Riding a Horse

Riding horses is an age-old pleasure but it cannot be taken lightly. Debby Sly's guide offers a comprehensive introduction for beginners and in later chapters, advice on how to improve upon skills learned in the earlier ones.

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This comprehensive volume includes information on learning to ride, from the novice meeting the horse and saddling for the first time, to the competent rider mastering the intricacies of dressage and tackling fences. Each new skill is presented in a straightforward step-by-step format, with clear diagrams and photographs to help ensure that both rider and horse feel comfortable, at ease and ready to meet the challenges ahead. The book then presents, the range of activities to be enjoyed with a horse. From the individual discipline of dressage to team sports, such as polo, this handbook aims to provide all a rider needs to know to gain the maximum pleasure from both jumping and non-jumping sports.