Product Description: Despite having over thousands of years selectively bred horses to be amenable to our ways of life, the fact remains that most of them still occasionally revert to being” wild,” sometimes at the most inconvenient moments. This varies from horse to horse due to individual temperament and learned behaviors, but common to all horses is a three-million-year-old risk assessment and thought pattern when it comes to anything that could be a predator, or could hide a predator, or could provide a launch point for a predator—and the list goes on! Because of the innate prey-animal fear in horses, and because their instinctual flight-or-fight reaction is dangerous to the humans around or on them, horses must be trained to accept strange or new situations and objects...read more

Product Description: Elizabeth Boothe was grateful to be alive after the wreckage of her ill-fated flight. But even as she and pilot Seth Brody waited for a rescue plane, neither could deny what was happening between them. Their past differences melted away as easily as the snow beneath their heated bodies...read more

Product Description: This new edition includes updated and enhanced information on the most recent topics added to the Pony Club curriculum, including land conservation, horse health and safety, nutrition and veterinary topics, better organization for easy reference, and a full update of critical developments in riding, instruction, and competition...read more

Product Description: Beginning with the basics of how horses use body language to communicate, children learn step-by-step how to lead, groom, tack-up and mount a horse. The first rides are designed to develop confidence in young riders and encourage them to become comfortable on horses in order to prepare for a lifetime of enjoyment on horseback...read more

Product Description: This book will tell you everything you need to know to take care of a horse and how to ride one.

Product Description: A world renowned dressage judge and former US Olympic coach, Anne Gribbons has had the unique experience of living the trajectory of the evolution of dressage in the United States—and has always been willing to share her knowledge and guidance in her popular column in The Chronicle of the Horse...read more

Product Description: What brushes are used to groom a horse? How do you get a horse to start and stop? What do judges look for at horse shows? When should a horse be trained with a lunge line? Horsing Around offers a brief tutorial on the care, training, showing, and riding of horses, concentrating on each aspect in a separate volume and addressing the concerns of some of the youngest horse enthusiasts...read more

Product Description: Master the essentials of horse riding and improve your technique with this practical illustrated handbook. Features advice for the beginner, from putting on the bridle to holding the reins, as well as tips on perfecting your posture and expert skills for the experienced rider.

Product Description: The Science of Equestrian Sports is a comprehensive study of the theory and practice of the rider in equine sport. While most scholarship to date has focused on the horse in competition, this is the first book to collate current data relating specifically to riders...read more

Product Description: Discusses the introduction of the horse to the Native Americans by the Spanish, and explains the impact this had on Native American tribes.

Product Description: By breaking down the most important elements of Clinton Anderson’s Downunder Horsemanship® method of horse training, this book will inspire the dreams and goals of both horsemen and horsewomen alike. Dynamic color photographs and fuller explanations of this proven philosophy guide riders through such topics as understanding the prey-predator relationship between horses and humans, making the right thing easy and the wrong thing difficult, using consistency in training, and determining horse personality to make an appropriate selection...read more

Product Description: Horseback riding is one of the world’s most popular activities. Much has been written about the various styles, techniques, and competitive events in the sport. But all too often resources, authors, and even instructors neglect the most important and unique aspect of riding: the relationship between rider and horse...read more

Product Description: The "Training Tree" presents a systematic approach to rider development that will help any rider, beginner to advanced, in any discipline, improve. The goal of rider training is to produce the kind of horse and rider team that is beautiful to see: graceful, fluid, balanced, and performing tasks with lightness and ease...read more

Dozens of full-color captioned photographs and step-by-step instructions guide novice and experienced riders alike through every stage of the riding process, covering such topics as essential equipment, training techniques and philosophies, styles of riding, and more.