The Complete Book of Horses: Breeds - Care - Riding - Saddlery: kA comprehensive encyclopedia of horse breeds and practical riding techniques with 1500 photographs - Rilegato

Sly, Debby; Muir, Sarah; Draper, Judith

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ISBN 10: 0754833690 ISBN 13: 9780754833697

Casa editrice: Lorenz Books, 2018

Riassunto

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF HORSES:

BREEDS • CARE • RIDING • SADDLERY

A comprehensive encyclopedia of horse breeds and practical riding techniques with 1500 photographs

Debby Sly, with Sarah Muir and Judith Draper

• Expert advice on choosing and looking after your horse, including stable management, grooming and exercise, health and first aid.

• Guidance on how to ride, from trotting, cantering and galloping to dressage, cross-country and competition riding.

• Includes an illustrated directory of saddlery and riding equipment for riders of all levels.

This book is an invaluable guide to every aspect of horsemanship, with a fully illustrated directory of breeds of the world, step-by-step instructions on how to ride, and information about specialist equipment for both horse and rider.

Over 60 breeds of horse and pony are covered, from the more familiar Thoroughbred and Shetland pony to the less well known Nonius and Caspian. Riding instructions cover tacking up for the first time to mastering the intricacies of dressage.

The book also includes a directory of equipment, including the saddle, bridle and bit, training aids, horse clothing and protective equipment, and the rider’s clothing.

About the Authors:

Debby Sly is a talented rider, equestrian journalist and author. She contributes to Your Horsemagazine and trains her own event horses point to-pointers.

Judith Draper was a freelance equestrian writer and book editor who was involved with horses all her life.

Sarah Muir has successfully shown her own horse and competed in dressage, show jumping and trials.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Debby Sly has been involved in equestrianism and journalism since graduating from Harper Adams Agricultural College. She worked first as production editor for What s New in Farming, before taking over the editorship of Pony Club Magazine. For many years Debby was a regular contributor to Eventing and Your Horse magazines, and has also written many equestrian books, including Mary Thompson s Eventing Year, Badminton Horse Trials the Triumphs and the Tears, and Fun with Ponies. With her husband, Martin Ewing, she owned and trained the four-star event horse Stormhill Kossack, as well as enjoying Point to Point and Hunter Chase successes. Now based in County Wexford, Ireland, Debby continues to train young event and race horses. Sarah Muir has ridden all her life and is a keen follower of equestrian sports. She was assistant editor of Horse and Rider magazine, where she wrote on a wide variety of subjects. Judith Draper was an equestrian writer and book editor who was involved with horses all her life. After several seasons working in flat racing and National Hunt stables, she took up journalism and joined Riding magazine. Kit Houghton is an equestrian photo-journalist who has been taking photographs of horses and major horse events worldwide for the last 30 years. His work has appeared in many major horse magazines and books.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Lorenz Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0754833690
• ISBN 13: 9780754833697
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 512
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Paesi Bassi