I have a $25 gift certificate to Amazon, and I need help figuring out what to spend it on!
What’s the one non-fiction (training, care, psychology, etc.) horse book you would buy right now?
The two I own but swear by:
Lessons with Lendon
That Winning Feeling
At the moment, I’ve got “Falling for Fallacies: Misleading Commonplace Notions of Dressage Riding” by Jean-Claude Racinet on my Amazon Wish List from recommendations made here the last time a question like this came up. So, that’s probably what I would buy.
But, obviously, I haven’t read it myself, yet.
The horse care book that I refer to often is “All Horse Systems Go” by Nancy Loving. However, I just looked it up and it is coming up priced at $350 for the paperback, which is crazy (Kindle version is $30)! Kind of makes me want to sell my copy…
but I won’t!
If Doug Payne’s book is on there, I would recommend it. It’s called The Riding Horse Repair Manual
If you don’t already have it: Centered Riding by Sally Swift
Zen Mind, Zen Horse by Allan Hamilton is really good! It mends spirituality with horse training very well.
My Horses, My Teachers by Alois Podhajsky
http://www.amazon.com/My-Horses-Teachers-Alois-Podhajsky/dp/1570760918
I enjoy all of Mark Rashid’s books. They are very readable and entertaining. To start I would chose No Horse is a Bad colour.
IF you want to be entertained, read Equine ER by Leslie Guttman. I loved it and wished it could have had 1000 more chapters.
Effective Horsemanship by Noel Jackson
or
Give Your Horse a Chance by A. L. D’Endrody
Not sure if either is still in print, but they are my favorites.
Xenophon’s On Horsemanship.
Fascinating to see how little has changed in some 2000 years.
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Xenophon’s On Horsemanship.
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This is on that “free horse books” thread. Project Guttenburg and a few other sites have it for a free download. It is fascinating.
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If you don’t already have it: Centered Riding by Sally Swift[/QUOTE]
I Second this suggestion
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Or Sally Swift’s second book, Centered Riding II: Further Exploration. It reviews the basic principles in her first book, but goes further, with more about groundwork and bodywork for riders, applying Centered Riding in different disciplines, pain issues, etc.
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I enjoy all of Mark Rashid’s books. They are very readable and entertaining. To start I would chose No Horse is a Bad colour.[/QUOTE]
THIS ^^^ then “Horses Never Lie” as second read
Such awesome recommendations! Thanks everyone! Some of these are already in my library, and some I’m definitely going to add.
This time around though, I think I’m going to get “How Good Riders Get Good” by Denny Emerson. I’m hoping it’ll be the kick in the pants I need to stop making excuses and actually ride!
Horses are meant to be horses, written by Franz Mairinger’s students after his death.
I love Denny’s book, OP. :yes: Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 
