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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Equestrian & animal sports > Riding & horsemanship > General

The Psychology of Horsemanship - Understanding the Horse and You (Paperback): Claire Lilley The Psychology of Horsemanship - Understanding the Horse and You (Paperback)
Claire Lilley
R520 Discovery Miles 5 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Horses are fascinating and perceptive creatures. Developing a thorough understanding of how a horse interprets the world around them and deliberately being self-aware as a rider, are the essential skills to a successful and fulfilling partnership. In The Psychology of Horsemanship, well-known equestrian author and horse expert, Claire Lilley, shares her passion and knowledge about horses and riders developed from over forty years' experience in the equestrian world, and more recently several years in the mental health profession. Divided into three sections, the book covers: Equine psychology - the horses's senses, primary responses and emotion; Training psychology - the rider's communication, training and learning from past experiences; Relational psychology - the goals, the development and the challenges faced in successful horsemanship. With high-quality photographs, diagrams and extended real-life examples, this book explores the application of psychology to the world of horses and how the understanding and evolvement of the horse-rider relationship impacts on both mental and physical development.

Caballos - ?Quieres conocernos? (Spanish, Hardcover): Susana Conde Caballos - ?Quieres conocernos? (Spanish, Hardcover)
Susana Conde
R584 Discovery Miles 5 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Great American Horse Stories - Lyons Press Classics (Paperback): Sharon B. Smith Great American Horse Stories - Lyons Press Classics (Paperback)
Sharon B. Smith
R422 R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Save R40 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A collection for equine enthusiasts *An all-new collection of the best of the classics *Editor was anchor of horse sports in ESPN *Fresh, new series design A perfect gift for riders, writers, or literary buffs, Horse Stories is an essential collection of some of the most compelling stories ever written about America's horses.

Advanced Dressage Training - Medium to Grand Prix (Paperback): Angela  Niemeyer Eastwood, Andrea Hessay Advanced Dressage Training - Medium to Grand Prix (Paperback)
Angela Niemeyer Eastwood, Andrea Hessay
R617 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R65 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Advanced Dressage Training, Grand Prix rider/trainer Angela Niemeyer Eastwood outlines the hows and whys of advanced training in a practical, logical fashion, with the aim of helping you to create harmonious partnerships with your horses. Dressage has moved beyond the basics of just riding and training a horse, and now encompasses many complementary disciplines, including psychology. This has always been part of the most successful athletes' repertoires and is now acknowledged as being one of the main contributory factors to excellence in any sport. Technical skills need to go hand in hand with mental commitment, discipline, dedication and resilience. Mindsets can be changed - what is needed is knowledge, support, imagination and perseverance. This book introduces the idea that aids are just that: they let the horse know what the rider wants. When this is understood, the horse should be allowed to do whatever has been asked of him - alone and unaided - until something else is required or the horse needs a reminder. The pursuit of excellence - not perfection - is what dressage is all about. Advanced Dressage Training offers advice and encouragement towards the improvement and development of you and your horse as an advanced partnership, taking you towards excellence in the process.

Lady Rode Bucking Horses - The Story of Fannie Sperry Steele, Woman of the West (Paperback): Dee Marvine Lady Rode Bucking Horses - The Story of Fannie Sperry Steele, Woman of the West (Paperback)
Dee Marvine
R475 R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Save R52 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Lady Rode Bucking Horses depicts an era of the American West when capturing renegade horses from the hills above the homestead served as training ground for extraordinary horsemanship. It documents the life of the outstanding girl who outrode them all at stampedes and roundups and the woman she became, her spirit undaunted throughout a life marked with courage and adventure, triumph and heartache. Born on a Montana homestead in 1887, at the age of two, Fannie Sperry declared "I gonna catch me a white-face horsie." A remarkable woman who became a world champion, she raced thoroughbreds with a women's relay team known as the Montana Girls, twice won the title of Lady Bucking Horse Champion of the World, rode with Buffalo Bill Cody and other top western performers, became the first woman in the state of Montana to be granted an outfitters license, and was named a charter member of the Cowboy Hall of Fame.

Compassionate Equestrian (Paperback): Allen M. Schoen, Susan Gordon Compassionate Equestrian (Paperback)
Allen M. Schoen, Susan Gordon
R562 R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Save R51 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This marvelous book, borne of a unique collaboration between Dr Allen Schoen - a world-renowned veterinarian and author - and trainer and competitor of many years, Susan Gordon, introduces the 25 principles of compassionate equitation. These principles, conceived by Schoen and Gordon, are a set of developmental guidelines, encouraging a level of personal awareness that may be enacted not only through the reader's engagement with horses, but can be extended to all humans and sentient beings he or she encounters. The 25 Principles share stories and outline studies that identify and support methods of training, handling, and caring for horses that constitute a safe, healthy, non-stressful, and pain-free environment. Through their Compassionate Equestrian programme, the authors encourage all involved in the horse industry, worldwide, to approach training and handling with compassion and a willingness to alleviate suffering. These simple changes, that any horse person can make, can have a vast impact on the horse industry and society as a whole.

Ridden (Hardcover): Ulrike Thiel Ridden (Hardcover)
Ulrike Thiel 1
R635 R571 Discovery Miles 5 710 Save R64 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What does the horse feel when a rider is crooked in the saddle? What is it like to go faster or slower, to round curves and travel straight, with an unbalanced load to carry? What goes through the horse's mind when he is over-flexed and over-aided...when he is forced into biomechanically unsound positions? What happens when a prey animal (the horse) must learn to defeat his own preservation instinct and perform on cue with a predator (humankind) clinging to his back? In this important book, Dr. Ulrike Thiel-a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, sport psychologist, dressage rider, riding instructor, judge, and Xenophon Society classical trainer-examines these important questions, and others. With the use of exercises and astute comparisons, Thiel gives readers an eye-opening tour of the realm of the ridden dressage horse, ensuring we all work to make the job of "being ridden" part of a mutual pursuit-a dance involving two engaged and caring partners, a friendship binding mind and body.

Rider + Horse = 1 (Paperback): Eckart Meyners Rider + Horse = 1 (Paperback)
Eckart Meyners; As told to Hannes Muller, Kerstin Reimann
R598 R538 Discovery Miles 5 380 Save R60 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

At last a book that demystifies the communication system between rider and horse. Equestrian sports physiologist Eckart Meyners, and Hannes Muller, head instructor for the German National Riding School, show how good riding is a three-dimensional dialogue. Beginning with a thorough explanation of the classical training scale and a six-step program to build balance and rhythm, Meyners and Muller go on to three basic riding techniques -the flexing technique, the bending technique, and the half-halt technique, which they believe to be the foundation for all training. These are the primary skills for riding in dialogue with a horse. Throughout, exercises are provided to refine technique and work through the training scale, finally achieving the skill level necessary for horse and rider to work in collection.

The Difficult Horse - Understanding and solving riding, handling and behavioural problems (Paperback): Sarah Fisher, Karen Bush The Difficult Horse - Understanding and solving riding, handling and behavioural problems (Paperback)
Sarah Fisher, Karen Bush 1
R469 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Save R48 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Difficult Horse provides many insights as to why a horse may develop unwanted behaviours. 'Problem' behaviour is usually more of a problem for the handler than the horse, which is likely to have established patterns of behaviour as a way of helping himself feel safe in situations he finds mentally and/or physically stressful. As well as explaining the reasons for a horse's reactive and sometimes dangerous responses, this book suggests a number of practical exercises that can help to address a wide range of commonly encountered issues. Even if you consider your horse to be problem-free, these exercises will still be invaluable in helping you and your horse to develop a closer, more pleasurable and successful relationship.

L'Instruction Du Roy En l'Exercice de Monter A Cheval (French, Paperback): Antoine De Pluvinel L'Instruction Du Roy En l'Exercice de Monter A Cheval (French, Paperback)
Antoine De Pluvinel
R557 Discovery Miles 5 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Traite Des Resistances Du Cheval Ou Methode Raisonnee de Dressage Des Chevaux Difficiles (Ed.1877) (French, Paperback, 1877... Traite Des Resistances Du Cheval Ou Methode Raisonnee de Dressage Des Chevaux Difficiles (Ed.1877) (French, Paperback, 1877 ed.)
Adolphe-Gustave Gerhardt
R803 Discovery Miles 8 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lecons de Science Hippique Generale. Partie 2 (Ed.1855-1857) (French, Paperback, 1855-1857 ed.): Bon De Curnieu Lecons de Science Hippique Generale. Partie 2 (Ed.1855-1857) (French, Paperback, 1855-1857 ed.)
Bon De Curnieu
R954 Discovery Miles 9 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Traite d'Equitation Contenant l'Art de Monter A Cheval d'Apres de la Gueriniere (Ed.1879) (French, Paperback,... Traite d'Equitation Contenant l'Art de Monter A Cheval d'Apres de la Gueriniere (Ed.1879) (French, Paperback, 1879 ed.)
Francois Robichon De La Gueriniere
R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cob's Can - Training and Riding the Versatile Cob (Paperback): Omar Rabia Cob's Can - Training and Riding the Versatile Cob (Paperback)
Omar Rabia
R684 R611 Discovery Miles 6 110 Save R73 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With the popularity of the cob rising year by year, it's time to extol the virtues of this humble hero of the horse world. Cobs Can! is an instructional training book specifically geared to cob riders who want to improve their flatwork and jumping. Using kind and gentle training methods that work with (not against) the typical cob's nature and build, Omar Rabia shows that it's perfectly possible to train these wonderful creatures to advanced levels. The book includes lateral work in walk, trot and canter, as well as piaffe, passage and Spanish walk. There are tips on jumping and exercises to improve technique. Most of all the book is a celebration of achievement, of what's possible when the versatile cob and a thoughtful rider combine their efforts - proving that cobs really can!

Successful Dressage Competitor (Paperback): Debby Lush Successful Dressage Competitor (Paperback)
Debby Lush; Foreword by Carl Hester
R676 R609 Discovery Miles 6 090 Save R67 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Are your dressage scores as high as you expect them to be? Are you good at riding, but not so good at competing? This book offers coaching on all aspects of preparing for and riding in dressage tests up to Medium level. There are instructions on how to ride all the test movements correctly, along with advice on the practical matters of choosing when and where to compete, learning and practising tests, having your horse and all your equipment organised, and then having a clear routine to follow once you arrive at the show. Best of all, the author explains how to master the art of competing, including presenting your horse in such a way that any training issues are not obvious to the eye - especially that of the judge.

Kottas on Dressage (Hardcover): Arthur Kottas-Heldenburg Kottas on Dressage (Hardcover)
Arthur Kottas-Heldenburg; Illustrated by Maggie Raynor; Julie Rowbotham
R784 R709 Discovery Miles 7 090 Save R75 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

If you want to progress up from novice and need some help with the more advanced novice and elementary movements you will find this book really helpful. Kottas looks at each of the horses paces and gives a clear guide to what is required and most importantly how to achieve this. There are some excellent illustrations which clearly show everything from the rider's aids to the flexion required from the horse. The book also includes some stunning photographs which again are very easy to understand. There are also sections on lateral movements, changes of lead and piaffe and passage for those with greater ambitions.

How to Create the Perfect Riding Horse (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Perry Wood How to Create the Perfect Riding Horse (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Perry Wood
R599 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R89 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a frank and encouraging guide aimed at everyone who knows their horse could be better. Key requirements of a perfect riding horse are identified and then explored in depth with a detailed breakdown of how to train each element. The perfect horse requires the perfect rider, and simple yet effective ways to become the rider your perfect horse deserves are discussed so you can train both yourself and your horse. This book takes the reader all the way from choosing the right horse through mastering the basics, lateral work and introducing jumping, all presented in a contemporary 'magazine-style' format. It also provides 'inside' knowledge and essential ingredients with clear step-by-step photography and text to help readers create their perfect riding horse for any discipline or level of ability.

100 Ways to Improve Your Horse's Schooling (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Susan McBane 100 Ways to Improve Your Horse's Schooling (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Susan McBane
R713 R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Save R113 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers a comprehensive gallery of ideas for improving the training of any horse.The chapters deal with a range of topics progressing from improving stable manners and ridden skills, to checking your own riding habits and honing your mental approach to schooling.It is published in an accessible format with easy-to-access information and cross-referenced advice.It is fully illustrated in colour throughout, with practical photography accompanying the detailed advice at every stage.

Getting Horses Fit (Hardcover): Carolyn Henderson Getting Horses Fit (Hardcover)
Carolyn Henderson
R653 R591 Discovery Miles 5 910 Save R62 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For a horse or pony to perform well - whether that be in eventing, endurance, show jumping, reining or any other of the myriad disciplines within the modern equestrian world - he has to be fit for the job. Fitness is vital whether you aim to compete at international level or local weekend competitions, because a fit horse will stand a better chance of staying sound, both physically and mentally, and will have a longer and more active life. The same criteria apply if you choose not to compete but to ride purely for pleasure. The happy hacker or trail mount is still a working animal and needs to be prepared and maintained accordingly. After all, a Formula One racing car and a weekend run-around both need correct fuel and to be kept in good working order. In "Getting Horses Fit", Carolyn Henderson, with the assistance of competitors, equine science experts and experienced owners, explains what fitness means and how to achieve it, enabling owners to work out an individual fitness programme suitable for their own horse, whatever their level of activity. The topics include: assessing your horse; health and condition; disciplines and their demands; feeding for fitness; environment management; building strength and suppleness; interval training; tack and equipment; travelling and competing; lungeing and long-reining; poles and gridwork; hands-on techniques; and diet and fitness for riders and the mental approach.

Lessons in Lightness - The Art of Educating the Horse (Paperback): Mark Russell Lessons in Lightness - The Art of Educating the Horse (Paperback)
Mark Russell; As told to Andrea Steele
R1,145 Discovery Miles 11 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Drawing on the theories of the old masters of dressage, Lessons in Lightness:
The Art of Educating the Horse shows how both horse and rider can greatly benefit from traditional dressage techniques and exercises. Written by a veteran horse trainer with more than thirty years of experience, this is the only book that takes the core elements of classical dressage and applies them as the basis for good general horsemanship today.
With this step-by-step program, both horse and rider learn from each other. The rider is taught to focus on subtle nuances of communication, while the horse develops gymnastically so he can respond correctly to the aids. Once the horse masters the basic exercises, the rider not only has a very rideable horse, but also one that can perform and advance in almost any discipline for which it is suited--from dressage and show jumping to Western pleasure and performance riding.
An exploration into the horse's physiological and psychological state is the basis for building that strong bond most riders yearn to achieve. Learning lightness opens the door to the art of riding.

Right Track (Spiral bound): Sarah Venamore Right Track (Spiral bound)
Sarah Venamore
R492 R441 Discovery Miles 4 410 Save R51 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With arena exercises designed to fine-tune rider coordination and communication and improve transitions, rhythm, flexion, accuracy, and balance, this indispensable collection of schooling techniques will revitalize flatwork sessions, making them interesting, effective, and fun. Including clear diagrams, step-by-step instructions, and tips for improvement, these exercises provide a range of patterns that will keep the rider and the horse challenged throughout each training session.

Riding from the Inside out (Paperback, New edition): Lisa Champion, Anna-Louise Bouvier, Larissa Chadwick Riding from the Inside out (Paperback, New edition)
Lisa Champion, Anna-Louise Bouvier, Larissa Chadwick
R517 R462 Discovery Miles 4 620 Save R55 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A unique book combining the talents of an exercise specialist, physical therapist, and gifted rider. Together, they've created a whole new exercise and stretching program to practice off the horse and improve your performance on the horse.

Building Show Jumps (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Andy Radford Building Show Jumps (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Andy Radford
R468 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Save R47 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As a rider, testing your skill over jumps is one of the most exhilarating experiences. Part of developing the confidence to soar over the pole or rail comes from an understanding of the nature of the jump - and how better to understand this than to know how it is built, or, better sA practical, step-by-step guide to the construction of a set of show jumps and their associated fillers, Building Show Jumps explains everything you need to know clearly, concisely, and with numerous photographs and diagrams.till, build your own.; Starting techniques and building sturdy feet; Basic jumps, rectangle wings and standard wings; Spread jumps, pillars and stile jumps; Considers health and safety, tools and materials

Breaking and Riding - With Military Commentaries (Paperback): James Fillis Breaking and Riding - With Military Commentaries (Paperback)
James Fillis; Translated by M.H. Hayes; Introduction by Barbara Burkhardt
R613 R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Save R102 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the most important works ever written on dressage, "Breaking and Riding" is essential reading for the serious dressage enthusiast. In this work, the result of a lifetime spent training horses, James Fillis (1834-1913) clearly explains his theories and methods, starting with the basics of breaking--lungeing, work in hand, and first mounting--and progressing to advanced work, including canter pirouette, tempi changes, piaffe, and passage. Throughout the work, Fillis always returns to his basic principle: The horse must be "correctly balanced and light in forward movements and propulsion, in order that the rider may obtain the most powerful effects with the least exertion." Fillis was an apprentice to a student of the legendary trainer Francois Baucher. In this book, while expressing admiration for Baucher, Fillis also explains in detail the ways in which he believed Baucher was mistaken in some of his methods.

American Horses (Paperback, Bison books ed): Ralph Moody American Horses (Paperback, Bison books ed)
Ralph Moody
R387 R319 Discovery Miles 3 190 Save R68 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Horses came to America from Spain, England, the Low Countries, and Arabia. Here they interbred and flourished as never before. "Out of the melting pot have come four entirely new breeds that rank among the finest horses of the world. Three of them originated through the painstaking and intelligent efforts of American horsemen, one through a freak of nature." That "freak" was a little bay stallion born when George Washington was president. This chunky, short-legged horse proved to be not only hardy and gentle but also able to outpull and outrun any other horse in New England or New York. Plagued by his owners' bad luck, the horse spent most of his twenty-eight years hauling freight but sired many offspring who also showed the strength, endurance, speed, heart, and peculiar conformation of the original Morgan horse. Based on extensive and careful research, this book tells the stories of the origins of the Morgan, the Standardbred, the American Saddle Horse, and the Tennessee Walking Horse as well as their progenitors--Figure, Messenger, Hamiltonian, Black Hawk, Dutchman, Lady Suffolk, Cockspur, Denmark, Tom Hal, Copperbottom, and Roan Allen--and the breeders and fanciers who recognized their special qualities.

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