Lyons Regional Library

"Provides comprehensive information on basic horse riding, English style, and Western style"--Provided by publisher.

Upon learning that their riding instructor is in serious financial trouble, three friends drum up new business for him and arrange a riding demonstration--starring themselves!

Experienced backyard horsekeeper Joan Fry leads the prospective horse owner through the process of assessing suitable land; choosing a veterinarian and farrier; constructing and furnishing a small barn, paddock, and arena; purchasing a horse; and feeding and care. Of special value to both novice and experienced owners are the sections on feed, which take into account the most up-to-date nutrition research, and training the horse for safe and enjoyable...

Misty: On Chincoteague Island, off the coast of Virginia, a young brother and sister try to capture a wild mare named Phantom. Wildfire, the arabian heart: A teenage girl visiting her uncle falls in love with a ranch hand and finds herself racing at the county fair. Wind Dancer: A girl loses her ability to walk during a riding accident. Her physical therapist hopes that the girl can form a bond with her therapy horse that will allow her to walk...

Demonstrates an approach to horseback riding that focuses on proper breathing, position, and balance, and suggests exercises to improve turns, circles, transitions, cantering, and jumping

Jill and Apples are competing in the horse show, but when she sees the competition, Jill gets nervous that she and Apples will not measure up.

When Private Detective Agatha Raisin learns that her friend and one-time lover Charles Fraith is to be married to a mysterious socialite, Miss Mary Brown-Field, she sees it as her duty to find out what she can about the woman. Coming up empty, Agatha--out of selfless concern for Charles, of course--does the only sensible thing she can think of: she crashes their wedding, which ends in a public altercation. Nursing a hangover the next morning, she...

A well-trained, responsive, and intelligent working cow horse is more than just a pleasure to ride or watch in action, such an animal is an integral part-a prized employee, if you will-of a ranch's workforce. How to find and then educate the horse to work cattle in pens and on the range, to negotiate a variety of terrains, and perform all the other tasks it will be asked to do (under a variety of often adverse conditions) is the subject of this handy...

With Max's wife Deborah about to have a baby, the members of the Saddle Club take turns keeping her company as she waits to go to the hospital, relating in their own words what life was like for each of them before they became involved with horses.