godo beginers riding book

[danielb]

Ok what is a good instructional book for a beginner rider (ie ME)?

Cheers,

Daniel

[eml]

Depends what aspect you are interested in. After many years and many books, instructors etc I still like Pony Club Manual for basics, Sally Swift 'centered riding' for new ideas and German 'Principles of Riding' for theory. Good Luck

[maverick927]

Osbournes the complete Riding School is the best book I have ever bought. It is great for adults and kids, novices and experienced. Its a brilliant book to by. It costs £12.99 hardback.

[CrAzY4pAiNtS]

Horses For Dummies is a great book and I would totally reccomend it.

[Gracie]

I'd have to go with Crazy for Paints
Horses For Dummbies is a GREAT educational book! It covers EVERYTHING! From what you need for your first horse, to different movements, History of the horse, Breeds, Nurtritnal info, Grooming, Common horse Medical Problems, Getting over the death of a horse, Tack ...EVERYTHING in a EASY to read format! Anyone could read it and understand it! I definitly recommend that book! Best of luck!

[danielb]

Thanks for the suggestions :D

Are there any good books (or even videos?) on riding postures? As its something I need to work on allot...

Something with lots of pictures would be good ;) I find pictures allot easier to understand sometimes than textual descriptions.

Daniel

[cvb]

There is a Threshold Picture Guide called "Improving The Rider's Position" by Joni Bently. Joni is one of the few people who is a qualified riding instructor as well as qualified Alexander Technique.

The other one which crops up a lot on this forum is Heather (Moffett)'s Enlightened Equitation.

[danielb]

Cool I can get both of them together with a extra discount on amazon.co.uk, so I just ordered them.

Cheers,

Daniel

[danielb]

whoa,

just notice my spelling in the thread title, sorry that was ment to say 'good beginners riding book' :s

Daniel

[Waikato Valuta]

I agree with CrAzY4pAiNtS horses for dummies is realy good for beginers. and you dont have to be stupid to read it. LOL

[ravenin]

George H. Morris' Hunter Seat Equitation is a helpful book for beginners. Although parts of it get into more advanced movements as well as jumping, a good portion of it covers basic riding and posture, and it has a lot of pictures. It's a little bit like having your very own former Olympic rider as an instructor, except that it only costs $30. :)

[virtuallyhorses]

If you want something that is a real beginners book - and looks at every aspect of horses and riding try A Practical Handbook: Riding a Horse also published as How to Ride by Sally Sly


Virtually Horses Book Recommendations (http://www.worldzone.net/recreation/virtuallyhorses/books.html)

[Gracie]

omg I love Georage Morris.. thats the guy from Practical Horsemen rite? I like what he says it so mean but half of the time its soo true! Well its not mean its just incrediably HONEST!

[Emma_G_NZ]

NZ's PC manuals are really good, they cover everything. My favourite book in my bookshelf is Centred Riding by Sally Swift, as someone mentioned up there. It's really good, and has photos of what to imagine yourself being.. IE. from your knees swing a piece of string with a weight, which helps you to imagine making yourself being really deep and secure, it is really good for a beginner, right through to a really experienced person :D

[Shmon]

I'll put in a second vote for Hunter Seat Equitation by George Morris. I've been riding (on and off) for 3 years or so, but when I recently bought and read that book, it made everything click for me. Now I'm on my 4th time reading it, and every time I re-learn something new! (plus, I got it at a used bookstore for $8!)

I just bought Sally Swift's Centered Riding last week, and I read through most of it. I must say, the breathing and "inner camera" things really helped. My boyfriend and I had a good laugh over most of the imageries, though! :) strangely enough though, most of those funny images work because they stick in your head.