Horses: A Guide to Selection, Care, and Enjoyment

by J. Warren Evans

Book Overview

For almost twenty years, Horses has been the definitive horse care manual, an indispensable reference for anyone who shows, races, breeds, or rides horses.

Now Horses is available for the first time in paperback in a completely revised and updated new edition, offering all the latest information necessary for the competent care and recreational use of horses today. It covers every vital phase of buying, managing, enjoying,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805072519
• ISBN13: 9780805072518
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Holt McDougal
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

good reference

i needed this book for a class, it came and i am happy with it. it has helpful information and is a good reference for horses

Horses: A Guide To Selection, Care And Enjoyment

Very informative and helpful for a new owner or beginner. It is a textbook worth having.

Excellent text used at local community college

This is a required text for Equine Science course at our local community college and it covers A LOT of info. Highly recommend as a horse Bible. It is very thick so I wish I had purchased the hard cover for easier handling.

Good, informative as an education and reference guide

I used this book for an animal science class in college. I'm quite familiar with horses, but never the less, this book is definitely recommended for most anyone to have around as a basic horse book. For new horseback riders or owners, I'd definitely recommended it. The author covers essentially every topic imaginable, from behavior, conformation, breeds, stabling, feed, teeth, gaits, handling, conditioning, grooming, illnesses, farriers, diseases, performance, breeding and genetics. Even though I was familiar with most of the material covered, it is extremely handy to have such a book on hand for things like a dental chart for aging, or the wight to energy ratios for various grains. Just a lot of stuff down in writing that you might not always remember off the top of your head.