Product Description

The horse world has many different "arenas," and even many professionals don't know the terms used outside their areas of expertise. Here, finally in one place, is a complete guide to everything horse-related - a guide that will be equally useful to a seasoned professional, a novice equestrian, and someone who just wants to know everything there is to know about horses.

This hefty, fully illustrated, A-to-Z compendium is an indispensable answer book addressing every question a reader might have about horses and horse care. Covering breeds, tack, facilities, equine care and management, health and safety issues, riding styles and disciplines, shows, horse professionals and what they do, and much more, this book is a reference that will be turned to again and again. From stable design to practice lessons to choosing a riding instructor to loading a trailer, the information is presented in an easily accessible and easily understood manner and is accompanied by clear line drawings throughout.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #264863 in Books
• Published on: 2000-02-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

From Library Journal
Edited by a horsewoman with several other equine books to her credit, this comprehensive volume for horse enthusiasts might better be called an encyclopedic dictionary. The alphabetically arranged entries vary in length from a few sentences to a few pages, with the most thorough coverage going to extensive topics like breeding, foot care, and feeding. Most entries consist of one or two paragraphs and provide a good definition of the term at hand. The book is well illustrated with sketches and is especially easy to use. Where a more visual presentation is appropriate, tables and charts are given, which is particularly helpful when alternatives are offered for comparison. Cross references are used effectively, and sidebars containing illustrations and bits of equine folklore give the book a user-friendly appearance. Finally, the book is well indexed and includes a helpful list of resource organizations. Recommended for library reference collections; horse owners will probably want to purchase their own copies. Deborah Emerson, Rochester Regional Lib. Council, Fairport, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Written in layman's language, this encyclopedia's A-Z entries offer insight into all aspects of English and Western horsemanship. The editor has done an excellent job of covering equine health issues, care, riding, tack, and horse breeds. The history and evolution of the horse are discussed, as are such topics as stable design and how to load a horse into a trailer. Fact boxes and numerous line drawings provide useful supplemental information. Short topic-specific glossaries define, for instance, racing terms. There are also useful charts, illustrations of plants poisonous to horses, and stepbystep drawings of how to braid a tail and tie various knots. The horse trivia and horserelated quotations add an interesting and entertaining dimension to the book.

A resource list includes general and breed-specific organizations as well as academic programs with a specialty in equine science. Crossreferences lead the reader to related articles. Terms within an article that have a main entry are in bold type. The general index is thorough and uses italics to indicate illustrations and bold type to indicate charts. There is even a separate index to the quotations that appear throughout the book.

One must look elsewhere, such as The Horse Encyclopedia (Firefly, 1998), for color photographs of breeds. The Horse Dictionary (McFarland, 1995) has more terms, and both the International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds (Univ. of Oklahoma, 1995) and The Encyclopedia of Horses and Ponies (Macmillan/Howell, 1995) cover more breeds. Still, Storey's Horse Lover's Encyclopedia has a lot going for it. The broad scope and userfriendly design make this a good choice for public libraries of all sizes. REVWR
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From the Back Cover
Your information lifeline in the barn!

The equestrian world is vast and complex, but horses and horse care are the same the world over. This volume celebrates the many different equestrian philosophies and presents detailed information on all styles of breeds, healthy horse care, and stable lore.

This unique, user-friendly A-to-Z guide to the horse world is broad in scope, rich in content, and fully cross-referenced. Packed with illustrations, charts, quotations, tips, and insights, Storey's Horse-Lover's Encyclopedia has the information you need - whether you're a seasoned professional, a novice equestrian, or someone who just wants to know everything there is to know about horses. From fetlock to Forelock, gaits to gates, reining to rain scald, it's all here in this treasury of everything equestrian.

Customer Reviews

Strorey's Horse-Lover's Encyclopedia
Awsome book, has every thing you need to know about horses

Terrifc book!
This is a very comprehensive encyclopedia, covering much more than merely equine terminology. The book is filled with information on topics such as equine care and handling, ailments/symptoms and how to address them, equine nutrition, plants that are poisonous to horses, horse anatomy, aspects of showmanship, how to choose an instructor and much much more -- topics too extensive to mention all of them here. You can't go wrong with this book.

Awesome Horse Book
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