Horse's Muscles in Motion

This book aims to show how the horse's muscles work and how this knowledge can be put to good use in all aspects of horse care and riding. It provides valuable insights into how man's use of the horse can adversely affect movement and how good riding practice can help to avoid problems. It is an important guide to understanding what it is that riders ask of the horse and an aid to improving the horse's performance.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 29 June 2022
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd

New in paperback for 2022, this book aims to demonstrate how and why the horse's muscles work, and explains how this knowledge can be put to good use in all aspects of horse care and riding. With careful anatomical drawings supported by explanatory text, Sara Wyche dissects the horse's musculoskeletal system and describes how the various muscles work together with bones, joints, ligaments, and nerves to produce movement. Throughout, there are valuable insights into how man's use of the horse can adversely affect this movement, how good riding practice can help to avoid problems, and why the horse is sometimes unable to meet the strenuous demands that are so often placed upon him. Riders, trainers, saddle fitters - all who have an interest in how the horse moves - will find this book to be a fascinating exploration of the horse's musculoskeletal system. More than this, it is an important guide to understanding exactly what it is they ask of the horse and, therefore, an aid to improving the horse's performance.

New in paperback for 2022, this book aims to demonstrate how and why the horse's muscles work, and explains how this knowledge can be put to good use in all aspects of horse care and riding. With careful anatomical drawings supported by explanatory text, Sara Wyche dissects the horse's musculoskeletal system and describes how the various muscles work together with bones, joints, ligaments, and nerves to produce movement. Throughout, there are valuable insights into how man's use of the horse can adversely affect this movement, how good riding practice can help to avoid problems, and why the horse is sometimes unable to meet the strenuous demands that are so often placed upon him. Riders, trainers, saddle fitters - all who have an interest in how the horse moves - will find this book to be a fascinating exploration of the horse's musculoskeletal system. More than this, it is an important guide to understanding exactly what it is they ask of the horse and, therefore, an aid to improving the horse's performance.

Weight: 364g
Dimension: 246 x 189 x 10 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780719840869