BHS Complete Manual of Horse and Stable Management

Islay Auty
BHS Complete Manual of Horse and Stable Management
BHS Complete Manual of Horse and Stable Management

BHS Complete Manual of Horse and Stable Management
ISBN: 9781905693184
Publication Date: 5 September 2008

Published for the BHS by Kenilworth Press, the Manual is required reading for BHS exam students, providing a sound foundation for Horse Knowledge and Care Stages 1 to IV and the BHS Stable Manager's Certificate. Compiled by a panel of experts, recently re-illustrated, and revised by Islay Auty FBHS into a superb new 408-page single-volume edition, it is filled with reliable information and advice and provides career students and all horse owners with a comprehensive and accessible guide to the care and management of horses and ponies, conveniently and economically in one single source of reference. Throughout, the emphasis is on correct and safe procedures.

Content includes:

  • The horse

  • Care of the horse

  • Watering and feeding

  • Saddlery and tack

  • Specialist care of the competition horse

  • The horse at grass

  • The stable yard

About the Author

Islay Auty is a Fellow of the British Horse Society, a chief examiner, a riding coach, dressage judge and competitor. A freelance instructor, she has twenty years experience of training career students and competition partnerships, and teaches both in the UK and overseas. She is the author and consultant editor of several training manuals for the BHS.