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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW-Finally a book that gives me what I want-Show Tips!!!, December 3, 1998
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This review is from: The Adventure Starts Here ...the Novice Amateur Experience: A Beginners Guide to Competitive Showing (Paperback)
I wish I could remember how I found this wonderful little "easy reading" book. Perhaps it was an advertisement in a horse publication. But however it was- it was a true blessing for me!!! There are so very many tips that are needed for that "new rider" in the horse show ring. Even our Trainers can forget that we "green hornes" -sometimes- don't even know the simpliest of things. Plus, sometimes we are just too darn embarrassed to ask. And then you feel it is just not appropriate to ask some of your fellow competitors to share their tips with you. So you just "wing it" and sometimes you can look really stupid doing so. So, having a goal in mind (that goal was just to try and look like I knew what I was doing in the show ring) you can imagine how thrilled I was to find "The Adventure" by Carol Pearce. I read it, I re-read it and I kept it in my horse trailer at the shows at all times for easy reference. It even served as a "lets get pumped up" technique before a big show. I am the sort of person that loves to share my tips. Obviously, so is the Author of this book. I just wish every person entering a horse show ring for the first time would take the time to browse this little book. If you do-be sure and call Carol-let her know how much we appreciate her efforts. Debbie Hoffman, The Novice Rider from Florida
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent place to begin for the beginner, February 18, 1999
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This review is from: The Adventure Starts Here ...the Novice Amateur Experience: A Beginners Guide to Competitive Showing (Paperback)
Even though I am a former "horse show mom" and therefore have some basic horse show experience, bringing my daughter's horse out of retirement to start my own show career leaves me full of questions and doubts. This book helped me see the reasons to enjoy the sport---for myself and the love I have for horses as athletes. The questionaire format made it interesting to see others' opinions on all aspects of showing. I hope there is a sequel to this book as I move into the show ring!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
**Good Basic Book**, April 9, 2001
This review is from: The Adventure Starts Here ...the Novice Amateur Experience: A Beginners Guide to Competitive Showing (Paperback)
This is a book that goes over the basics of showing. It deals more w/ western riding, and large national breed association shows than w/ anything else. It touched on some good advice, but its not enough to prepare for a show. Basically, it can give you some insight and the basics on novice amatuer showing, but its not enough to get you there, you'll need an experienced trainer or a more in depth book. P.S. This probably isn't important, but it had a lot of grammar errors for a book.
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