BHS Complete Manual of Stable Management

Part 1 The horse: conformation; action; psychology; teeth and ageing; breeds and breeding; identification; buying and selling a horse. Part 2 Care of the horse: handling a horse; stable vices and problem behaviour; grooming; bedding; clipping, trimming, pulling and plaiting; signs of good health; caring for the sick horse; internal parasites; shoeing and foot care. Part 3 The horse at grass: grassland management; managing equines at grass; working the grass-kept horse or pony; bringing a horse up from grass. Part 4 Saddlery: the saddle; bridles and other saddlery; bits; boots and bandages; clothing; care and cleaning; saddling up and unsaddling. Part 5 Specialist care of the competition horse: dressage horse; driving horse; show jumper; event horse; endurance horse; hunter; show horse or pony; point to pointer; polo pony; types of transportation; travelling. Part 6 The stable yard: construction; riding schools; organizing and running a yard; buying fodder and bedding; the law. Part 7 Watering and feeding: the necessity of water; the principles of watering; systems of watering for stabled horses; dehydration; food and digestion; the rules of feeding; composition of food; types of food; deciding on a ration; rations for different types of horse; feeding problems; preparing food; the feed shed and storing food; calculating rations.