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| Honeyb060674 |
Posted - 15 Jun 2011 : 10:32:37 PM
Can anyone recommend a good book for me & Sunny (Sunny just likes to look at the pictures but I do have to turn the pages!)
My motivation has returned & we're happily pootling about the yard & trotting off nicely in straight lines, but I feel we're lacking direction (although our steering isn't too bad  ) There's a wealth of knowledge on my yard, but ever the book worm I'd quite like something to read on the subject of further work, what we could be getting on with & how to get there. Just ideas for a little bit of structure I guess, not that I'd ever proclaim I'd read the book therefore I can do it! Life is never that simple is it?!  |
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| T42 |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 10:12:17 PM
Here are some
Richard Maxwell - Unlock your horse's talent & From birth to backing.
Bombproof your horse - Rick Pelicano. Entertaining style, some useful tips & imaginative bombproofing courses!
Schooling with ground poles - Claire Lilley. All sorts of patterns & exercises that can be done mounted or ridden.
Hope you enjoy them. |
| zebedeedeb |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 9:52:56 PM
and playtime with the horses too... learning becomes playtime ,,, what a way to go.... |
| Honeyb060674 |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 7:26:19 PM
I'm a huge Richard Maxwell fan too..his Training Your Young Horse has been my bible Think we might give Enlightened Equitation a bash, if the Mary Wanless read is a bit heavy going
...ordered!! And I seem to have ordered the Rio Barrett one too(Oops!) Well you can never have too much bed time reading |
| RUTHIE |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 5:55:49 PM
Def Richard Maxwell. I have Training your Foal and its like my bible. |
| zebedeedeb |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 2:18:57 PM
my favourite book at moment is 101 horsemanship exercises , by rio barrett,, groundwork and ridden exercises really get s you and your horse working together and can even do them in the rain , just right for this weather,,,deb |
| Tomos |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 1:41:55 PM
I'd definately recommend Enlightened Equitation, it lives up to its name and Heather rides and likes Arabians !
Heather is hoping to republish it this year, don't know where you are but she is running a demo at The Welsh Crabbet Show, so you can see her work and ask questions, there's lots of pics for Sunny.
Also some of my old favourites are The Complete Training of Horse and Rider, Alois Podhajsky, The Classical Rider, Sylvia Loch and Living and Working with the Horse of Spain, Peter Maddison-Greenwell (relevant to all breeds). I've read the Mary Wanless book, I don't know if its the way its written but I found it quite hard going.
Happy Reading
Mandy |
| shah |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 1:08:12 PM
Would second the recommendation for the Richard Maxwell books, but also add The 100% Horse by Michael Peace.
For ideas of structure with horse riding (and life in general) I've just finished reading Simple Steps to Riding Success by Liz Morrison, another good read. Most of it is quite logical, but some of it really gets you thinking. |
| angelarab |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 12:46:56 PM
Richard Maxwell books are ace |
| Arachnid |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 12:37:47 PM
Have read 'Ride with your mind' by Mary Wanless Think I preferred 'Enlightened Equitation by Heather Moffat which seemed to be aimed at mere mortals like me. |
| Honeyb060674 |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 10:19:49 AM
We have one on our yard too Judith! Every yard should have one, they are nothing if not entertaining!! 
There isn't any one particular 'method' I'm interested in reading about, we do what suits us best. Has anyone read any of Mary Wanless books? |
| Judith S |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 08:51:05 AM
Originally posted by Honeyb060674 not that I'd ever proclaim I'd read the book therefore I can do it! Life is never that simple is it?!
That made me chuckle Claire, our neighbour before we moved was a perfect example. Whatever you spoke about she had 'done the course' or 'read the book', unfortunately she could not actually DO anything |
