A guide for experts and beginners covering such topics as the purchase, care, feeding, grooming, exercising, and health of horses; equipment; competitions; and European, Western, and side-saddle styles of riding.

The Howell Equestrian Library is a distinguished collection of books on all aspects of horsemanship and horse mastership. The nearly fifty books in print offer readers in all disciplines and at all levels of competition sound instruction and guidance by some of the most celebrated riders, trainers, judges, and veterinarians in the horse world today. Whether your interest is dressage, show jumping, or western riding, or whether it is breeding, grooming,...

This information-packed handbook covers every aspect of horse riding with unrivaled clarity, showing you how to boost your performance and improve your technique, whatever your level. Ground-breaking technical photographic sequences are combined with expert advice on everything from mounting to competition work. Whether you enjoy dressage, showjumping, or cross-country, this superb manual explains how understanding and communicating with your horse...

How do horses live in the wild? What kind of pony lives near the North Pole? Why do horses wear shoes? In this book you'll find the answers and lots more fascinating things about horses and ponies.

A riding guide aimed at helping new riders to understand and compensate for horses' uncooperativeness, which covers such topics as English and Western riding fundamentals, safety and etiquette, horse behavior, jumping basics, and show preparation, and includes a glossary.