10 Things You Need to Know About Riding by Virginia Fox
10 Things You Need to Know About Riding
by Virginia Fox
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My Ratings 4.5/5
Synopsis
A humorous summary of the ten most important basic principles for every horseback rider, totally independent of any riding style or philosophy. Based on experience with our friends, the horses, and illustrated by the well-known illustrator Jean Abernethy (Fergus The Horse).The book’s authors met over twenty years ago at a horse seminar. Their initial meeting blossomed into a wonderful friendship that has stood the test of time and distance. The two friends regularly meet at various further clinics that touch on all things horse-related. During one particular dressage course, it became apparent that they were having to endure hearing the same things they preach to their students on a daily basis, despite both having extensive experience working as trainers. Through plenty of laughter and a healthy dose of self-mockery, the idea for this book was born. Virginia Fox is a qualified horse trainer and riding teacher with many years of practical experience, and a successful novelist. Naturally, horses and all kind of other animals play central roles in her other books. Inga Klaer holds a degree in agricultural engineering, is a qualified horse and dog trainer, riding teacher, and a horse and dog osteopath with her own practice. Inga spends her days tending to horses and dogs and couldn’t imagine having a better job. Jean Abernethy is an illustrator from Canada. After completing studies at art school and in equine science, she began specializing in horse illustrations. Jean’s “Fergus the Horse” comics have been popular on Facebook for many years now, having accumulated hundreds of thousands of fans.
My Thoughts
I am an experienced horse person and have looked for good books for kids for a long time. This one is one of the better ones. I like the order information is presented and how horse riding is explained along with non-verbal language. Parts of horse are introduced early. Written in an interesting and humorous language to keep young readers' interest. I do wish kid's books didn't focus so much on competition and showed more trail riding and fun things to do with horses. 8 year old girl was able to read most of it on her own with help occasionally on specific words.
Gave this as a gift to someone who just got their kids a horse & the boys thoroughly enjoyed it. The youngest one carried it around all day long! It’s not a hard read, easy for kids to understand & has pictures to keep them engaged. Simple language and amazing illustrations truly makes this book great , that is the reason my 10 year old horse loving daughter cannot put this book down. She reads in the car, told me she read in chapel today and one other class (ha!), in the car, to and from school. So now I am back on Amazon looking to see what other books this author has! love my non book loving daughter is enjoying this so much!
An excellent starter book for any kid and adult who is dreaming about horse ownership and riding. Virginia Fox really knows about horses and horse riding, and the humans working with them, as happy and safe as possible.
In this all inclusive guide, Virginia Fox shares a wealth of knowledge and experience written in a format that everyone can understand and learn from. A must read for first-time horse riders or that horse crazy girl in your life!
Highly Recommended!
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