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Complete Horse Riding Manual
Author: William Micklem; £18.09

The Ultimate Book for Serious Riders!!

Reviewer: from Ireland

This book really is the ultimate guide for any horse rider - it takes you right through the steps to success with any horse from beginning to advanced show-jumping dressage and eventing. It has loads of great sections and totally new areas which I haven't seen covered in any other books before such as rider fitness and exercises for flexibility as well as reams of information on how to THINK and how mental preparation can make all the difference to your competitive performance. The diagrams and graphics are really clever and unlike any other books I've seen before (and trust me I own a lot of horse books!!) I've also found the troubleshooting sections very helpful in overcoming little problems with my horse. In this massive book William Micklem seems to have covered it all. This is the best book on my shelf!!

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The Coloured Horse and Pony
Author: Linzy Dickinson; £5.99

Synopsis

Coloured horses and ponies have grown enormously in popularity over recent years and can now be found performing in all spheres of equestrian activities and sports. Increasingly they are benefiting from well-considered breeding programmes that are retaining and improving on quality type and conformation as primary considerations. The term 'coloured' encompasses a vast array of particular colours markings and types and this guide reflects the extent of this range giving an overview of colours and types as well as a useful introduction to showing. It will serve as a valuable source of information for those who are new to coloured horses and ponies as well as providing a reference point for the more experienced horse owner.

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Interactive horse rescue scheme from Mossburn - meet the horses and ponies ...

At Mossburn they rescue and shelter misused abused unwanted and neglected horses. You can help them to do this by paying to foster a horse or pony. Just click on the 'Foster Me Please' button for the horse or pony that you would like to foster.

Sample horse/pony for fostering

Breezer
"Breezer arrived here on the evening of Sunday 11th of July 2004 as a yearling Shetland filly with badly deformed hind legs. The condition is known as capped hock and hers is a really bad case. She came from a breeder who did not want her because of her condition she cannot be bred with. He was asked specifically by our mutual vet not to offload her onto us as we had enough mouths to feed!"

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Learning to Read Your Horse

by Claraetta Olney

Each horse needs either a firm; insistent approach such as a pressure/no pressure method or a gentle approach. A bossy horse would require the first method and a more timid horse would require the second method. Other horses may need a combination of methods.

This is why I say you need to learn how to read your horse observe its reactions to different methods. You must train your horse according to its temperament. A good way to start is just to watch your horse either in the pasture or in the stall where he is at home. Also in its home corral. Observe it with other horses present to see where it fits in with the herd.

The horse I rode when I was a teenager was one of those horses that needed a firm hand. He was the kind that thought he could rule the roost. I had to make him see I was head horse in order to get him to mind me. The horse I have now is a timid horse so I treat her with much more gentleness than I did the other horse.

Cindy( my present horse) was two and one half years old when I bought her. As a brown and white pinto filly she was a wild untamed mustang. She was very unsure of herself and other horses could chase her away from her feed. I treated her very gently in order to get her confidence in me.

The first few weeks I worked with Cindy I gave her two short lessons per day one in the morning and one at night. Later I worked with her once a day. She was kept in a round pen at first and was very hard to catch. Later I moved her to a pen with corners and developed the training method I call the "Y Stance"