Photographic Guide to Schooling Your Horse Book

This aims to show you that schooling is both enjoyable and essential. A progressive schooling plan will ensure that your horse is a pleasure to ride - he'll be more supple, co-ordinated and in balance, and he'll be interested in his work. Correct schooling is a vital foundation for any horse, whatever discipline he is ultimately aimed at, and is invaluable in allowing him to reach his potential. Hacking, eventing, riding Western or doing show classes - in fact anything you do with your horse - will be helped by educating and training him.

If you care for your horse there's an even more powerful reason to ensure he is schooled regularly and properly: it can prolong his working life. Horses that have been schooled will carry and use themselves more efficiently and, therefore, remain sound longer.