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Complete Idiot's Guide to Horseback Riding

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I really liked this book. The lessons are easy to read and cover subjects like "Finding a Stable," "Buying a Horse," and "Taking Care of a Horse." This is perfect for a beginning rider as it is very easy to understand and provides valuable insight into the horse world. All of the riding stuff was pretty basic (the first year of instruction), but everything else was fantastic.

I think this book was very helpful. I was new to horseback riding and this gave the basic information I needed to know, plus additional information I'll use in the future. If you are new to riding then I think this book will be beneficial for you, too.

Book was in good condition as described by seller. Book is for a 12 yr old girl who is learning all she can before she gets her own horse. Jessica J is a great person for horse advice.

This book is definately in my book shelf, because it passed my reveiew of being a very helpful horse book! I think that readers would probably have to know a little bit about horses before reading it though. For instance, if they said to pick up your curry comb, people who knew nothing about horses would be like, huh? So, don't go by the title, "The IDIOT'S guide to horseback riding", because it takes a little more than an Idiot to read it. :)

This book contains so much useful information though! After reading Horses for Dummies, I found this book so much better. I don't think I would have been able to ride the canter if it weren't for this book! :)

Read it, and you won't regret it! :)

The organization of this book is very confusing. After chapters giving a pep talk, the author discusses riding in general, then gives just one basic chapter on Western and then English riding. I never knew quite where I was. The author brings up terms without defining them, and finally, some sentences are almost incomprehensible, requiring several readings. For example try to figure out "posting." And I still don't know what this sentence means: "In other words, if you are riding around the arean to the left, with rail on your right side and the middle of the arena on your left side, your horse should take the left lead, so that it can canter comfortably to the left while curved, or 'bent' slightly to the left."

It was written in an easy to understand style. Information was good and easy to put into practice.

I know very little about horses but apparently I know more than the person who wrote this book. I bought this book to catch up with my wife's riding skills. What a joke. Do not even waste your time or money on this book. Purchase a book from Linda Tellington Jones or John Lyons instead if you really want to learn and understand what you are reading, and be able to apply it to your horse(s) later on.

I read your sentence and it made perfect sense to me. It means that while you are riding in a counterclockwise circle, with the horse's left shouolder on your inside, then your horse should pick up the left lead of the canter, or the inside lead in any case so that it is more comfortable for the horse to go around corners and keep the same steady pace.
I haven't read this book, but apparently it is a beginner's book since the lady said now she knows how to sit a canter. Wow. Well, I've been trained hunter (English riding, jumping full courses) for three and a half years so maybe I won't read it. But for every beginner, my horsey friend said that she has it and that even though she owns a horse herself, she lent it to a newcomer at the barn and everything about her horse skills improved, so beginners buy it and more experienced people...beware.