Updated and enhanced information on the most recent topics added to the Pony Club curriculumThis C Level manual builds on material covered in The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship: Basics for Beginners/D Level.
Required reading for every Pony Club Member-now in a valuable new editionThe United States Pony Club (USPC) is among the largest equestrian organizations in the United States, with more than 14,000 members in 600 clubs spread across 49 states, credited with training many current and past Olympic competitors.
This book uniquely provides both the scientific basis of equine nutrition and the translation of that science into practical, day-to-day feeding advice.
Help your child power up their reading skills and learn about horses and ponies with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully levelled to help children progress.
The natural trim is a humane trim method for horses that mimics the natural wear patterns of America's wild, free-roaming horses of the Western States Great Basin.
The Basic Guidelines of the natural trim explain in extraordinary detail how the author managed the remarkable hooves of the horses of the Association for the Advancement of Natural Horse Care Practices (AANHCP) over an eight year period (2010-2018).
Riding Horseback in Purple has been described as a MUST read for ANYONE considering buying a horse, by horsewoman Patti Jo Walter, well-researched and perfect for the beginner equestrian, by dressage coach and judge Deborah Fox, and a journey chronicled with insight, wisdom and humor, by trainer Lori Albrough.
The meaning of ';balanced hooves' in the hoof care world is rife with unsubstantiated opinions and methods that compromise the natural integrity of the hoof and the ability of the horse to move naturally.
From the Foreword: ';This book provides a concise and useful guide for horse owners to take immediate and productive action against laminitis and keep it out of their horses' lives once and for all .
Submission and suppleness, rhythm, contact and collection are some of the basic elements that make up a horse's training and which all riders need to come to grips with.
Working over poles is the first stage in starting your horse to jump, as well as being the ideal way to train your horse to be obedient and supple in his flatwork.
Like an old-fashioned hymn sung in rounds, Something's Rising gives a stirring voice to the lives, culture, and determination of the people fighting the destructive practice of mountaintop removal in the coalfields of central Appalachia.
A Plain-language Medical Guide for Horse Owners and TrainersPainful and potentially debilitating tendon and ligament injuries are among the most common and serious physiological problems facing performance horses.
America's most successful Grand Prix rider, Margie Goldstein Engle is the star attraction at any horse show in which she competes, as well as a role model for a generation of young equestrians.
Including a brand-new bonus chapter '[Park Lane Stables] is such a force for good' - Rob Brydon'[An] uplifting story' - Horse and Rider This is the story of Park Lane Stables.
'This history of the Waterhouse dynasty is a cut above the field of racing books that burst from the barriers this time of year' - Sydney Morning HeraldDrama, glamour, scandal, success - and very high stakes.
Winner: Western Heritage Book AwardSpur Award FinalistStubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book AwardAmericas Great Plains once possessed one of the grandest wildlife spectacles of the world, equaled only by such places as the Serengeti, the Masai Mara, or the veld of South Africa.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley draws upon her first-hand knowledge to examine the horse on all levels - practical, theoretical and emotional.
In The Winning Horseplayer, Andrew Beyer builds on the strategy of speed handicapping that he detailed brilliantly in Picking Winners by introducing the concept of trip handicapping.
