101 Eventing Tips

Download or read book 101 Eventing Tips written by James Wofford and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three-day eventing, known as the “complete competition,” requires the same horse-and-rider team to ride a dressage test, a demanding cross-country obstacle course, and a show-jumping round. 101 Eventing Tips includes advice on selecting a horse, establishing horse-and-rider training programs and taking part in entry-level competitions.

Download or read book Grooming Horses written by Jessie Shiers and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2025-02-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grooming Horses is the ultimate visual guide for riders of all levels, offering step-by-step instructions and over 450 full-color photos to perfect essential grooming skills while mastering the art of horse care! Grooming Horses is a quick-reading, picture-driven guide to every aspect of grooming horses, including braiding, show preparation, and skin care. It's an easy-to-understand reference created for visual learners that allows riders of all ages and stages to smooth out the rough edges of their essential skills while acquiring more specialized knowledge. Step-by-step, full-color photo sequences and information-packed, clearly worded text make this volume the definitive resource on an age-old subject and a must-read for anyone who rides, owns, or tends to a horse. More than 450 full-color photos on topics such as: Basic grooming Bathing Clipping Braiding Show preparation English and Western styles, all breeds

Download or read book 101 Jumping Exercises for Horse & Rider written by Linda Allen and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get jumping! This collection presents a logical series of fun and rewarding exercises that are designed to develop your horse-jumping skills. With straightforward instructions and clear arena maps, this guide can be hung on a pole and easily referenced from the saddle. In addition to clearly articulated goals and progressively difficult variations, each exercise also includes encouraging advice on what the rider should keep in mind while jumping. Saddle up and get ready to fly through the air with grace and confidence.

Download or read book Modern Eventing with Phillip Dutton written by Phillip Dutton and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fabulously illustrated book covers training, conditioning, and competing in all three phases of events: dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. In addition, Dutton includes full chapters describing the special needs of the event horse, with tips and advice from the top experts who make up his internationally respected eventing team—his groom, his farrier, and his veterinarian. You'll find guidance in everything from daily maintenance to braiding and turnout, and from hoof care and studs to common health issues and "vet box" care of your horse during competitions. With tips for finding the right event prospect, whatever your level of experience, as well as Dutton's own schooling exercises, both on the flat and over fences, the book promises to give you the leg up you need for a safe and confident start in the sport.

Download or read book 101 Western Dressage Exercises for Horse & Rider written by Jec Aristotle Ballou and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of Western Dressage exercises are designed to improve suppleness, balance in movement, and responsiveness. Each exercise has a specific goal in mind, and they are organized by different areas of focus: softness, looseness, rider development, engagement, adjustability, and ground work. With illustrated step-by-step instructions and full arena diagrams, you’ll quickly be on your way to mastering this exciting discipline.

Download or read book Take a Good Look Around written by James C. Wofford and published by Hamilton Books. This book was released on 2006-12-28 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a Good Look Around by James C. Wofford, is a book about life in the outdoors. Readers who are used to his books on training horses will find a new side of the author, a side that has rarely surfaced until the publication of this, his latest work. The book is based on the author's experiences as a lifelong trainer of horses and as an avid hunter and fisherman. It includes descriptions of the Olympics, accounts of hair-raising experiences in Alaska, and stories of hunting all over the country . . . all told from the author's humorous point of view. Horse lovers will find a great deal in this book to interest them, and lovers of the outdoors will find Wofford's accounts of fishing and hunting amusing, interesting, and often poignant.

Download or read book Jane Savoie's Dressage 101 written by Jane Savoie and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in two volumes: Cross-train your horse and More cross-training in 1998"--T.p. verso.