Customer Reviews

International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds

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This is the best book in my equine library. It it the only book I have found which contains good information about little known breeds, such as the Asturian, Lewitzer, Pinzgauer, and Moyle Horse. Each desciption is well-researched and contains a great deal of information about that breed's origin, conformation, population, and common usage. If you show model horses, it is an invaluable guide for breed assignment; how else would you know that your San Domingo makes a perfect Wielkopolski, or that your standing Thoroughbred Mare is an ideal Cirit horse? The only thing that would make this book better would be color photos, but that would most likely make it prohibitively expensive.

Bonnie Hendricks has gone far beyond what any other horse breed researcher has done...she has contacted every breed association she possibly could. She has written with far more detail, greater accuracy, and on many more breeds than any other horse book I have seen. Her intelligent ideas inserted into some breed descriptions are well worth noting. This is a MUST-HAVE for the serious equine enthusiast! It has definitely spoiled my appetite for any other horse book that attempts to describe the breeds. Thanks Bonnie, we needed this book!

This book is a must for anyone who is interested in the origin and development of horse breed's throught the world. It allows a serious rider the chance to find an animal that has qualities that one is looking for specifically and where they are located...Well, worth the investment as it answers some very difficult questions that used to end in the answer 'I don't know!'....

This book has it all...from the common breeds to the extremely rare. Absolutely a must for those that love to research breed origins or just love all breeds of horses. There are many nice photographs in both color and b&w to enjoy. I love this book!

Intresting and somewhat overwhelming a great insite into the world of horses.

Being the author of this book I am naturally biased toward it. What I can say is that I contacted the best authorities in the world for information and pictures and did not borrow from any other book.

One thing I would like to say about the reviews on this book. The book is exactly as described by Amazon and the University of Oklahoma Press and I want to debunk the few odd reviews stating that this book consists of ten yellowed pages. I have no idea why anyone would state such a thing but can assure you that it is untrue and completely ridiculous.

Thanks,
Bonnie Hendricks

Very complete but it doesn't make it as an Encyclopedia. Would be better to complete with a tree including how the actual breeds were formed. It's an hybrid between a manual for a new horse buyer and a tecnic book of the different breeds. It's easy to read because includes some interesting stories about mayor breeds.

This book is truly a complete guide to horse breeds. Unfortunately the quality of the book material was a disappointment. It was filled with photos; but only a few were color photos. The pages were not much better than the quality of a comic book, thin and yellow. I expected much more for the price. 4 stars solely on the detail and depth of it's information.

This book is wonderful. Lots of information, but a little pricy. Overall, it's a good deal for you if you love horses like me. One problem I had was I didn't know how many pages were in the book. All I know is it has more than 17 pages because there are 17 sample pages. I enjoyed looking at the sample pages. Thank you.

It is by far the most detailed and comprehensive book on horse breeds I have ever come across. I was particularly impressed by the depth of the coverage of breeds from the former Soviet Union (some of which I have never seen referred to, let alone described in detail, in books which are not from former Soviet Union countries). I was a little surprised that some American breeds were not mentioned (e.g. the Racking Horse and other, perhaps newer, breeds such as the Nez Perce or the Montana Travler), but considering how many resources there are out there pertaining solely to American breeds, it is not too much of a loss. Perhaps in the next edition?