Safely and successfully train your own horse. Guiding you through all aspects of the training process, Heather Smith Thomas offers expert tips on everything from ground work to galloping. Stressing the importance of understanding equine behavior, Storey’s Guide to Training Horses provides a series of progressive exercises that can easily be adjusted to suit your horse’s personality. Whether you’re raising an animal for farm work, competition, or show, you’ll learn everything you need to develop a well-trained and happy horse.
Chapter 1. Basic Safety Practices
Chapter 2. Horse Sense and Training Psychology
Chapter 3. Handling and Training the Foal
Chapter 4. Handling and Training the Weanling
Chapter 5. The Yearling and the Two-Year-Old
Chapter 6. Ground Work Before Riding
Chapter 7. Bits and Their Uses
Chapter 8. Bitting and Driving
Chapter 9. First Mounted Lessons
Chapter 10. First Rides in the Open
Chapter 13. Lightness and Collection
Chapter 14. The Gallop, the Canter, and the Lope
Chapter 17. Retraining the Spoiled Horse
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