Jodine Carruthers, Equine Behavior Specialist and a true lover of horses, delivers an illuminating and important gift to everyone who owns or spends time with horses. In If Your Horse Could Talk Carruthers takes us step by step through the process of knowing our horse...and knowing ourselves through a holistic approach to connecting with horses. Achieving this, we are more likely to connect successfully with our horse, becoming the herd leader while allowing our horse to express who he is. This is not about dominance, but authentic partnership. Every page of this conscientiously created guide leads us closer to that perfect relationship where human and horse are filled with joy. Where do we find such harmony? The answer lies in successful communication, awareness, trusting our intuition, and understanding our bodies and nervous system, as well as the horse's. As we learn all of this, we move that much closer to the joy and unconditional love that horses can bring.

This is an ideal training guide with simple explanations of the different jumping exercises used by world-class horse riding celebrities. The contributors are all Olympic riders or trainers at the very top of eventing. Their achievements include World, European and Olympic medals, Badminton and numerous Burghley Horse Trial wins. This book features sequential photographs and notes as to when to use the exercises, when not to, and how to fix common problems. It includes photographs of the celebrity riders and their training philosophies.