and guidance by some of the most celebrated riders, trainers, judges, and veterinarians in the horse world today.

Whether your interest is dressage, show jumping, or western riding, or whether it's breeding, grooming, or health care, Howell has a book to answer your needs.

Get to know all the books in the Howell Equestrian Library: many are modern-day classics and have achieved the status of authoritative references in the estimation of those who ride, train, and care for horses.

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From the Inside Flap:

Here is a well-structured guide that will be useful to you in two important ways: it will enable you to build on knowledge you already have and reinforce instructions you may currently be receiving from a trainer. Furthermore, it stresses the importance of laying a solid foundation to become a really good rider, and offers the kind of attention to detail, particularly tips and suggestions, that can help you achieve your goal.

While The Essentials of Horsemanship addresses topics that will interest you regardless of whether your preferred discipline is jumping, dressage, or eventing, it does not overlook the needs of your equine partner. Horses are complex and sensitive creatures and can as easily be upset by inappropriate feeding are they are by ill-fitting saddles, both of which can make them uncomfortable and possibly unwell. Even grooming, if carried out incorrectly, can be a potential hazard to horse and handler, which is why you'll get basic information about the horse and his keeping in this book. It does not matter if you own your own horse or use the facilities of a riding school, everything you learn can only foster a better understanding of your horse, his nature and his needs.

In time you will see that as you work on your riding skills, become adept at problem-solving, and correct your horse's weakness without losing sight of your own, all your hard work will pay off and you can look forward to success when you show.

About the Author:

JOCELYN DRUMMOND is a lifelong horsewoman. She started riding at the age of nine, and was bought her first pony at twelve. She is now a registered British Horse Society instructor and a BHS senior examiner. Her great love is training horses and riders at all levels, from the novice to the competition rider. She has successfully competed in show jumping, dressage, and eventing—all at the national level. She and her family live in Hertfordshire, England.

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