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xii, 432 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Basic safety practices -- Horse sense and training psychology -- Handling and training the foal -- Handling and training the weanling -- The yearling and the 2-year-old -- Ground work before riding -- Bits and their uses -- Bitting and driving -- First mounted lessons -- First rides in the open -- The walk -- The trot -- Lightness and collection -- The gallop, the canter, and the lope -- Further schooling -- Trailer training -- Retraining the spoiled horse -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Equine anatomy -- Appendix B. Gait sequences
Storey's Guide to Training Horses is a one-stop reference for every aspect of horse training, including a complete program for turning a shy and gangly foal into a calm, confident, well-balanced equine partner. Now with full-color photography, the third edition includes step-by-step guidance on all the essential training procedures for both English- and Western-style riding, including haltering and leading, saddling and mounting, and addresses the finer points of gaits, lightness, and collection. Best-selling author Heather Smith Thomas draws on her decades of equestrian experience to anticipate every situation that might arise and provide answers to managing all the potential challenges of training different types of horses