Sports Medicine for Performance Horses: Veterinary Advice for Owners and trainers

By William E. Jones

Here is an indispensible book for owners and trainers of performance horses. Equine sports medicine is as much prevention as treatment. Your competitors are not playing around. They are educated, savvy, horsemen who understand equine exercise physiology and modern techniques of training horses to keep them healthy and performing at the top of their ability. Sports medicine techniques help you to safely train your horses to be fit and stay fit. Horses fit for their type of performance have less lameness and metabolic problems. Your performance horses were expensive. Learn how to put them in the winner's circle and keep them there. Read about the secrets veterinarians have learned. Dr. Jones cuts through the technical jargon, explaining in terms a horse owner can understand and appreciate, how to train and care for your performance horses properly.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1470129663
• ISBN13: 9781470129668
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"