THE EQUINE ATHLETE – HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR HORSE’S ATHLETIC POTENTIAL by Jo Hodges and Sarah Pilliner

This book shows you how to build up individual training and development programmes based on an objective assessment of your horse’s conformation and temperament, thus developing his physical and psychological capacity for work, preventing injury and helping him recover from exertion effectively.

The book concludes with a programme of exercises to get you fit enough to do justice to your correctly developed equine partner.

Table of Contents: 1. The ideal equine athlete 2. Equine movement and action 3. Profiling 4. Developing the equine athlete 5. Specialist development 6. Routine care of the equine athlete 7. The physiology of the equine athlete 8. Care before, during and after competition exercise 9. Lameness, injury and first aid 10. Sports therapy and fitness 11. Alternative therapy 12. Developing the rider’s athletic potential

Hardcover (with dustjacket) – 214 pages Published by BSP Professional Books in 1991 Very good near fine unmarked condition