The purpose of training the 'rational way' is to produce a versatile riding horse - a rounded individual well able to take part creditably in competitive events at a good middle-of-the-road level, whose preparation allows him to enjoy his working life, while contributing materially to his rider's enjoyment of the relationship. Topics covered include: grooming and handling, diet and routine, long-reining and transitions in-hand, work on the lunge, backing, communication, riding out, schooling, jumping, turning out, saddlery and equipment. The author acknowledges that there are other methods of training that achieve their results in a shorter space of time, but holds that the proven, 'rational way' described here, while taking longer, also lasts longer. It is more relevant to the modern requirement and more conducive to the production of the happy horse, balanced in mind and body.
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colour & line illustrations throughout
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Höhe: 246 mm
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978-0-85131-911-7 (9780851319117)
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Elwyn Hartley Edwards is one of the most prolific and successful equestrian authors of the past 40 years with some of his work achieving sales upwards of half a million copies. At one time editor of Riding magazine and then consultant editor of Horse & Hound, he is a practical horseman of long and varied experience in this country and overseas. An expert on equine conformation and with an encyclopaedic knowledge of horse and pony breeds, he still teaches and lectures regularly. He has an abiding interest in the role of the horse in history and is a world authority on saddlery and bitting. Elwyn Hartley Edwards was a member of the British Horse Society Council for a number of years and was presented with the Society's Award of Merit in 1993. He and his wife live in North Wales.
