The Best Beginner's Guide to Horses and Ponies for Kids

Everything You Need to Know about Breeds, Riding, Safety, and More!
You love horses and ponies! Who doesn't? This guide will help you learn how to build a wonderful relationship with the horses in your life, keep your new pony healthy and happy, and avoid common mistakes of first-time horse and pony riders and owners.
You love horses and ponies! Who doesn't? This guide will help you learn how to build a wonderful relationship with the horses in your life, keep your new pony healthy and happy, and avoid common mistakes of first-time horse and pony riders and owners.

Whether you have a horse or pony, are thinking about learning to ride, or just love horses and ponies and want to know all about them, this guide is packed with the essential information, tips, and advice that every horse-loving kid will enjoy.

You’ll discover how horses helped humans make history. You’ll explore their bodies and minds, inside and out. You’ll learn how to ride them and train them and care for them. You’ll survey horse shows and horse sports all around the world. Most importantly, you’ll understand how to form a lasting bond with the horses and ponies in your life. Full-colour photographs placed throughout will aid in understanding, as well as keeping a young reader interested.

The Absolute Beginners Guide to Horses and Ponies covers a lot of important topics, including:

• Preparing your stall or barn for a new horse or pony
• Horse breeds and their characteristics
• Amazing horses in movies, books and real-life heroes
• Safe handling
• Mucking, grooming, and tacking
• Nutrition and health care
• Unique needs of horses and young ponies
• Riding lessons
• And so much more!

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• International estimated delivery times:
• Europe & Channel Islands: 7 to 10 working days
• USA: 7 to 15 working days
• Rest of the World: 9 to 21 working days

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