Cinch today's top new riding techniquesIn the past twenty-five years, a number of major innovations in horse handling have gained acceptance in the global community.
This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive treatise on horse racing, and includes information on stabling, training, breeding, and many other aspects of race horse preparation.
"e;The Gentleman's Pocket-Farrier"e; is a concise and accessible handbook for horse owners, with chapters on everything from preparing for a journey to general care and management, treating ailments, and more.
From the award-wining author of Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan's first book, Blood Horses, combines personal reflections about his father and an in-depth look at the history and culture of Thoroughbred racehorses.
In more than a century of American Thoroughbred racing, only thirteen horses have won the Triple Crown (the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, all won in the same season).
Burned out by working the baseball beat for years, in the summer of 1922 Damon Runyon was looking for a new sport to cover for The New York American as a change of pace.
First published in 1863, this book is a comprehensive guide to shoeing horses, with chapters on anatomy, diseases and ailments, general maintenance, avoiding common problems, and much more.
Finally, a comprehensive collection of world-renowned equine expert Linda Tellington-Jones' healing equine bodywork and training exercises, for use both on the ground and in the saddle.
'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.
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.
The game of water-polo has perhaps done more during recent years to popularise and to cause an interest to be taken in swimming than any other branch of the sport.
The remarkable story of a champion Aussie horsemanIn March 2016 Peter Moody, the man who took his 'good mare' Black Caviar to an unprecedented 25 straight victories, walked away from racing.
Extrait : "Le cheval n'est pas une machine organisée mue seulement par des ressorts ; il y a en lui un principe moral, instinct ou intelligence, peu importe le nom qu'on lui donne.
My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding is a funny, brave, tender story of self-discovery'I had spent most of my childhood thinking I was a dog, and suspect I had aged in dog years.
Since the thoroughbred horse was first developed over three centuries ago, these magnificent creatures have given the global race-going public limitless joy, and filled our memories with wonder and respect, and Punch a Hole in the Wind focuses on the stories of 50 champion Flat racehorses since the dawn of film.
The process taken to develop a key horse procedure (KHP) that leads to the selection of winners in more than 50 percent of their thoroughbred horse races is described.
A gripping look at the great duel between Affirmed, the last horse to win the Triple Crowncomprised of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakesand his archrival, Alydar.
