50 5-Minute Fixes to Improve Your Riding: Simple Solutions for Better Position by Wendy Murdoch - Hardcover (2010)

Each article of advice in this book covers a Murdoch Minute exercise for improving one’s riding. From these articles, evolved this well-organized book of on- and off-horse exercises to improve your riding and communication with your horse. A system of color coding works as a shorthand to guide you more quickly to the fixes useful to your specific challenge, and to alert you to special safety considerations, such as the need for a helper. Diagrams, illustrations and photographs throughout are useful.

Code: 5327 Price: $27.95   Click Here to Order

Dressage Training Customized: Schooling the Horse as Best Suits His Personality by Britta Schöffmann - Hardcover (2010)

Grand Prix dressage rider Britta Schöffmann has provided an in-depth key to the major horse types, as well as training “roadmaps” for each.  All too often we try to apply the same techniques, in the same order, with the same intensity, regardless of our horse’s defining characteristics. In her book she explains that no matter how experienced a rider you are, every horse is different, and each one must be treated as an individual when it comes to planning and implementing his training program.

Code: 5321 Price: $29.95   Click Here to Order

Falling for Fallacies: Misleading Commonplace Notions of Dressage Riding by Jean-Claude Racinet - Hardcover (2009)

This final book by Jean-Claude Racinet, who died in April of 2009, is a summary of his decades of extensive studies and experiences as a rider with, among others, the Ecole de Cavalerie of Saumur. Here he has undertaken a critical analysis of modern dressage doctrines which are often accepted without question. With careful reference back to anatomical and biomechanical aspects of the horse's movements, he presents arguments which are sure to provoke rethinking of many accepted conventions, such as the concept that raising a horse's neck causes his back to hollow, or that hind end engagement always lightens the front end.

Code: 5322 Price: $54.95   Click Here to Order

Great European Schools of Classical Dressage: Vienna, Saumur, Jerez, Lisbon by Guillaume Henry - Hardcover (2010)

For nearly 400 years, four major riding schools have worked to perfect the equestrian art: the Spanish Riding School in Vienna; the Cadre Noir in Saumur, France; the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art in Jerez, Spain; and the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art in Lisbon. Each school is a guardian of traditions—ancient, technical, and artistic—and together they have preserved and enriched the long dressage tradition. This study reveals the inner workings of each of these schools, including details about their traditions, their systems for recruiting and training riders, and of course their horses. It also discusses the future of these prestigious yet seemingly anachronistic establishments.

Code: 5289 Price: $54.95   Click Here to Order

Dressage Dreams 10 by Stephen Clarke - Hardcover (2009)

Dressage Dreams 10 is all about the ultimate achievement in the dressage arena – the rarely attained perfect score of 10. Stephen Clarke, who has judged FEI dressage competitions such as World Cup Finals and the Olympics, explains each Grand Prix movement in detail, through the use of breathtaking photos. We meet the riders and their unforgettable equine partners who have achieved the highest scores in the most demanding of dressage tests – the Grand Prix. We learn from the riders and their trainers how they prepare themselves and their horses for competition at this level. And, we meet the youngest participants on the ladder to FEI success, with their amazing ponies, as Stephen Clarke analyses some of the FEI Pony Dressage movements.

Code: 5288 Price: $49.95   Click Here to Order

Better Than Bombproof: New Ways to Make Your Horse a Solid Citizen by Sergeant Rick Pelicano - Paperback (2010)

Better than Bombproofing exposes the most common problems Pelicano sees in his bombproofing clinics: lack of rider control, rider fear or anxiety, and herd-bound horses.  With additional chapters on easy-to-use trailer loading techniques as well as some unique games on horseback, you’ll find an exciting new array of exercises to help further desensitize your horse to potentially frightening situations.

Code: 5320 Price: $29.95   Click Here to Order

Beyond a Whisper: Train with a New Language for Better Horse Behavior by Ryan Gingerich - Hardcover (2010)

It's another new-era western training book? Well, yes…but. Gingerich's distaste for methods that wear a horse into submission, or situations that cause him fear, dictates a different style of training. Asking the trainer to be clear, consistent, and concise, Gingerich draws on the best of the natural horsemanship techniques. This book contains precise instructions, with reasons for each training step. Both horse and rider should benefit from this straightforward training system. Well illustrated with captions that highlight and reinforce the information in the accompanying text.

Code: 5298 Price: $29.95   Click Here to Order

Lateral Work: Training for a Supple Horse by Johannes Beck-Broichsitter - Paperback (2010)

Lateral work often intimidates newcomers, and can be downright off-putting to pleasure riding, non-dressage-type folks. The author makes it accessible, and explains and gives perspective to lateral work. His historical time line incorporates the movements into training; his diagrams and definitions, and the captioned photos, all make this a textbook for all. From detailed discussion of the aids and methods for each movement to a "menu for training sessions" based on the Training Tree, the author draws on the best parts of European classical training, regardless of country.

Code: 5299 Price: $29.95  Click Here to Order

Schooling Exercises In-Hand: Working Towards Suppleness and Confidence by Oliver Hilberger - Paperback (2009)

In-hand schooling is a rarely used tool, but one which offers variation to the everyday routine, and schools both the horse and trainer. In this book particular emphasis is given to the description of lateral movements, as well as for the preparation towards the more advanced movements. The text and photos illustrate the importance of the trainer's body language as a primary aid, with the book emphasizing consistency and clarity of all communication during in-hand work, with a goal of an easy transition to mounted work.

Code: 5318 Price: $32.95   Click Here to Order

Storey's Guide to Training Horses - 2nd edition by Heather Smith Thomas - Hardcover (2010)

This newly revised and updated edition of Heather Smith Thomas’s earlier book is sure to become the new classic training manual for anyone bringing on a young horse. It includes newly accepted concepts like round pen work, with interesting insights into how they evolved and why they work. With generous sections on everything from early training for foals to remedial work, this has been one of our favorite references. Also in paperback ($19.95)

Code: 5328 Price: $29.95   Click Here to Order

Bring Out the Best in Your Horse by Carolyn Henderson - Paperback (2009)

An all-in-one guide to preparing your horse, from assessing and conditioning to lungeing, to fine-tuning your training, to preparing for competition. As its subtitle implies, the book is full of "quick tips and long-term strategies for improving looks, manners and performance" of your horse. If you are looking for a fresh new title on the sound basics of bringing on your horse, this may be your choice.

Code: 5279 Price: $36.95   Click Here to Order

Equine Fitness by Jec Aristotle Ballou - Paperback (2009)

From Jec Ballou, author of Storey's bestselling 101 Dressage Exercises, comes Equine Fitness, a guide to getting a horse in shape and maintaining his overall fitness, regardless of age or discipline. Equine Fitness provides owners and riders with expert instruction for assessing, monitoring, and maintaining the health of their horses. Clear, step-by-step instructions and detailed illustration make the information easy to follow and implement. There's even a set of handy, pocket-size cards for owners and riders to consult directly while working with their horse.

Code: 5303 Price: $19.95 Click Here to Order

Feet First: Barefoot Performance & Hoof Rehabilitation by Nic Barker - Hardcover (2009)

This study from Britain advocates horses going barefoot, with some compelling information about the diet and exercise that contributes to healthy hooves, shod or barefoot. The authors are both trained farriers, with extensive experience rehabilitating lame horses. Their research on nutrient deficiencies (and overloads), as well as their system of conditioning horses' feet to strengthen them, offers good food for thought. The book, endorsed by several veterinarians and farriers, will be a helpful addition to your equestrian library, whether your horse goes barefoot or shod.

Code: 5280 Price: $45.00   Click Here to Order

Storey's Guide to Raising Horses by Heather Smith Thomas - Paperback (2009)

Heather Smith Thomas reassures both first-time owners and experienced horse handlers with her calm, clear advice on intelligent horsekeeping.  From starting your newborn foal on a healthy path to caring for your aging horse, this sensible resource covers every situation likely to arise on the horse farm.

Code: 5329 Price: $19.95   Click Here to Order

George Morris: Lessons in Horsemastership by Practical Horseman - Paperback (2010)

The annual event of the George H Morris Horsemastership Training Session draws together some of the best young talent in the United States for five days. They are treated to instruction from some of the top horsemen and horsewomen in the world, to give them a leg up the horse world. The term horsemastership, according to Morris, is a step above horsemanship, and encompasses the whole.

Code: 5324 Price: $19.95   Click Here to Order

Starting & Running Your Own Horse Business, revised by Mary A McDonald - Paperback (2009)

This revised edition of McDonald's Starting & Running Your Own Horse Business has been updated with additional information on safety, tax, and insurance issues. The author, a veterinarian and experienced stable manager, has filled this book with solid advice on running riding programs. She grounds all advice in sound money management practices, and offers numerous methods for trimming costs in all areas of the business. The focus is definitely on businesses involving horses directly, but McDonald has done an excellent job covering her chosen area.

Code: 5268 Price: $19.95   Click Here to Order

Mary King: The Autobiography by Mary King - Hardcover (2009)

At 47, Mary King won a Team Bronze at the Beijing Olympics. With Call Again Cavalier and Imperial Cavalier, she has two of the best event horses in the world. Starting from modest means, her success in eventing has been hard won. Her first pony was an ancient "cast off," and success with him gave her an iron will to succeed. Her talent was apparent early on, first competing at Badminton in 1985, with her first win there on King William in 1992, and her second on Star Appeal in 2000. Suffering a terrible fall in 2001, she broke her neck, but was back competing at the top level the following year. Mary King's story is fascinating and inspiring for anyone with an interest in equestrian sports.

Code: 5292 Price: $37.95  Click Here to Order

Finding My Distance: A Year in the Life of a Three-Day Event Rider by Julia Wendell - Paperback (2009)

Finding My Distance chronicles author Julia Wendell's trials in her life and sport over the course of four seasons. Like the horseback riding competitions that serve as the book's backdrop, Finding My Distance is a journey fraught with obstacles, some seemingly insurmountable. Wendell's memoir is a beautifully written, well-crafted mix of prose and poetry. Not only is it for sports enthusiasts, but for anyone who's passionate about the path they've chosen, and the means by which they cross the finish line.

Code: 5316 Price: $25.00   Click Here to Order

Horses: In Living Color by Barbara D. Livingston - Hardcover (2009)

Livingston's Horses: In Living Color captures horses ranging from paint-colored miniatures to towering rich bay Clydesdales, and includes the rare spotted Knabstrupper, whose numbers in the United States are estimated at 100. She handles each subject with respect and admiration. One portrait captures three white Thoroughbred mares jogging through the brush in Oregon's desert land, while in another, a coal-black Friesian mare whose mane nearly reaches the ground, curiously eyes the photographer.

Code: 5308 Price: $29.95  Click Here to Order

Horses of Distinction by Fran Lynghaug - Paperback (2006)

Lynghaug, author of The Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide, has put together a smaller collection of eighteen light pleasure horse breeds. The entire group was selected for their "special flare and pizzazz" which make them stand out in the show ring or parade. Information for each breed or registry includes any history, coloring, hair coat or conformation traits, and details about the registry association.

Code: 5319 Price: $14.95  Click Here to Order

The Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide by Fran Lynghaug - Hardcover (2009)

An officially recognized guidebook to horse breed standards and conformation in North America, with breed history, information on gaits, distinctive traits, temperament, colors and variations. Lynghaug profiles 118 breeds, categorized as "horses of the range," pleasure breeds, gaited breeds; draft horses, ponies and small horses, and warmbloods. Some breeds covered are smaller or more recently developed, such as the pintabian and the moriesian. Each entry runs about five pages and includes history, breed standards, registration requirements, show criteria, and full-color photographs.

Code: 5312 Price: $40.00 Click Here to Order

The Flight Across the Ice: The Escape of the East Prussian Horses by Patricia Clough - Paperback (2010)

For those who recall Daphne Goodall's long out of print Flight of the East Prussian Horses, this new work, The Flight Across the Ice will be a welcomed addition to our bookshelves. Author Patricia Clough has had the advantage of newly available information and documents to write her account of the same heroic trek of Trakehner horses west from East Prussia during the winter of 1944-1945. Complete with detailed accounts of many of the people and horses involved in this unimaginable journey, the book is more gripping than many fiction accounts of heroism.

Code: 5311 Price: $14.95   Click Here to Order

Horse in Human History by Pita Kelekna - Paperback (2009)

This book assesses the impact of the horse on human society from 4000 BC to AD 2000. Beyond the battlefield, horsepower also afforded great advances in transport, agriculture, industry, and science. Rapidity of horse communications forged far-flung equestrian empires, where language, law, weights, measures, and writing systems were standardized and revolutionary technologies and ideas were disseminated across continents. Following Columbian contact, Old and New World cultures are evaluated in terms of presence or absence of the horse, and Spanish conquest of the horseless America is seen as the model for subsequent European equestrian colonization of horseless territories around the world.

Code: 5317 Price: $27.99 Click Here to Order

Mounted Warriors by Gene Smith - Hardcover (2009)

In Mounted Warriors, celebrated author Gene Smith takes you on a wild ride at full gallop through the brilliant, gallant, and bloody history of warfare in the saddle. This book has a variety of heroes from history who, with the help of horses, made a name for themselves. Smith traces the evolution of the horse, from the fox-size, rabbity-looking creature that first appeared in swamps and bogs to gallant steeds. Mounted Warriors is an exciting and compelling read for anyone who loves military history, horses, or the combination of the two.

Code: 5326 Price: $27.95   Click Here to Order

Spirit Horses by Alan S Evans- Hardcover (2009)

When tragedy strikes in his life, Shane nearly loses his will to live if not for his one promise he made to his young son: to return the mustang to her rightful home. On this bittersweet journey, Shane finds a world where tradition reigns, and ancient beliefs transcend modern logic. In this magnificent expanse of blue sky and wide open spaces, love is alive, but hate, intolerance, and greed threaten to close in. To make good on his vow, Shane must face the danger that threatens these horses, the tribe's legacy, and his destiny.

Code: 5325 Price: $25.95   Click Here to Order

Stabbing in the Stables by Simon Brett- Paperback (2007)

When an equestrian champion-and ladies' man-is found dead in the stables, Carole Seddon and her friend Jude find plenty of suspects, considering the victim's track record out of the saddle.

Code: 5330 Price: $7.99   Click Here to Order

Rumor Has It by Tami Hoag - Paperback (2009)

Katie Quaid, a world-class equestrian, was elected to introduce herself to Briarwoods intimidatingly gorgeous new resident. It took one week to make Nick Leone the focus of the Virginia town's rumor mill: was he a CIA agent, a male model, a fugitive, maybe even all three? Whatever Nick was, Katie learned one thing right away: she liked him. And that made him the greatest danger she'd faced since the accident that had ended her riding career. In the five years since, she'd buried herself in her business of restoring historic homes, afraid to share her scars with any man, scars that had destroyed more than one dream. Nick had disappointments of his own, but after meeting Katie, he sensed that fate had a better plan all along. And soon he would challenge her with the greatest dare of all, to love again.

Code: 5310 Price: $6.99  Click Here to Order

Uncover A Horse by David George Gordon- Hardcover (2009)

The latest in the popular Uncover It series, features all there is to know about the horse, from their thundering hooves to their windswept tails. The book is designed so that a unique 3D "model" can be built and deconstructed, one layer at a time. Simply turn the pages, to reveal the skeleton, muscles, and internal organs of a horse. Packed with detailed illustrations, fact boxes, and more…!

Code: 5323 Price: $18.95   Click Here to Order

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