1000 Tips and Tricks for the Rider

Author: Lux C. Publisher: VIGOT Publication date: 25/06/2020 192 pages Which rider has never faced issues with tying up, fencing, tack, equipment, training or horse health, when a simple tip could have solved the problem, saved time and delivered substantial savings? Practical advice covering rider and horse equipment, tack, schooling and everyday riding: making an emergency headcollar and waterproof chaps, checking the suppleness of your horse's loins, or building your own cavaletti... For trail riders, the best tips gathered along the way: finding north without a compass, protecting your kit from the rain, making a wasp trap, treating a saddle sore with a clod of earth, tying essential knots, and securing bouncing saddlebags... For horse owners, everything you need to know to make keeping a horse at home easier: fencing, gates, paddock layout, moving bales and protecting your tack will hold no secrets for you. Hundreds of practical solutions, each more ingenious than the last, brought together in this revised and expanded edition: an essential book for every rider!