Complete Horse Riding Manual

Horses allow ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and this extraordinary book shows you how.

Now revised and updated, the Complete Horse Riding Manual covers dressage, show jumping, and cross-country riding, detailing everything you need to know to compete in these events, whether you are a beginner or more experienced rider.

Complete Horse Riding Manual is brimming with advice on finding the best horse for you, training a young horse, forming the ultimate horse-and-rider team, boosting and maintaining your own physical fitness and suppleness, and building the fitness and stamina of your horse.

William Micklem is highly regarded internationally as one of the most innovative thinkers in the world of sports coaching and horse and rider training. A well-known speaker, writer, and contributor to leading equestrian journals, he is also a Fellow of the British Horse Society and Coaching Ireland Tutor. He is the inventor of the ground-breaking Micklem Bridle and a breeder of international horses, including Mandiba (Karen O’Connor) and High Kingdom (Zara Phillips). He also discovered Karen and David O'Connor's three great Olympic medalists, Biko, Custom Made, and Gilt Edge.