Grooming Horses: A Complete Illustrated GuideGrooming Horses is the ultimate visual guide for riders of all levels, offering step-by-step instructions and over 450 full-color photos to perfect essential grooming skills while mastering the art of horse care! It's a quick-reading, picture-driven guide to every aspect of grooming horses. It's an easy-to-understand reference that allows riders of all ages and stages to smooth out the rough edges of their essential skills while acquiring more specialized knowledge. Step-by-step, full-color photo sequences and information-packed, clearly worded text make this volume the definitive resource on an age-old subject and a must-read for anyone who rides, owns, or tends to a horse. More than 450 full-color photos on topics such as:
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Contents
Safety | 12 |
Basics | 24 |
Advanced Basics | 36 |
SkinCoat Issues | 48 |
WrapsBoots | 60 |
Clipping Basics | 70 |
Clipping for Shows | 82 |
Mane Basics | 92 |
HunterJumper | 142 |
DressageEventing | 154 |
Western Stock | 166 |
Western Saddle | 176 |
Pleasure | 184 |
Performance | 194 |
Breeding Classes | 206 |
Resources | 216 |
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