Award winning horse handler Cherry Hill provides this user friendly guide to essential handling and care topics such as feeding, haltering, tying, grooming, clipping, bathing, braiding, blanketing, and caring for the mane and tail. The wealth of practical advice offered is thorough enough for beginners, yet useful for experienced riders improving their skills. Includes charts and glossary.

"A Storey Publishing book."

Safe handling and housing -- Handling equipment -- Haltering and unhaltering -- Handling the haltered horse -- Tying -- Safe training and handling -- Grooming techniques -- Bathing a horse -- Clipping the horse's hair -- Caring for the mane -- Caring for the tail.