The All-Around Horse and Rider
In the past twenty-five years, a number of major innovations in horse handling have gained acceptance in the global community. Now we present a one-stop resource for amateur adult riders to help them understand the new approaches and implement them to achieve fast results.
Written by renowned professional riding instructor Donna Snyder-Smith, The All-Around Horse and Rider is the first equestrian book to offer a precise road map to utilizing the new innovations in training. This unique book explains the basic lessons the all-around rider must master, showing how to set realistic equestrian goals and adopt the methods that best enable the horse to do his job. Snyder-Smith gets to the heart of "correct" riding, helping the rider harmonize with a horse's movements while translating acquired skills to a wide variety of disciplines.
- Covers the latest innovations in horse handling, including rider body awareness, equine movement awareness, and round-pen work
- Demonstrates how the innovations and training methods inter-relate -- and how to combine them effectively
- Reveals how to increase the strength and endurance of both horse and rider
- Explains the different competitions and who is best suited to compete
- Shares inspiring, real-life experiences of all-around horses and their riders
- Identifies when to ask for help-and how to find it
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Book details
- Author
- Donna Synder Smith
- Imprint
- Howell Book House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Sports & Recreation › Animal Sports › Equestrian
- Topics
- horse riding · equestrian sports · horse training · riding instruction · horse handling · amateur riders · equestrian goals
- ISBN-13
- 9780764549748
About the author
DONNA SNYDER-SMITH is an equestrian author and educator with over thirty-five years of teaching experience. Her books include The Complete Guide to Endurance Riding and Competition, The Classic Western Rider, and The All-Around Horse and Rider.
In 1991, the American Riding Instructors Association presented Snyder-Smith with their first Lifetime Achievement Award for her writing and teaching. She has also served as editor of Trail Blazer magazine and contributed articles to many major equestrian magazines over more than thirty years as a freelance journalist.
When she’s not writing, Snyder-Smith competes and coaches across disciplines including open jumping, dressage, three-day eventing, western pleasure and trail, and endurance riding. In 1966, on her first attempt at endurance riding, she won the silver Tevis buckle by completing the 100 Mile One Day Ride.