ALLEN PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDES

Number 41 in the Allen Photographic Guide Series.
Grassland management can be complicated and frustrating. Even with a small paddock there is either too much grass or too much ragwort. Field Management for Horses and Ponies shows you how to analyse your existing pasture in order to maximize the quantity and quality of your grazing. It gives practical advice on soil analysis, fertilizing, harrowing and ploughing, land drainage, fencing and problems such as weed infestation and poisonous plants.
Anyone who wishes to improve their grazing and get the most out of their land -from the owner of one horse or pony who is kept on a small area of rented land to the riding school proprietor -will find the easy-to-understand advice given in this book invaluable.

Sian Evans is an equestrian journalist who has been involved with horses for many years and regularly contributes to newspapers and magazines. She has spent a great deal of time and effort transforming her own grazing .from a rough and uninhabitable piece of land into a safe area of nutritious grazing. Sian has also worked in the BHS press office.for their 'Root out Ragwort ' campaign and has worked with trainers and breeders on a variety of private premises specializing in areas .from dressage to eventing. Sian is also the author of All About Beds and Bedding number 36 in the Allen photographic guide series.

A New Title In The Intelligent Horsemanship Series.
Few things are more rewarding than meeting a horse that is untouched by humans and over a period of minutes, hours or days causing him to believe that humans are not so bad after all - in fact that it is even good to be near them!
In this book Kelly Marks writes about the techniques and skills required to achieve the answers to one of the many problems she encounters most frequently. Beginning with ways to catch the horse and separate him from his companions, Kelly proceeds to describe how to put a first head collar on and then to lead the horse. As with all her teaching, Kelly bases her advice on experience gained from her work handling a wide variety of horses and ponies at her demonstrations and clinics around the world.

A New Title In The Intelligent Horsemanship Series.
Every owner knows the frustration of not being able to catch their horse or pony, but by following Kelly's practical advice they will soon have horses that positively want to be caught!
A horse's natural inclination is to live in cooperation rather than conflict and the essence of this book is to help the reader to work with their horse and not against him. Kelly shows them how to look at things from the horse's viewpoint and by doing so to make him want to be with us and to follow us. Kelly writes about initial handling in the stable and in the field and describes the ways in which we can improve om body language so that he is comfortable being with us.
Working with the methods described by Kelly the reader will soon have a horse that will not only want to come with them but will also be a generally more willing partner .

Kelly Marks is a former showjumper and jockey who started working with Monty Roberts in 1993. She is the founder of Intelligent Horsemanship -an organisation committed to promoting the understanding and fair treatment of horses.
"I could not recommend a better teacher of my methods anywhere in the world than Kelly Marks" Monty Roberts