150 races de chevaux du monde entier sont présentées dans ce guide d'identification, à la fois beau et pratique. Plus de 250 magnifiques photographies et illustrations, toutes commentées, permettent une identification rapide et sûre. Le texte, clair et précis, présente pour chaque cheval l'histoire des origines de la race, ses caractéristiques et les influences connues.
Captain Elwyn Hartley Edwards, MC, was an equestrian writer and editor, born on 17 April 1927 on a boat between India and Britain, and his birth recorded in North Wales. He died on 9 December 2007, aged 80.
Elwyn Edwards was the editor of Riding magazine for 18 years. And the consultant editor for Horse & Hound for five years, he also served as a regional chairman of the British Horse Society and as a member of the BHS council, receiving the society's Award of Merit in 1993. He was also a vice-president of the Riding for the Disabled Association and vice-patron of the Horse and Pony Protection Association.
He used to regularly judge horse shows in the UK. He had written more than 30 books on horse-related subjects and was an authority on lorinery and saddlery