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