This comprehensive and easy to reference guide to bits and bitting covers all aspects of the subject including the difference types of bi, their correct fitting and action, sections on internal and external aids, assessing the structure if the horse’s head and how to measure and order bits. It contains 92 drawings and over 400 photographs in full colour, and is a fascinating, invaluable and attractive reference for all riders, horse owners and students.

Author Notes: Hilary Vernon has spent ten years in the saddlery trade advising clients on bits and their uses. Hilary is also a qualified riding instructor and a keen amateur whip. She is also at the moment helping to build a new saddlery.
 
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 128
ISBN: 0 85131 725 1
Author: Hilary Vernon

Horse trainer and instructor Charni Lewis brings the wonderful process of braiding to life in her clearly described, step-by-step guide to 30 beautiful braids. Helping the braider along are full-color photographs and detailed illustrations showing twists and turns that make each style unique and the hand positions necessary to hold those ropes of equine hair in place. To keep hands free for braiding, the book has a nail hole at the top of each page for easy hanging on a post or barn wall.
Lewis begins with detailed advice on choosing and using appropriate tools, preparing the horse, and creating a safe area in which to work. After a chapter on no-nonsense maintenance braids (used primarily to keep the horse neat and clean), she progresses through all the classic braids required for each riding discipline -- from a Diamond dressage braid to the Three-ribbon style favored for gaited show horses. Finally, Lewis lets loose with braids that are simply fun to do. She encourages readers to experiment with a Scalloped Hunter mane braid or a Fourstrand Weave for the tail. They look gorgeous, and when the novelty wears off, there are many more to try!

Format: Spiral Bound
Number of Pages: 151
ISBN: 9781580176996
Author: Charni Lewis

This revised and updated version of Reiner Klimke’s classic book on cavalletti work now has an extended section on gymnastic jumping by the author’s daughter, Ingrid Klimke. First published over 30 years, the original information on schooling horses over cavalletti is still valid today but the book also encompasses the changing face and requirements of the modern sport horse.

Author Notes: Reiner Klimke, who died in 1999, won the gold medal for dressage at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, and was five times European dressage champion. He was also chosen to represent Germany in the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968 and Munich in 1972. Ingrid Klimke, an international trainer of dressage, showjumping and eventing horses, has been not only influenced by her father but also Fritz Ligges, Ian Miller and Anne Kursinski

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 144
ISBN: 85131 755 3
Author: Ingrid & Reiner Klimke

Author Notes: Sally taught riding professionally for ten years as a young woman, however moved on and it wasn’t until she retired at the age of 62 that she returned to teaching riding. She had an awareness of the body-mind connection and its importance to the mechanics of riding well. The book Centered Riding was published in 1985 and became one of the best-selling horse books of all time. It was followed by two popular videotapes in 1986. Sally began to travel both nationally and internationally to teaching Centered Riding. She formed the organization Centered Riding Inc, and since the organization began 1,000 instructors have been approved. Now aged 85 she no longer travels, but still teaches a few private lessons and some two-day clinics.

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 288
ISBN: 0 85131 933 5
Author: Sally Swift

Centered Riding is a way of educating the mind and body of the rider in order to achieve greater balance, harmony and communication with the horse. Sally Swift’s first book, Centered Riding revolutionised riding by demonstrating how good use of the body can make a world of difference to both rider and horse. Seventeen years later, the author has produced a remarkable sequel which shows how the Centered Riding method has continued to evolve and presents new concepts and fresh imagery, all designed to help, reward and inspire the rider. Centered Riding 2, not only does Sally Swift explain the ain tenets of her method for the benefit of the rider but also turns her attention to the horse, showing how it is possible to improve balance, musculature and way of going, with the result that horse and rider can work together efficiently and successfully in joyful harmony,

Author Notes: Sally taught riding professionally for ten years as a young woman, however moved on and it wasn’t until she retired at the age of 62 that she returned to teaching riding. She had an awareness of the body-mind connection and its importance to the mechanics of riding well. The book Centered Riding was published in 1985 and became one of the best-selling horse books of all time. It was followed by two popular videotapes in 1986. Sally began to travel both nationally and internationally to teaching Centered Riding. She formed the organization Centered Riding Inc, and since the organization began 1,000 instructors have been approved. Now aged 85 she no longer travels, but still teaches a few private lessons and some two-day clinics.

Format: Hardcover

Number of Pages: 208
ISBN: 0 85131 873 8
Author: Sally Swift

Christopher Coldrey’s message is that good courses make show jumping more interesting and rewarding for riders, horses and spectators. With this in mind, his new and much enlarged edition of Courses for Horses is packed with practical advice on such matters as how a horse jumps, the basic principles of safe course designing; the problems of indoor jumping; water obstacles; building courses for ponies; working hunters and horse trials; and planning and setting up courses from riding club level to CSIOs. As such it will be welcomed by course designers, riders, show officials, trainers and instructors everywhere.

Author Notes: Chrisopher Coldrey has been an international course designer for thirty years and has built courses in twelve countries on five continents. The first editions of this book was published in 1978, the year in which he won the coveted Wills Course Designer of the Year award. He has also competed as a show jumping rider in eight countries.

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 176
ISBN: 0 85131 541 0
Author: Christopher Coldrey

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780851319674
Author: Britta Schoffmann

Author Notes: Sallie Walrond L.H.H.I. is an international carriage driving judge who, since the age of nine, has been involved in many fields of equitation. Mrs. Walrond is a Council Member, Judge, Examiner and instructor for the British Driving Society, and is an Honorary Member of several driving societies in America, Australia and New Zealand where, in addition to the UK and Europe, she has judged, demonstrated and lectured. In 1991 she was awarded The British Driving Society Medal of Honour for services to carriage driving.

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 192
ISBN: 0 85131 861 4
Author: Sallie Walrond

The knowledge of equine biomechanics turns horse training and riding teaching into a completely logical process.In this work, Karin Blignault investigates the horse's natural methods of performing movements and compares this with the movements he performs in dressage and jumping. Examining each individual gait and movement - including lateral work, piaffe, passage, flying changes - the author highlights the biomechanical difficulties the horse encounters in his effort to please the rider, gives suggestions to riders and trainers on how to overcome these difficulties, and further gives judges pointers on how to recognize these problems.

Author Notes: Karin Blignault started riding in her early twenties and had competition success in showjumping, horse trials and dressage. She competes in high level dressage, teaches riding and participates in equestrian seminars. Having studied occupational therapy, Karin took a diploma in the education of children with learning difficulties and then studied neuro-developmental therapy. Following this she went on to lecture on the development of visual perception and learning theory. Karin became increasingly aware of the parallels between communication techniques and the facilitation of movement in disabled children, and the key concepts of classical equitation. Further exploration of these parallels, in which she combined her knowledge of anatomy and neurology with her equestrian expertise, led to her writing the highly acclaimed Successful Schooling: Train Your Horse with Empathy, after which she produced Stretch Exercises for Your Horse.

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780851319537
Author: Karin Blignault

The book includes: the five stages of the horse's jump (approach, take-off, jump, landing, departure); the effects of the rider's position (i.e. what happens when the rider is tight with the reins, sits down too quickly, moves too quickly over a fence, or is in front of the movement or left behind it); fences to improve the horse's jump; overcoming typical problems and faults; flatwork exercises to improve the horse's canter and turning ability; pole work; grids and related distance; influencing the canter lead over a fence; building and riding courses; indoor cross-country practice; tables of distances; and notes on fence building.

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 120
ISBN: 9781872119953
Author: Melissa Troup

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Format: Spiral Bound
Number of Pages: 352
ISBN: 9780470047453
Author: Susan E. Harris
Author Notes: Susan E. Harris is an internationally known clinician, riding teacher, author, and artist. She appears regularly at horse expos in the U.S. and abroad. She has taught all seats and styles of riding, and has trained, shown, and prepared horses and riders for competition in many equestrian disciplines. She is the author and illustrator of Horse Gaits, Balance, and Movement, Grooming to Win (both previous editions), the three United States Pony Club Manuals of Horsemanship, and three other USPC guides (all Howell Book House).

This beautifully illustrated book profiles the most popular horse breeds, from the diminutive ponies and multitude of light horses to the eye-catching colour breeds and gentle giant draft horses. With descriptions of each breed, accompanied by exquisite photographs, this survey of horse breeds the world over constitutes an essential visual referance for anyone with an interest in horses.

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780760332658
Author: Samantha Johnson

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 356
ISBN: 9780643065987
Author: Peter Huntington, Jane Myers, Elizabeth Owens

A horse that is light in hand is proof of the highest order that the will of the rider and horse are truly one. Simply, lightness is born of trust. Ellen Schuthof's training of horses is different from other trainers, in that it emphasizes first the comfort, security and happiness of the horse. She stages short lessons to engage the horse's attention and cooperation. If the horse becomes confused, she immediately asks him to 'go back in time' to a point where he has mastered a task, and asks him to perform that task so as to restore his confidence. The horse finishes the short lesson unstressed, full of enthusiasm and pride in his new accomplishments, and with an ever deepening bond with his trainer.

Author Notes: ELLEN SCHUTHOF-LESMEISTER trained at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art in Jerez, Spain, and currently studies with two Portuguese masters. She studied for over two years with Danish Baroque trainer Bent Branderup, a renowned master of in-hand work. Schuthof and her husband own and run a training facility near Amsterdam. Internationally-published equestrian journalist KIP MISTRAL is a lifelong horsewoman. She has taught composition and technical writing at college level, and written over 75 articles for equine publications in the past several years. Mistral resides with her Andalusian stallion in Arizona.

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780851319698
Author: Ellen Schuthof-Lesmeister

Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 180
ISBN: 9781904057444
Author: Bryn Parry

Author Notes: Gillian Higgins is a professional equine sports therapist with her own equine massage and manipulation business. She has a first class Equine Business Management degree and holds qualifications in human sports and remedial massage. In 2006 she began a lecture demonstration programme, Horses Inside Out, to great acclaim. Gillian lives in Gloucestershire.

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780715329924
Author: Gillian Higgins

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 112
ISBN: 9781872119533
Author: Jennie Loriston-Clark

This step-by-step guide to both lungeing others and being lunged unveils the secrets behind the most beautiful - and functional - riding in the world. By combining traditional mounted exercises with yoga, conscious breath work, and hands-on bodywork, Linda Benedik's unique rider-lungeing programme helps the rider create a personal balance that leads to a deeper connection with the horse while at the same time developing a stable, correct, elegant and independent seat - every rider's goal.

Author Notes: Linda Benedik is an internationally known equestrian author, clinician, trainer, and riding instructor. She is the founder of 'Harmony With Horses', a unique programme that blends mind-body practices with classical horsemanship, and the author of the acclaimed book, Yoga for Equestrians, as well as the two-part instructional video series, Yoga & Riding. She resides on California's Gold Coast in San Buenaventura where she freelances as a private equestrian trainer for an exclusive clientele in the Los Angeles region. She also travels to teach various classical riding and yoga clinics each year.

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 248
ISBN: 9780851319599
Author: Linda Benedik