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192 pp.
| Barron's |
May, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7641-6112-4$19.99
(3)
4-6
With plentiful color photographs and clear captioning to illustrate sequences of tacking, riding, and jumping, this manual covers choosing a stable and the initial lesson up through taking fences and eventing. The British English prose can be dry, but the book's logical progression, sound horsemanship, and broad treatment of the topic will give beginners a good overview of the sport. Glos., ind.