Schooling for Young Riders: A Handbook for the Horsemen of Tomorrow

by John Richard Young

Guides the young rider in training a horse or pony, with explanations of equi psychology, equipment, and contest rules.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806108908
• ISBN13: 9780806108902
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

memorable and enriching narrative

The book, Schooling For Young Riders, was a bok that I read 15 years ago as I was beginning my adventure as a horse educator. Richard Young 's memorable narrative about a spoiled pony that he purchased to train with his daughter, covers many of the same problems that I have encountered in the years since I read the book. He shares a common sense way of thinking like a horse to solve those problems and bring a young rider and horse both to their potential. This perspective has blended into my own methods that have come to include many natural horsemanship techniques. I would say that John Richard Young was ahead of his time, and shared that well in this book.