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Title & Author |
Book
Description |
Price |
Cavalletti
The Schooling of Horse and Rider
over Ground Rails
PRICE £16.95
Ingrid & Reiner Klimke
This revised and updated edition of
Reiner Klimke’s classic book on cavalletti work now has an extended
section on gymnastic jumping by the author’s daughter, Ingrid Klimke, a
trainer of international show-jumpers. First published 30 years ago, the
original information on schooling horses over cavalletti is still valid
today but the book also encompasses the changing face and requirements of
the modern sport horse.
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Constructing
Cross-Country Obstacles
Bill Thomson
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This
clearly explained and illustrated book explains how to produce attractive,
wellbuilt, safe cross-country fences, advising on tools, materials, types
of fences, landings and take-offs, multiple and alternative obstacles and
water hazards. The author was course builder and technical adviser to the
BHS and designed and built world and individual championship courses.
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£5.95 |
Courses for
Horses
A Complete
Guide to Constructing ShowJumping Courses
Christopher Coidrey
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Welcomed by course
designers, jumping competitors, show officials, trainers and instructors
everywhere, this new edition is packed with practical advice on such
matters as how a horse jumps, the basic principles of safe course
designing, the problems of indoor jumping, water obstacles, building
courses for ponies, and planning and setting up a course. Additional
chapters include courses for horse trials and working hunters and course
plans from international designers around the world.
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£16.95
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| Judging
Fences for Cross-Country
Nina Lowe |
A valuable handbook for anyone involved
in fence judging at any level, written by an Olympic event judge. The
contents will also assist the competitor to understand the marking system
and enhance the enjoyment of the enthusiastic spectator. |
£7.95 |
Riding
Cross Country
Martin Diggle |
A
guidebook for novice riders explaining the basics of cross-country riding
which will also be of interest to the experienced club-level rider. The
tactics of riding over all kinds of fences are discussed, as are the
special requirements of eventing, hunter trials, and hunting.
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£5.95 |
| Riding
over Jumps Martin
Diggle |
A
practical guide which takes the rider from work over ground poles to first
competitions. It explains the basic principles of safe and correct jumping
techniques, eliminates riding errors, and helps the rider to cope with the
special problems which arise when riding a variety of horses over all
kinds of obstacles.
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£5.95 |
Training Showjumpers
REVISED EDITION
Anthony Paalman, FRC
PRICE £30.00
This great Continental classic, a
best-seller in nine languages, covers buying, breaking and training the
showjumper as well as the design of courses and free jumping lanes. The
author is a trainer and course designer and builder with an international
reputation and his book is essential reading for the serious rider and
trainer and the BHS Examination candidate.
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| Visions
of Eventing Elizabeth
Furth |
Top
international event riders describe their technique, problems and feelings
at specific moments captured by Elizabeth Furth’s camera. A unique
celebration of the three-day-event, full of insight and information about
the sport, and the horses and riders who excel in this exacting and
enthralling discipline.
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£29.95 |
BLYTH
TAIT’S
CROSS-COUNTRY
CLINIC
The Ultimate Problem-Solving
Manual for Riders at all
Levels
PRICE £17.95 |
| In
question-and-answer form with numerous tips, Blyth identifies specific
difficulties and offers solutions based on tried-and-tested methods from
his own unique training system.
He explains how to overcome horse problems
such as refusing, rushing, running out, jumping hollow, drifting,
carelessness and napping — and he gives practical advice on how riders
can improve their position and sharpen their skills and how to deal with
some of the dilemmas faced at competitions. He also provides key training
exercises designed to improve the horse’s athleticism, confidence and
all-round performance.
Blyth Tait is one of the most accomplished
and admired event riders in the world. His repeated successes with
numerous horses, and the popularity of his training clinics, prove that he
has many of the answers to the common problems encountered on today’s
cross-country courses.
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| PRACTICAL
EVENTING
Sally 0 Connor |
The
first edition of this classic was one of the most useful books ever
written on eventing. Now, the revised edition of 1999, with updated photos
and full revision of the text, it is even better! |
£20.00 |
| CROSS-COUNTRY
RIDING
Lucinda Green MBE
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With
the aid of superb sequence shots Lucinda analyses the approach, take-off
and landing of a wide variety of obstacles.
‘Careful study will advance
riders’ theoretical knowledge at least by several seasons... while
spectators will find their enjoyment enhanced due to better understanding
of the questions asked of the horses they watch. It is a real service to
the sport.’ Horse & Hound
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£19.99 |
