Horses category: 2325 books
by Sioux Dallas
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
First Experience is not a complete book on how to ride, but it is designed to help the beginner choose the best horse for their own use and to select the proper stable for the animal. Animals have feelings just as people do, and because people are supposed to have a better brain, we need to be caring...
The Horse Book
Horses of Historical Distinction
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
Hardworking, swift, loyal and capable of great heroism, horses have been our constant companions for thousands of years. Using stunning illustrations, The Horse Book pairs famous historical figures with their faithful mounts including: Alexander the Great's beloved steed at whose death he dedicated...
Eat the Wind
The true story of wild horses and one unlikely horsewoman
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
New Zealand's 'Kaimanawa' wild horses caught Robin Sisley's attention in 1997 when they were mustered from the ranges and hundreds were destined for slaughter. Although inexperienced and certainly not a thrill-seeker, she was spurred by compassion and offered refuge to ten of the wild stallions....
Horse Bound
The View from the Top of Mount Manure
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Life with horses is challenging, exciting, and always funny when viewed through the eyes of a lifelong horse lover. In Horse Bound, Gallant Hope Farm owner Joanne Friedman invites you to empathize, sympathize, and laugh along as she chronicles the antics of her horses.
Friedman shares an entertaining...
by Free Lance
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
First published in 1880, this vintage book contains a series of papers on the subject of riding horses on roads, with chapters on avoiding accidents, proper care and maintenance of both horse and carriage, trips for horse control, notes on shoeing, and much more. "Horses and Roads" will appeal to...
Horses' Night Out
A Sirocco Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Three fillies and one colt make for a dynamic foursome, until the odd man out finds that he isn't as brave as he thought he'd be when the Wind Dancers take to the night for their first after-dark adventure.
Readers can really let their imaginations fly with this magical new series based on...
Horses From Courses
Re-training thoroughbred ex-racehorses
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Every year thousands of thoroughbred ex race horses, often referred to as OTTB, (off the track thoroughbreds) retire from the racing industry, their future uncertain. Many well-meaning horse enthusiasts seek to take these horses and retrain them for sport and recreational purposes. This book takes...
by J. P. F. Bell
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
"The Training and Management of Horses" is a comprehensive handbook for horse owners, farriers, and veterinarians, first published in 1904. It concentrates on the relationship between man and horse, and explores the ways we interact with the animals, giving advice for training, management, care and...
Where Have All the Horses Gone?
How Advancing Technology Swept American Horses from the Road, the Farm, the Range and the Battlefield
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
A century ago, horses were ubiquitous in America. They plowed the fields, transported people and goods within and between cities and herded livestock. About a million of them were shipped overseas to serve in World War I. Equine related industries employed vast numbers of stable workers, farriers,...
A Good Horse Is Never a Bad Color
Tales of Training through Communication and Trust
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
In A Good Horse Is Never a Bad Color, Mark Rashid continues to share his talent for training horses through communication rather than force. Rashid uses humorous, feel-good stories to relate his techniques of teaching horses by examining their view of the world. These stories deal with many aspects...
Magner's ABC Guide to Sensible Horseshoeing
A Simple and Practical Treatise on the Art of Shoeing Horses, Including Chapters on, Methods of Making a Horse Stand to be Shod, How to Tell the Age of a Horse Etc.
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
"Magner's ABC Guide to Sensible Horseshoeing" is a simple and practical guide on the art of shoeing horses, with chapters on methods of making a horse stand to be shod, how to tell the age of a horse, etc. Written in simple, plain language and profusely illustrated, this handbook will be of utility...
by Susan Anthony-Tolbert
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
When one thinks of the services of the Coast Guard of the United States, a mounted division does not readily come to mind. However, mounted Coast Guard protected the United States’ East and West coasts during World War II. They watched for infiltrators, for spies, and for enemy shipping off shore....
by Jennifer Crane
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
Fayina is lost on the Eurasian Steppe. Strangers from another tribe, Arima and his sister Mia find her and take her to their secret village. Their tribe is wary of her and threaten her with banishment, unless she can teach the village people some of her horse and riding knowledge. Can Fayina save...
by George Edward Stanley
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Long ago, all horse were wild. In time, people taught them to wear a saddle and a bit. But some horses were not tamed. And today, all over the world, wild horses still run free.