Book List

Book List
These four books were my reference source to start my career as a horse trainer.
	ROBERTS, Tom - “Horse Control and the Bit”
	ROBERTS, Tom – “Horse Control the Young Horse”
	ROBERTS, Tom – “Horse Control the Rider”
	ROBERTS, Tom - “Horse Control – Reminiscences”
These books are all great perspectives on mid to advanced levels of training and should be read by every rider.
	BURKHARDT, Barbara - “Dressage from A to X”
	LOCH, Sylvia - "Dressage in Lightness"
	LOCH, Sylvia - "The Classical Rider"
	PODHAJSKY, Alois - "My Horses, My Teachers"
	HENRIQUES, Pegotty - “Balanced Riding”
	OLIVEIRA, Nuno - "Reflections on Equestrian Art"
	MUSELER, Wilhelm - “Riding Logic”
	HARRIS, Charles - “Fundamentals of Riding”
	LEMAIRE De RUFFIEU, Francois - “The Handbook of Riding Essentials”
	De KUNFFY, Charles - “The Ethics and Passions of Dressage”
These are books on tack and its use.
	Malm, Dr. Gerhard A “Bits and Bridles an Encyclopedia”
	McBANE, Susan - “The Horse and the Bit”
	TAYLOR, Louis - “Bits, Their History, Use & Misuse”
	EDWARDS, Elwyn Hartley - “Saddlery”
These are great books on the history of riding and will give the reader perspective.
	LOCH, Sylvia - Dressage - "The Art of Classical Riding"
	KELLOCK, E.M. - “The Story of Riding”
	Xenophon “The Art of Horsemanship”
These books are on very solid western training, theory and perspective.
	Dorrance, Tom “True Unity”
	McCall, Dr. Jim - “Influencing Horse Behavior”
	Corley, G F “Riding and Schooling the Western Performance Horse”
These are technical books on training that will only be needed by trainers or very advanced riders.
	de la Gueriniere, Francois Robichon “School of Horsemanship”
	Harris, Charles “Workbooks from the Spanish School 1948-1951”
	FILLIS, James - “Breaking and Riding”
	DECARPENTRY, General "Academic Equitation"
	PODHAJSKY, Alois – “The Complete Training of Horse and Rider”
	Cavendish, William “A General System of Horsemanship”
	Baucher, Francois “The Man and His Method”
	L’Hotte, Alexis-Francois “The Quest for Lightness in Equitation”
This is the shoeing text used at most universities.
	BUTLER, Dr. Doug - “The Principles of Horseshoeing II”
Classic books of the 1800’s are on shoeing, training and breaking horses. Interesting from a historical perspective but for the most part outdated.
	Magner, Dennis “The Classic Encyclopedia of the Horse”
	Lungwitz, Anton “Horseshoeing”
	Hayes, M Horace “Illustrated Horse Training”