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Essential reading for students taking British Horse Society examinations - invaluable to amateurs and professionals alike

A comprehensive guide to the care and management of horses and ponies. This new edition has been fully revised, updated and expanded, with the addition of many new illustrations, to bring it into line with current thinking in the horse world.

Filled with reliable information and advice on modern stable management practices, the book provides a sound foundation for Horse Knowledge and Care Stages 1 to 4 and the BHS Stable Manager's Certificate.

Throughout, the emphasis is on the adoption of correct and safe procedures for the welfare of all who come into contact with horses, as well as for the animals themselves.

Coverage Includes:

The Horse

- Conformation and How to Assess it
- Action
- Psychology
- Teeth and Ageing
- Breeds and Breeding
- Identification
- Buying and Selling a Horse

Care of the Horse

- Management Methods
- Handling
- Grooming
- Clipping, Trimming, Pulling and Plaiting
- The Foot and Shoeing
- Bedding
- Signs of Good and Ill-Health
- Sick Nursing
- Basic Systems of the Horse
- How to Get a Horse Fit
- Internal Parasites
- Stable Vices and Problem Behaviour

Watering and Feeding

- Watering
- Food and Digestion
- The Rules of Feeding
- Food - Composition and Types
- Deciding on a Ration
- Feeding Problems and Non-Routine Feeding
- Managing Forage
- The Feed Shed and Storing Food

Saddlery and Tack

- The Saddle
- Bridles and Other Saddlery
- Bits
- Boots and Bandages
- Clothing
- Care and Cleaning
- Saddling up and Unsaddling

Specialist Care of the Competition Horse

- Guidelines for Competition Horses
- Event Horse
- Dressage Horse
- Show Jumper
- Endurance Horse
- Driving Horse
- Hunter
- Point-to-Pointer
- Show Horse or Pony
- Polo Pony
- Transportation

The Horse at Grass

- Glassland Management
- Managing Horses and Ponies at Grass
- Working the Grass-Kept Horse or Pony
- Bringing a Horse up From Grass

The Stable Yard

- Construction and Design
- Riding Areas
- Buying Fodder and Bedding
- Organising and Running a Yard
- The Law