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Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading - General Horse Information and Horse Health
  • Complete Horse & Pony Care by The British Horse Society
  • Horse Care for Kids: Grooming, Feeding, Behavior, Stable & Pasture, Health Care, Handling & Safety, Enjoying by Cherry Hill
  • Horses, 3rd Edition: A Guide to Selection, Care, and Enjoyment by J. Warren Evans
  • Horsewatching: Why does a horse whinny and everything else you ever wanted to know by Desmond Morris
  • How to Think Like A Horse: The Essential Handbook for Understanding Why Horses Do What They Do by Cherry Hill
  • Stablekeeping: A Visual Guide to Safe and Healthy Horsekeeping (Horsekeeping Skills.) by Cherry Hill and Richard Klimesh
  • The Body Language of Horses: Revealing the Nature of Equine Needs, Wishes and Emotions and How Horses Communicate Them - For Owners, Breeders, Trainers, ... Other Horse Lovers Including Handicappers by Tom Ainslee and Tom Ainslie
  • Understanding Horse Behavior by Sue McDonnell Ph.D.  
  • What Your Horse Wants You to Know: What Horses' "Bad" Behavior Means, and How to Correct It by Gincy Self Bucklin

 
Recommended Reading - Lessons and Ring Excercises
  • 101 Arena Exercises: A Ringside Guide for Horse & Rider by Cherry Hill
  • 101 Dressage Exercises for Horse & Rider by Jec Aristotle Ballou
  • 101 Jumping Exercises: For Horse and Rider by Linda L. Allen and Dianna R. Dennis
  • Centered Riding by Sally Swift
  • Complete Horse Riding Manual by William Micklem
  • Games on Horseback by Betty Bennett-Talbot and Steven Bennett
  • George H. Morris Teaches Beginners to Ride: A Clinic for Instructors, Parents, and Students by George H. Morris
  • Getting the Most from Riding Lessons by Mike Smith
  • Riding for Kids: Stable Care, Equipment, Tack, Clothing, Longeing, Lessons, Jumping, Showing by Judy Richter
  • Simplify Your Riding: Step-by-Step Techniques to Improve Your Riding Skills by Wendy Murdoch
  • Teaching Children to Ride by Jane Wallace
  • Teaching Safe Horsemanship: A Guide to English and Western Instruction by Jan Dawson
  • The British Horse Society Riding Manual by Margaret Linington-Payne
  • The Principles of Teaching Riding: The Official Manual of the Association of British Riding Schools by Karen Bush and Julian Marczak
  • The Riding Teacher by Alois Podhajsky
  • Themed Lesson Plans for Riding Instructors by Melissa Troup