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Training the Three-day Event Horse and Rider

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Even though I know nothing about horses and, quite frankly, have very little desire to do so I found Mr. Wofford's Training the Three-Day-Event Horse and Rider to be thoroughly enjoyable. Now you are probably wondering why someone who knows nothing about horses, and actually finds them to be rather large, overly agressive and excessively messy, would acquire a copy of Mr. Wofford's book. Well, to make the story brief, I was flying the red-eye from Logan to DIA, after having a very disappointing and unsuccessful two day business failure in Boston. With five hours of flying time ahead of me, I had nothing to do (the movie was utterly sophomoric, I had left my novel in my hotel room, I had already read all of the airline magazines, and the airline "attendents" were being definitely rude and surly to say the least) but to commiserate in my misery with several poor excuses for Scotch. And then, I noticed that someone had left a copy of Mr. Wofford's book in the pocket infront of me. Low and behold, with nothing else to do, I opened it and proceeded to read on the basics and strategies of three-day-eventing. Somewhat inebriated by the time I reached Denver, I found that Mr. Wofford's book had miraculously relieved me of my pain and offered me a new found appreciation of the equestrian, with absolute confidence in challenging any three-day-eventing course. Upon leaving the plane, I was even a little bit unsteady feeling the residual effects of controlling my brave steed, between my thighs, dashing through the obstacles. Thank you Mr. Wofford for educating me through your wit and wisdom, and relieving me from Boston to Denver!

This book is great...lots of pictures and lots of explanations...If you are interested in any horse sport, this is a great book to read...it covers a lot of training that can carry over to any discipline...besides...the pictures are great for those of us dreaming of being Olympians, and for those of you that don't particularly like the idea of hurtling over the most dangerous fences in the equestrian world...you can always keep it on your coffee table and when someone (ie. overprotective relative) lectures you on how dangerous the horse world is, you can tell them "At least I don't do this..." and show them some of the pictures...hehehe...all in all, I'd recommend the book to just about anyone...

I was SO happy to finally read a book involving cross country with so much emphasis on good basics and snaffle bits. I am so sick of hearing trainers advocating bigger bits to control your horse. Mr. Wofford advocates better TRAINING to control your horse - what a concept. This book covers quite a range of topics; from choosing an event horse, dressage, how the horse sees jumps vs. how we see jumps, cross country, jumping, conditioning, cross country position and more. I think this is a great book!

This book was incredibly informative and up-to-date. Jimmy Wofford is showing his years of training and showing experience well in this book! He explains feeding, leg protection, what to do for injuries, and many other important things that the owner/rider must be aware of. He also helps to prepare the horse and rider for the actual competition by giving them preperation excercises and fitness schedules and also by describing basically what the rider will face at the show. Very well put together with many pictures and illustrations, highly recommended to anyone who events or wants to event, be it beginner or advanced!

In 1984 I began riding in Jimmy's clinics and have accumulated numerous hours riding, watching and listening. During this time I took copious notes on his comments; measurements of his gymnastics; watched other riders and listened to Jimmy's critiques. "Training-the-Three-Day Event Horse" IS Jimmy Wofford. His concise, straitforward teaching comes through in his book just as though you are there listening to him. If I could only have one book, it would be this one. I recommend it to my students, I give it as gifts and I wouldn't leave home without it.

This book is excellent, I can't tell you how many times I've referred back to it. Contains tips for training horse and rider in all three phases, and common problems that most riders will certainly face sometime in their career. Lots of great photographs to show you the right (and sometimes not so right) way to do things. Advice on conditioning (which I've found to be very helpful) and gymnastics at the back of the book. If you event, get this book.

This is an excellent book, not only full of practical exercises and training schedules, but also includes many humorous, true and right-on-the-mark stories. I ran my highlighter dry selecting out words of wisdom and exercises to try with my instructor.

A great read with valuable information and stories, told by a great rider and trainer.

I have had the incredible opporunity to work with this man in person. He is THE most informative, patient, helpful trainer I have ever worked with. Both of his books, "Training the Three-Day Event Horse and Rider" and "Gymnastics", are must-reads for any equestrian. I can only hope he writes more!!

I am just a beginner, but this book inspired me to try hard to event. I loved the gymnastics in the back!