Showing titles in Equestrian Sports

At Ashby Equestrian, Mara knows horses, routine, and the steady logic of hard work. What she does not believe in is ghosts. But when her white gelding, Bishop, begins reacting in terror to an old arena mirror, Mara is forced to confront something she cannot explain: the reflection of a sorrowful woman who should not be there. As the haunting intensifies, Mara teams up with the precise, skeptical Dr. Lila Serrano to dig into the buried history of Ashby Equestrian. Their search leads them through forgotten records, vanished names, and a chilling connection to Elias Thorne, a former manager ...

Many horse trainers, even those who espouse the so-called natural horsemanship approach, take the position that horses who fail to obey a human's request are doing so as much out of perversity as ignorance. That's not Mark Rashid's view. In his words, "If we understand that horses can't separate the way they feel from the way they act, then we can start to see that unwanted behavior isn't bad behavior at all. More times than not, it's just the horse expressing the way he feels at that particular moment in time....

Once, Darius had everything: talent, ambition, and a future in the saddle. Then scandal tore his career apart, leaving him disgraced, isolated, and haunted by the man who helped destroy him. Now he lives on the edges of Wellington horse country, half-buried in silence, until a strange woman with amber eyes appears out of the mist beside a golden stallion unlike any horse he has ever seen. She offers him exactly what he thought he had lost forever: a way back. But some horses are not meant to be owned, and some paths back come with a price. Drawn into a world of black water, ancient power, ...

In this illuminating book, brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes human and equine brains working together. Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and human ways of negotiating the world. Mental abilities—like seeing, learning, fearing, trusting, and focusing—are discussed from both human and horse perspectives. Throughout, true stories of horses and handlers attempting to understand each other—sometimes successfully, sometimes not—help to illustrate the principles.

This book is designed to be a simple guide and a quick read for the riding instructor giving beginning riding lessons. This book will help you plan and organize your lessons so that you and your student can get the best results possible. This recently edited and updated version is better than ever. Now on top of having a recap at the end of each lesson there also are goals for the rider at the beginning of each lesson. The end of the book now also contains a sample evaluation form that the instructor can use to help determine if the rider really is ready to go to the next level. Please ...

The popular and highly respected horse trainer Mark Rashid brings together Western and Eastern philosophies to demonstrate a seamless new incarnation of horse training. After years of helping "difficult" horses, Mark Rashid understands how to build the foundation of a horse's training and resolve any problems encountered along the way.

With a show-jumping career spanning over 40 years, Nick Skelton is a legend in the equestrian world. No other rider has won so many major competitions on so many different horses, and he is as popular at Olympia and Hickstead as he is at Aachen, Geneva, Paris and Spruce Meadows. In 2000 Skelton was forced into retirement after he broke his neck. But following an amazing recovery, he came out of retirement in 2002. Now he tells the full story of his eventful life and matchless achievements.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend. “Fascinating . . . Vivid . . . A first-rate piece of storytelling, leaving us not only with a vivid portrait of a...

Discover the brain behind the horse—and transform the way you connect, communicate, and train. Horse Brain Science is the definitive reference on equine neuroscience, offering both depth and clarity for anyone who works with horses. Board-certified neuropsychologist and equine neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Peters opens a window into the horse’s mind—revealing how the brain learns, adapts, and thrives—and shows how this knowledge transforms training, care, and connection.

At the age of 19, Lara Prior-Palmer discovered a website devoted to "the world's longest, toughest horse race" - an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of 25 wild ponies across 1,000 kilometers of Mongolian grassland. On a whim, she decided to enter the race. Riders often spend years preparing to compete in the Mongol Derby, and many fail to finish. Rough Magic captures the extraordinary story of one young woman who forged ahead, against all odds, to become the first female winner of this breathtaking race.

Historically significant that in the 151 years that the Kentucky Derby has been contested, only seventeen women have tried to win the race with their horses. Shelley Riley's colt Casual Lies holds the best record, and here is her story. A well-written and engaging look behind the scenes.

"A twelve-year-old who has never spoken a full sentence. A stolen Arabian stallion. And a bond that would carry them both through the worst years in history." World War II is raging. Hitler is hiding away the world's most beautiful purebred horses in a little village in Czechoslovakia. Lipizzaners, Thoroughbreds, and the prize Polish Arabians are being used in his experiments to create the perfect war horse. A peculiar twelve-year-old boy from the village named Teodor becomes the groom for one of those special horses - Witez II, one of the most famous Arabian stallions of all time. Witez ...

If I had a dollar for every email I get asking "what to do" to make a riding horse out of the mare Uncle Emo just traded for the old RV - or how to retrain a horse that's grown rusty - or some version on either theme, I'd be the world's first gazillionaire. With the publication of this book, I'm hoping to grab that distinction.

“When you ask your horse to do something it should be his idea he wants to do it, he likes to do it, he understands how to do it, and he does it.” These words are typical of the way Ray Hunt expresses his philosophy of the ideal relationship between man and horse.

This is a story about leaving home to chase a dream that was so deep in my bones I couldn’t quit, even when it nearly killed me. It’s about the horse who held my heart suddenly disappearing. It’s about love finding me when I least expected it. And it’s about learning to trust a God who gives and takes away.

The single greatest evolution in horse racing analysis is here. No coding skills are required. Are you ready to claim your new analytical edge? For generations, handicapping has been a craft of human intellect—a hard-won blend of experience, observation, and painstaking manual analysis. We learned to read the form, feel the race, and trust our gut. That era is over. The emergence of artificial intelligence represents a seismic shift in how we must approach the logic of wagering. From Don Beavers, the bestselling author of the acclaimed Horse Racing and Handicapping Series, comes the ...

Discover how to increase the effectiveness of the time you spend in the saddle, whether you are a beginning hunt seat rider or a seasoned competitor.

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 an world where data is everywhere, what separates the winners from the long-term losers? In a word: Angles.Betting angles are more than just statistics or trends pulled from a spreadsheet. The best angles synthesize deep experience, mathematical insight, and a nuanced feel for how horses win and lose in the real world. They shine a light on the subtle, repeatable edges - the ones most of the betting public never notices. Angles are how the sharpest players stay one step ahead, seeing opportunities that others miss. Over my forty years at the windows - whether wagering online, at the ...

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.