The Equine Athlete: How to Develop Your Horse's Athletic Potential - Hardcover

Hodges, Jo; Pilliner, Sarah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0943955599 ISBN 13: 9780943955599

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Pub, 1992

Synopsis

Book by Hodges, Jo, Pilliner, Sarah

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From the Back Cover:

This is a comprehensive and practical guide designed to help riders and trainers develop the full athletic potential of their horses so that they can perform better and their competitive careers can continue longer. The competition horse of today has to reach ever increasing levels of performance. In order to reach and maintain these levels every aspect of his care must be top rate; success depends on attention to the finest detail. Written by two of the country's leading experts, this book will show the reader how to objectively assess an individual horse's conformation and temperament, build up individual training and development programmes for dressage, show-jumping, eventing and long distance and develop a horse's physical and psychological capacity for work, preventing injury and helping him recover from exertion. The book also discusses massage and physiotherapy, monitoring health and first aid and provides a programme of exercises to develop the rider's athletic potential to achieve the perfect partnership. An essential guide for every o wner, rider or trainer of competition horses.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Pub
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0943955599
• ISBN 13: 9780943955599
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1