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Irene Beck

Had one of those days :os and need cheering up. Can anyone recommend any horse books that are worth getting? Don't mind if they're humour, autobiograhies or history.

finlaysmum

I need cheering up too :-/ Hope you have a better day tomorrow.

Christie

National Velvet - helps me every time!

Irene Beck

*sending hugs* finlays mum, hope tomorrow's a better day for you too. Thanks Christie, I've already got National Velvet :o) Remember watching the film for it too but never found it on DVD ... yet.

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Irene Beck

Having been reading up on the net about the history of arena letters, does anyone know of any good books on the history of dressage that are worth getting?

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Jo Kardamash

Can anyone recommend any horse training books in natural horsemanship please. Amazon is good but doesn't always have a review or a chapter I can have a glance at. Thanks x

Irene Beck

Could try the intelligent horsemanship website, but they don't do chapter previews http://www.intelligenthorsemanship.co.uk/online-shop.html

helenc

Monty Roberts "From My Hands to Yours" is about the best you can get. Very detailed, fab illustrations, everything explained and justified and lots of chapter reviews and reminders.

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Irene Beck

Currently reading Kelly Marks's Perfect Confidence book and finding it really useful. A good all round beginners book I found was Zoe St. Aubyn's the riding handbook.

Jo Kardamash

Hi Irene, Is the book definatley worth getting? Ive got alot of books that dont really focus on my confidence, rather than the horses?

Irene Beck

I'm nearly halfway through it and the book concentrates on the person rather than the horse. I didn't know what to expect when I first started reading it as you can get books which focus on human psychology etc.This book doesn't do that. Its more about common sense. I've found what I've read so far its almost like a friend's talking to me (its that kind of tone). There's exercises in there as well but they don't specifically focus on you and your riding. The thing with it is that while you're reading because of your interest in horses its also giving you tools that you can perhaps put into place in another non-horse environment.

I've read some of the reviews on Amazon and its a real mixed bag some people find the book really useful and others don't. I'm finding it good for me and as my lesson on Sat proved, I'm identifying with things in the book and putting them in to practice which has helped. I've had another dose today when Spencer spooked at the sight of an umbrella.

Its not going to cure my confidence issues, but its helping me understand myself better as a person and giving me things to think about that I may not have found on my own. And from that its helping me work with my confidence, deal with situations and develop more.

Jo Kardamash

Thats great i think i may pay Amazon a visit this evening!:))

Alesia Molly Lynne

Hi! So i've just started reading 'War Horse' so far i love it! anyone else read it? if so, what did you think? i'm only at the beginning... but can't wait too read more : ' )

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reflectionsonriding

Hi everyone! These days I'm less of the fiction fancier and tend to read (and re-read) the instructional texts. I periodically mention books on my blog, and recently decided to add a link at the top of my blog entitled "books." Here, I list all the books that I've referred to in my blog. You can enter any of the titles (or part of the titles) into the search box in the right column, and read the post that refers to them. Happy reading and I look forward to new discoveries here. www.reflectionsonriding.com

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Christie

Wondering if anyone has recently read any good horse books? I frequently go back to the horsey fiction books I have (National Velvet, any Pullein-Thompsons, Jilly Cooper(I am not ashamed!) and another favourite - We Couldn't Leave Dinah by Mary Treadgold. I find they can help motivate me with the horses when things are feeling a bit flat.

Christie

I like to think Dinah is just like my mare.

jacqui broderick

I was blogging today about my daughter's pony Clown... named after one of the ponies in a Pullein Thompson book!

Christie

I think I may have read that one - it certainly rings a bell!

helenc

I recently read a book called The Hearts of Horses about an american cowgirls who gentles horses in the harsh world of bronc breaking. It's an amazing story, very moving and inspirational.

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