Reviewer: A reader from Boston, Massachusetts

Really liked this book -- great tips on everything from riding to choosing a horse/stable to buying tack to not being too hard on yourself for having a busy schedule.

I would highly recommend this to any riding adult who has a professional life to consider as well - not to mention a spouse, family, other pets to look after, etc. Also very insightful as to etiquette and how to gracefully exit from situations that don't suit you.

This reference book outlines the horse's anatomy and physiology and how it works, for horse owners and students.

The illustrations are added to by key facts and snippets of information from a leading equine veterinary surgeon.

This book is a must for the trainer of the young horse. He talks through all the stages in basic training and is very clear and concise in his method.

He describes an ideal timescale to work to and I have found it to work well with my horse.

Care of the horse and fittening are also considered to complete the package, everything you need is in one book.

Illustrates the traditional horse training methods of the Native Americans, which stresses the oneness of horse and rider, and a relationship of trust, harmony, and respect.

Whether you want a show jumper, a well-mannered hack, a dressage horse, a brave hunter, or a reliable child's pony, the foundations which you need to lay are the same.

This book explains the importance of the horse's balance and how to achieve it. It describes how to ride well, using classical riding techniques. It explains the benefit of working horses on the bit, why they often don't, and how to help them do it. It teaches you how to introduce your horse to jumping and solve most jumping problems.

A feature of the book is the many exercises to help your horse to become stronger, better balanced and more supple, and hence more successful in whatever sphere of the horse world you may wish to enter.

The last decade has seen an explosion of scientific research on the horse. In THE NATURE OF HORSES Stephen Budiansky explains the insights of modern science for the benefit of horse enthusiasts of all kinds.

'THE NATURE OF HORSES gives a cool, logical and sometimes humorous appraisal of what it means to be a horse....This book should not only be savoured by horsemen and horsewomen worldwide, but by anyone who purports to enjoy animals and what is left of the natural world around us'

Sylvia Loch, FINANCIAL TIMES

This text explains how apply simple techniques of equine psychology to help riders to achieve harmony with their horses on a day to day basis.

It is for both training the young horse and working on the behavioural problems of older horses.

This work examines the fascination and romance that is evident in every horse and pony club in the western hemisphere.

Holbrook writes about her obsession with boots, the willingness to get dirty, live with manure and to polish leather until it shines.