Complete Horse Riding Manual

by William Micklem

Horses allow ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and this extraordinary book shows you how. Now revised and updated, the Complete Horse Riding Manual covers dressage, show jumping, and cross-country riding, detailing everything you need to know to compete in these events, whether you are a beginner or more experienced rider. Complete Horse Riding Manual is brimming with advice on finding the best horse for you, training a young horse, forming the ultimate horse-and-rider team, boosting and maintaining your own physical fitness and suppleness, and building the fitness and stamina of your horse.

Genres: Horses, Nonfiction, Reference, Animals, Sports

400 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Sarah Toton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read lots of equestrian nonfiction but this was by far the best. I even ordered my own copy of this after reading! The last half of the book is about different types of shows and was much more detailed than most accounts.

[LynnG · Rating 4 out of 5]

Includes both fairly basic information (how to mount a horse), and really complex stuff (advanced dressage techniques, horse training, etc)...so it's not a good beginner book...but has some stuff that's too easy for an advanced rider. And there is only one short metion of Western riding...all the focus is on dressage, showjumping, and cross country...so I don't know that it's a "complete" horse riding manual. That's being said, it had a lot of interesting information, and was worth reading. :)

[Debbie T · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is indeed complete. Not really for the casual rider--but heavily focused on preparing for jumping, dressage and eventing. Lovely photographs and many diagrams and charts , including ones that tell you probably what is wrong and how to fix it. This book makes a great reference book for the competing rider. Also has good info. for anyone of understanding your horse, balanced riding, coping with nerves, etc. Comprehensive chapter on physical preparation for the rider.

[Alliandre · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Daria · Rating 5 out of 5]

если честно я другой мануал по конному спорту читала, просто тут его не нашла, а добавлять лень

[PottWab Regional Library]

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[Arabesque · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is very concise and has a lot of information. However, with so many topics to cover, the information was a little too basic for me, because this sort of info you can find in any other horse book. That's why I'm only giving it two stars.