We also have a library where you can read up on all things to do with riding and horse management. Kate Powell is the custodian.
We subscribe to Your Horse and Horse & Rider, if you would like to be added to the circulation list, Email Hilka Querl.
Don't forget the Club has many experienced members and you can always ask them about good books to perhaps buy and read.
The following books and videos have been purchased for the library. You can request anything further of interest via Kate Powell.
Threshold Picture Guides No 20 - Riders Aids Pegotty Henriques
Guide to clear and logical understanding of the aids which will improve riding skills and provide harmony between horse and rider.
The Manual Of Horsemanship - The Official Manual Of The Pony Club - 11th Edition BHS
Complete updated guide to horsemanship and horse care. Sections include: the rider; the horse; beyond basic training; jumping; care of the horse; veterinary notes; physical characteristics etc.
An Introduction To Parelli
Parelli Natural Horsemanship teaches people to understand horses through a step-by-step system. This DVD shows the amazing results students from all over the world are achieving using these techniques. DVD (run time 50mins)
Enlightened Equitation - Riding in True Harmony with your Horse
by Heather Moffat
Advice on achieving total synchronization with your horse, using non-confrontational training methods.
Centred Riding
Sally Swift
A revolutionary and effective teaching method using images to teach riders to consider their unity with the horse in a new light, giving a new understanding of posture and impulsion. A stunningly successful 'inner riding' technique.
No 32 Improving the Riders Position - Threshold Picture Guide
Joni Bentley.
How to achieve a poised affective riding position, weight distribution, alignment, leg position, tension, contact.
No 39 Schooling Principles - Threshold Picture Guide
Michael Stevens.
How to produce a supple, well-schooled horse or pony. Including relaxation, balance, regularity, energy versus impulsion, bending and suppleness, straightness, contact and collection.
No 25 Solving Flatwork Problems - Threshold Picture Guide
Jane Wallace.
How to correct everyday schooling problems from laziness, tenseness and excitability to crookedness, leaning one sidedness and shying.
No 23 Flatwork Exercises - Threshold Picture Guide
Jane Wallace
Progressive schooling exercises for suppleness, balance, strength and agility. Paces, transitions, half-halts, circles, serpentines, leg-yield, shoulder in/out, counter-canter, halts and rein-back.
Anatomy in Motion Video - Vol 1 Visible Horse
Susan Harris and Peggy Brown
Fascinating insight in vibrant colour showing how the horse's bones and muscles work in motion. Distinguishes good movement from bad, and offers hints to improve your horse's way of going. 48 mins.
Anatomy in Motion Video - Vol 2 Visible Rider
Susan Harris and Peggy Brown
Shows how the rider's skeleton is put together and how it can perform in unity with the horse in both English and Western riding . Shows how the human anatomy and movement affects and is interpreted by the horse, and how balance and straightness are dynamic, ever-changing gaits. 48 mins
Advanced Horse Riding Video - Cross Country Ian Stark
Guides the viewer from selection of the right horse through to feeding, conditioning, exercise, and riding style with tips on training and preparing the horse to approach the most awesome fence with confidence.
Advanced Horse Riding Video - Jumping + Dressage Ian Stark
Demonstrates how to approach dressage, giving a breakdown of quite complex moves. It explains grid work, related distances, turns and different approaches to various fences with an analysis on balance and strides.
Understanding Dressage Video - Vol 1 Basic Assessment David Hunt
Looks at diagnosing the problems and weaknesses of your horse - to come to a better understanding of how balance, rhythm and tempo can be achieved.
Eventing - BHS Training Video Bhs
First encounters for both horse and rider to eventing courses - looking at different fences etc and gradually how to approach a complete cross country course.
Show Jumping - Bhs Training Video Bhs
Designed to show the importance of basic jumping training for horse and rider. Includes work with trotting poles, trot to canter approaches, jumping single fences from canter, walking a course, how to jump a course etc.
Glossary Of Judges Dressage Terms (A) Leonie M Marshall
A list of terms with their explanations specific to dressage and riding tests. Notes on how to correct and achieve better marks on these tests.
Harvey Smith On Show Jumping Harvey Smith & Victor Green
Harvey Smith’s views on famous show jumping competitions, courses, his top ten riders and horses
No 26 Poles and Gridwork - Threshold Picture Guide
Jane Wallace
Progressive School exercises for suppleness and jumping skills in horse and rider. Covering single pole, canter poles on a circle, cantering over a small fence, simple grids, bounces and jumping on the angle.
No 24 Show Jumping - Threshold Picture Guide
Jane Wallace
How to ride without knock-downs and refusals, over spreads, parallels, triple bars, uprights, stiles, doubles and combinations.
Your Horse Magazine, Live Demos on DVD & Video
Contains exclusive coverage of demos from the 2003 Your Horse British Equine Event, giving you the rare opportunity to learn from 3 of Britain's equestrian elite, Tim Stockdale, Carl Hester, and William Fox-Pitt
Manual Of Stable Management (The) - Book 4 - Saddlery
Advice and information on the care and management of the horse - covers saddles, bridles, bits, boots & bandages, clothing, care & cleaning, tacking and untacking.
Threshold Picture Guide No 4 - Fitting Tack
Guide to headcollars and halters - bits and bridles - nosebands - girths and numnahs - martingales - breastplates, breastgirths and cruppers - lunging equipment and care of tack.
No 9 Beds and Bedding - Threshold Picture Guide
Mary Gordon Watson
Over 75 colour pictures. Covers floors, drainage, types of bedding, mucking out, tools, muck heaps, storage of bedding, hygiene and safety in the stable
Guide To Equine Bits (A) - Bit By Bit
Diana R Tuke
Comprehensive and illustrated guide to bits & bitting.
Illustrated Guide To Horse Tack (The)
Susan McBane
Illustrated guide which gives clear concise information on major items of tack, clothing and other equipment. Includes advice on choosing tack and schooling aids (gadgets).
Poisonous Plants + Trees
Illustrated guide to various plants and trees which are poisonous to horses.
Veterinary Notes For Horse Owners
Cptn M Horace Hayes
Comprehensive manual of horse medicine and surgery with explanations of symptoms and treatments of every disease or injury that the horse owner is likely to encounter.
Threshold Picture Guide No 10 - Feed And Feeding
Mary Gordon Watson
Easy to follow guide to horse & pony feedstuffs.
Threshold Picture Guide No 12 - First Aid
Jane Holderness-Roddam
Straightforward advice on how to cope with common injuries and ailments before the vet arrives.
Threshold Picture Guide No 16 - Feet And Shoes
Toni Webber
A step-by-step guide to the horse's foot and the principles of shoeing.
Threshold Picture Guide No 19 - Conformation
Pegotty Henriques
A guide to the basic principles and practical implications of conformation.
Care Of The Stabled Horse
David Hamer
Practical guide to stable management and caring for the horse.
Riding And Roadcraft - Riding & Road Safety Manual
Essential reading for riders who hack out on the road. Includes advice and Highway Code rules, guide to BHS Riding and Road Safety Test with theory questions and answers.
Road Safe - Horse Magazine
Vital roadcraft and road safety tips.
The Horse Care Manual
Judith Draper
Guide to the practicalities of looking after horses on a day to day basis. Includes - buying a horse, keeping for a horse, daily care, equipment and grooming.
No 14 Safety - Threshold Picture Guide
Toni Webber
Valuable tips to keep you and your horse safe - hats, protective clothing, saddlery and tack, stable and field safety, handling tips, road safety, learning how to fall and lifting.
Understanding Nervousness in Horse and Rider
Moyra Williams
Qualified psychologist and horseman investigates the cause of nervousness in horses and their riders and gives advice on how to overcome this. Cartoons by Ann Pilgrim.
QED: Talking To Horses Vol 1
Monty Roberts programme of equine psychology
QED: Monty Roberts A Real Horse Whisperer Vol 2
Monty Roberts programme of equine psychology
Riding Clubs Examinations And Examiners
List of examiners for BHS Riding Club Grade Test.
Includes syllabus on Grade Test and Stable Management Phases.
Riding And Stable Management - Stage 1
Reed, H & Redhead, J
Guide to the entire Stage I exam syllabus including physiology, health, grassland management, saddlery, watering, feeding and equitation.
Course Companion For BHS Stages I And II
Maxine Cave
Covers the horse knowledge and horse care elements of the BHS Stage I and II exams.
Basic Principles Video - BHS Stages I & II
Designed to help students working towards their BHS Stages I & II examinations. Also useful for those who are learning the essential foundations to horse care and riding.
Official Rules For All British Riding Clubs Competitions In The Millennium British Riding Clubs
Booklet - May 2000
BHS Yearbook 2000
Information on the British Horse Society, its functions, structure, approved riding establishments etc.
Welcome To British Dressage
Information on British Dressage, an independent company with no ties to BHS.
Macdonald Encyclopaedia Of Horses (The)
Maurizio Bongianni
300 full colour illustrations. Individual entries for each breed with information, including origin, geographical distribution, aptitudes, qualities, temperament, conformation, and history.
Pony Club Quiz Book
1,000 questions and answers covering almost every aspect of riding, care and folklore etc.
