Horse Riding

Meet Eliza Bennett, a brilliant but slightly klutzy textile scientist with a passion for dressage and a penchant for solving mysteries. Alongside is her charming and incredibly smart orange tabby cat, Merlin—who just happens to talk They travel across Europe, attending conferences and riding lessons. But wherever they go, trouble seems to follow. In this delightful cozy mystery, Eliza and Merlin stumble upon yet another murder. With Eliza's scientific expertise and Merlin's uncanny sleuthing skills, this duo unravels twisted plots and uncovers hidden secrets, all while navigating the ...

Building a barrel horse and training program is essential to being competitive in the industry. You need to understand all aspects of this exciting sport to be able to train properly and set yourself up around each barrel. There are many components of riding a barrel horse, and in this series, we will be giving you all of the top tricks, tips, and training drills you need to become an expert barrel racer with time and practice to become a successful horseman or woman and execute your barrels.

A feel-good equestrian series for horse-mad kids, teens, and those 'young at heart'. Sweetbriars has been called a 'Must Read' by Horse & Hound and 'The Stuff of Horse Lover's Dreams' by Reader's Favorite. Included several times in The Pony Magazine's best horse book recommendations and winner of the Best Young Adult Fiction award by the EQUUS Film Festival. Welcome to the yard! Come and meet Cate, Tabby and Violet. Cate is uprooted from life as she has known it. Along with her family and pony Odette, she moves to a charming farm deep in the English countryside. Cate is torn. Upon moving to...

The late, great Ginger Baker is, without question, the foremost drummer of his generation, having formed supergroups Cream and Blind Faith. In the early 1990s, Geoffrey Giuliano received a call from Baker asking if he would be interested in writing his autobiography. From there, a turbulent yet fruitful relationship ensued between the two. While the book they wrote has yet to be published, here, at last, are the exclusive, in-depth, upfront, and highly personal conversations the two unlikely friends recorded in a Western New York studio all those years ago.

Riding horses is hard enough as it is... without the lions. "I threw my long legs over my horse's back. Before I had time to put my feet into the stirrups, we were off! My little chestnut pony surged to life and took off as if the devil were at his heels. I called to Francois to catch up before disappearing over the hillside.” Long ride across France, compete in Mongolia, lead a trail in India, and more as you embark on adventures in the saddle. In this book, you will find out what it's like to be a horse nomad as you follow the lives of 5 inspiring women on their daring adventures. ...

First published in 1733 as Ecole de Cavalerie by François Robichon de la Guérinière, this book is considered as the beginning of modern equitation. The book is most famous for its introduction of the shoulder-in. The theories in this book provide the basis for all modern equitation, and it is probably the most important work on the subject ever written. It was translated from the French to English by Tracy Boucher.

Deja has just managed to make friends with her enemy Chris Donaire, when his friend Eric moves to town. Deja and Eric hit it off right away, but Chris isn’t happy to share his new friend with anyone else. To make things worse, Chris still doesn’t get along with Shanice and Allison. Will Deja be able to maintain her friendships with Shanice and Allison, while also making Chris happy with her? Will Chris learn to share Eric with Deja? Being friends with Chris might be the worst thing that Deja has ever done!

Deja and her friends have been through so much over the course of the year. They have overcome difficulties and become closer than ever. When the teens get a chance to help out some horses in need, they jump at the chance. But Deja has doubts that she can handle the task. What if she fails her horse? What if her horse is too scared to be able to find a new home? Deja’s horse needs the most help, but she is determined to make sure that she does her best. The friends decide to work together to help Deja and her horse, who needs some extra love and care. Will Deja and her friends be able to ...

Horse-mad Deja Jackson has just moved to a new town after her parents' divorce. She starts taking riding lessons in her new town at Tricolor Farms where she meets two new best friends. She also falls in love with her lesson horse, Macintosh. He's the best horse she has ever ridden but he's also for sale. With the help of her two new best friends, Deja dreams up a plan to be able to buy Mac. Can three girls in middle school figure out how to buy a horse for Deja and make her dream a reality?

Brynn honors her passion for horses by studying at the toughest veterinary program in the country. Months from graduating, tragedy strikes - tragedy for which she can't help but feel responsible. Brynn feels suffocated by the weight of her father's legacy and his dusty hopes for horse show jumping success. When Brynn's frenetic efforts to dig the family business out of debt fail, she's down to one desperate hope.

In this thrilling and heart-rending sequel to award-winning Dammi Mille Baci, Hyunah must face the pain of her past to make room for a future of passion and art. Years have passed since Hyunah left Vienna, leaving Axel and his horse ranch in Krems behind. Her heart broken, she continues to work as a fashion stylist, moving to Paris to create a new life. Despite picking up the pieces and trying to move on, her feelings for Axel have not changed. One day, she finds herself back in Vienna, where she discovers the truth about what happened to Axel. The past years have been hoarding secrets. As ...

Hope . . . From the Heart of Horses explores and celebrates the relationship and bond possible between horses and humans. Each chapter offers a life lesson about trusting one's instincts, honestly addressing emotions, achieving clarity in communications, and releasing negative thoughts. Because survival depends on being highly tuned to the thoughts and feelings of others, horses sense human intentions rather than what a person offers in facial expressions, which creates a remarkable effect on the relationship between these two distinctly different species.

On Horsemanship, also sometimes titled The Art of Horsemanship, is a treatise written about 350 BCE by the Athenian historian, soldier, and student of Socrates, Xenophon (c. 430-354 BC). The treatise is a "hands-on" manual which deals with the selection, care, and training of horses in general.

Understand what your horse is saying to you and build a profound and lasting connection. If you ever thought that some people were “natural-born horse communicators,” know that all of them have honed their abilities through experience, observation, and the understanding that each horse is a unique being. This guide seeks to help you strengthen your connection and build trust with your horse.

The Science Behind Using 60 as Recovery Heart Rate in Endurance Completions. Using math equations to show the relationships of recovery heart rates to actual recoveries as compared to the Resting and ride-start heart rates in Endurance competition for gaited breeds and others that are frequently disqualified from competition and completions..

After fleeing her high-powered job in the city and a failed marriage, Penny Bowden has arrived in Bellamy Cove, a small beach town on the outer edge of Cape Cod. She’s purchased a run-down horse farm - complete with horses and a farm hand - and plans to make her living by offering riding lessons to townsfolk and tourists alike. Upon her arrival, Penny eagerly enters the town’s annual bake-off, hoping to impress her new neighbors and make some friends. Right before the bake-off begins, Penny is goaded into an argument with one of the town’s most important citizens, Janine Hallett. Only...

Saddle up for a wild ride through the heart of Louisiana’s equestrian world in Lafayette Lungelines by Amy Simone! This dazzling novel plunges you into the vibrant chaos of Southern Grace Stables, where the spirited Zara Bloom is determined to keep her unconventional barn thriving against all odds. With Mardi Gras on the horizon, the stakes are higher than ever as Zara faces off against Trish LaRue, the polished and perfectionist owner of a rival equestrian center. The tension between these two strong-willed women explodes into a head-to-head riding competition that will decide the fate ...

Carolina's hope of opening up Paradise Ranch to everyone is coming true: the Unbridled Dreams program is ready to welcome its first sponsored student! Gisella Bassi seems like the perfect fit—on paper, that is. When she arrives at Paradise Ranch, she's not as excited as everyone expects. She might even be... scared of the horses? But if their first student isn't a success, there's no way the program will continue. Can Caro and her new friend, Chelsie, agree on how to rope Gisella in?

This is the memoir of an ordinary horse-girl. Fifty years of riding schools, borrowed horses and long lost dreamscapes. Fifty years of a passion which has seen considerable changes from the gradual demise of the public riding school, to the loss of access to safe bridleways. But My Life in Horses is not filled with sad nostalgia, it’s also a kaleidoscope of hope and inspiration. From the dappled sunlit lanes of Cheshire to the rugged mountains of North Wales, and beyond.

Courtney Maum is thirty-seven years old when she finds herself in an indoor arena in Connecticut, moments away from stepping back into the saddle. For her, this is not just a riding lesson, but a last-ditch attempt to pull herself back from the brink even though riding is a relic from the past she walked away from. She hasn’t been on or near a horse in over thirty years.