More How Your Horse Wants You to Ride: Advanced Basics: The Fun Begins

by Gincy Self Bucklin

Book Overview

Techniques to help riders fine-tune their communication and riding skills This follow-up to How Your Horse Wants You to Ride helps intermediate to advanced riders improve their communication with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764599143
• ISBN13: 9780764599149
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Howell Books
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Far exceeded my expectations - this book and its companion are must-haves for rides of ALL levels

I LOVE this book (and its predecessor) - they FAR exceeded my expectations, and even after 18 years of formal training under instructors' guidance, I have learned so much from this wonderful book. Beginner or advanced rider, this is honestly a must-read...and I do not say that too often about books! It was a pleasant surprise to see the size of this book and its companion - they are not flimsy or overly brief in the least, but there is no superfluous content, photos or diagrams to confuse you, either. I wish there were more books around by this author!

Not just for graduates!

I bought this book thinking I would want it later, after my riding had improved through the program in _How Your Horse Wants You to Ride_. It sat around unread for a long time because I thought I wasn't ready for the advanced material yet. Then I peeked inside and found out that MORE doesn't just pick up where the first book left off. MORE starts at the beginning and adds to the material in the first book, at every level. There is material in there that is way too advanced for me but there is also a whole lot that isn't. There is some review, some overlap of what's in the first book, in addition to the new material. Take a peek, you'll find that MORE begins with the Seven Steps, progresses to working with the horse on the ground, and so on. So don't wait to read MORE. It will give you more, no matter where you are on your journey.

Another great book for the horse and rider.

In her third book, this companion to "How Your Horse Wants You To Ride", Gincy gives us another collection of her deep insights into horse behavior, comfort and motivation. Every nuance of equine behavior is covered. Every situation that will arise is here with solutions in easily understood text and excellent photo illustrations. This, and the earlier book, form a complete manual for riders from their early beginnings, through to mastery and enjoyment of riding. In fact, through building confidence and understanding from the start, it assures that both the horse and rider will enjoy their times together. It is all done with warmth, kindlness and complete understanding of the rider's point of view as well as that of the horse. These books offer lots of support and knowledge for anyone working with and enjoying horses. For the instructor "More HYHWYTR" with its companion book, provides a wonderful basis for planning lessons and dealing with every day to day situation that arises with riding students and their mounts. As in her earlier books, Gincy focuses on building the rider's confidence as well as her skill. Gincy's decades of experience teaching, training, riding and loving horses comes clearly through to us in her enjoyable and helpful books. More HYHWYTR is a 'must have' for everyone who rides, from pre-beginner to confident expert..

Perfect Addition to Book Series

This IS the perfect addition to the Author,Gincy Bucklins', previous two books.With her years of knowledge she has the ability to simplify and pass on to others the most affective way to accomplish our goals with our Horses.She also has a great concern for the horses comfort as she attempts to allow us to learn or relearn the correct way to ride in balance and safety. All of her books recap The Seven Steps which has proven to be an invaluable asset for both rider and horse.I cannot praise or thank Ms Bucklin enough for the three books she has written and the help she has given to so many ....MORE, GINCY, MORE!

The basics continued

Although the "editorial" review assesses this book for intermediate and advanced riders, it is a bit misleading. Gincy continues with more of the basics that we all need to become solid riders. And I do mean the basics. Gincy points out that even advanced riders may know they are doing something wrong, but may not know how to correct their mistake. She then gives very detailed and yet simple ways to start out doing the right thing so you may never need to correct yourself. For those of us who started before her series of books, she has made available in clear, simple steps what to do to adjust and correct our position and techniques. I love her "Tidbits and Supplements" which are little asides that point out odds and ends of knowledge about riding, tack, horses, and horse people that you might learn if you spent years hanging around barns and horses, but you also might have missed. The photographs and diagrams in the book are really helpful and appear at just the right moments. In this book she is also very specific about what to do to ride with more confidence. Her Seven Steps plus Grounding are spelled out here and discussed once again. Everything about how she asks the rider to approach riding the horse creates confidence in riding. This, like her other books, should be a riding textbook for beginner riders and a bedside companion for intermediate and advanced riders. She writes in a way that makes the art of riding feel very simple and yet handles all the specifics that will take you to whatever level of riding you want to learn. It is a terrific addition to the riding literature, and fit for both riders and their instructors who want to be sure their students learn clear and useful basics.