The British Horse Society's comprehensive guide to the care and management of horses and ponies.
Filled with reliable information and advice on modern stable management practices, this book provides a sound foundation for the 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.
Although designed to be a course book for those taking BHS exams, it is still invaluable to anyone looking after horses, either as a general source of information or as a quick reference guide.
The Horse: · Conformation · Action · Psychology · Teeth and Ageing · Breeds and Breeding · Identification · Buying and Selling a Horse Care of the Horse · Handling · Grooming · Clipping, Trimming · Plaiting · Shoeing and Foot Care · Bedding · Signs of Good Health · Caring for the Sick Horse · Internal Parasites · Stable Vices and Problem Behaviour Watering and Feeding · Watering · Dehydration · Food and Digestion · The Rules of Feeding · Food - Composition and Types · Calculating Rations · Feeding Problems · Storing Food Saddlery and Tack · Saddles · Bridles and Other Saddlery · Bits · Boots and Bandages · Clothing · Care and Cleaning · Saddling up and Unsaddling Specialist Care of the Competition Horse · Event Horse · Dressage Horse · Show Jumper · Driving Horse · Endurance Horse · Hunter · Show Horse or Pony · Point-to-Pointer · Polo Pony · Types of Transportation · Travelling The Horse at Grass · Grassland Management · Managing Equines at Grass · Working the Grass-kept Horse or Pony · Bringing a Horse up From Grass The Stable Yard · Construction and Design · Riding Areas · Organising and Running a Yard · The Law Appendices: · Rationing · Measurements · The British Horse Society · Full 8-page Index
British Horse Society, Edited by Islay Auty FBHS Paperback Illustrated Kenilworth Press
