Getting the Most from Riding Lessons (Horse-Wise Guide) | 
 enlarge | Author: Mike Smith
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 44095
Media: Paperback
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 158017082X
Dewey Decimal Number: 798.2
EAN: 9781580170826
ASIN: 158017082X
Publication Date: January 11, 1998
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Product Description
This reassuring introduction to riding helps novice riders maximize the lesson experience with information about safety, horse behavior, basic riding exercises, and preparing for that first show. This companion guide will help readers feel confident and at ease with a qualified instructor, and help them hone their skills outside
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Very Helpful July 15, 2008
Shalla DeGuzman (United States)
I love this book, it has helped me post on a trot. (Seemed impossible at first :)
It gives lots of good tips from basics to jumping. Learn how to keep yourself safe. Learn good technique. If you're taking riding lessons, this is a definite must-read.
A well-titled book! March 15, 2007
M. Johnson (Cape Cod, MA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Riding lessons are expensive, so it's important to get the most bang for the buck. This book will help. Mike Smith explains the basics of riding clearly, and offers some classic "what to do if...?" scenarios one is certain to encounter while interacting with horses. In addition, the photographs are very helpful in illustrating topics like posting the trot and dismounting properly and safely. I have found that this book helps me review specific material covered in an actual lesson, and also gives me ideas for further discussion with my teacher. Mike Smith's writing style is straightforward and enthusiastic. Highly recommended for beginning riders of all ages, and one of the best books I've seen for a riding student. This book covers English riding only.
such a helpful book November 24, 2006
tigortweet (Fallon, NV)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love this book, I have been taking lessons for about a year and a half, and I bought this book after about 6months of lessons. It clearly explains so many things, I constantly refer to it. I think that all new riders should read this book before even going to their first lesson, to give a clear explaination of horse lingo, positions and care. I think this has been the most constant resource that I have used to explain things that my instructor and I are having trouble with.
Thanks to Mike, From An Old Student, and a New One June 8, 2006
William P. Tedesco (Wellington, FLorida (Horse Heaven))
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Mike taught me to ride as an adult student at Woodland Horse Center in Maryland back in the 1980's. I'll never forget his patience, humor, and innate "horse sense." I've since moved to Wellington, Florida (a major equestrian and polo center), for reasons I thought were mostly unrelated to horses. I haven't ridden in many years. So there I was in a store looking for a book to help my son Will Tedesco, who at [...] and maybe 40 pounds is just beginning to ride. Imagine my surprise to come across this book, which I hadn't known existed! At 50, I'm once again feeling that old tug to get back on a horse, and I'm sure Mike's sensible advice will again stand me in good stead. Unlike most of his readers, however, I'll be able to hear his voice inside my head reminding me to "steer!"
 Not very helpful for the Western rider March 26, 2006
A. Jordan
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
I realize many techniques of English riding are transferable to Western, but, as a Western rider trying to improve my seat and aids, I found this book frustrating and unhelpful.
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