The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship: Intermediate Horsemanship - C Level

Howell reference books

by Susan E. Harris, Ruth Ring Harvie

The C Level is an intermediate level of horsemanship. This C Level manual builds on material covered in The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship: Basics for Beginners/D Level. Whether you are a Pony Clubber who has passed the D Level tests or simply a rider who has mastered the same basics, this manual will enable you to increase your skills and teach you what you must know in order to ride independently and correctly with good position, balance, and use of the aids on the flat, over fences, and in the open. At the intermediate level you are expected to take more responsibility for the care and management of your pony, and you will learn how to do this as well. In addition, you will learn the skills needed for conditioning and preparing your pony and yourself for competitions and special events. From the C Level, you may go on to higher Pony Club ratings such as B, H A, or A Ratings, or specialize in such disciplines as dressage, show jumping, eventing, and showing. Or you may just want to have the pleasure of caring for your horse or pony and participating in your favorite riding activities. Either way, The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship: Intermediate Horsemanship/C Level will give you an excellent basis in horsemanship for the lifelong enjoyment of horses and horse sports.

Genres: Horses, Reference, Nonfiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 1995

About the author

Susan E. Harris is an international clinician, riding teacher, equestrian author and artist from Cortland, New York. She has taught all seats and styles of riding, and has trained, shown, and prepared horses and riders for competition in many equestrian disciplines, including hunters, jumpers, dressage, equitation, eventing, western pleasure and performance, saddle seat, and the pleasure and versatility breeds. Susan directed 5-H Acres School of Horsemanship, a nationally accredited riding instructor school for 10 years, taught college equine studies and physical education equitation courses, and has been active in training and establishing certification standards for American riding instructors since the l970's. In 2004 she was honored as a Master Instructor by the American Riding Instructor Association.

A Senior Centered Riding Instructor and Clinician, Susan apprenticed with Sally Swift, the founder of Centered Riding®. She teaches clinics in Centered Riding and in Horse Gaits, Balance, and Movement for instructors, trainers, judges, and riders of all levels and riding interests. Susan's demonstrations, "Anatomy in Motion™: The Visible Horse", in which she paints the bones and muscles on a live horse, and "Anatomy in Motion: The Visible Rider™" have been popular attractions at equine expos and clinics across North America and around the world, including EquineAffaire, Equitana Australia, the American Quarter Horse Congress, the George Morris Horsemastership Clinic at Wellington, FL, and others.

Susan Harris is the author and illustrator of popular horse books, including Horsemanship in Pictures, Horse Gaits, Balance, and Movement, Grooming to Win, the three U.S. Pony Club Manuals of Horsemanship, and the USPC Guides to Longeing, Bandaging, and Conformation. She writes a regular column in EQUUS Magazine, Commonsense Horsemanship with Susan Harris. With Peggy Brown, she produced two DVDs: Anatomy in Motion™ I: The Visible Horse, and Anatomy in Motion II: The Visible Rider™. Susan designed the art for the Breyer Anatomy in Motion model horse, and has illustrated many popular horse books.

Susan's study of equine and human anatomy and movement as an artist as well as an instructor, rider and trainer, has given her a unique perspective on how horses and riders balance and move together. Centered Riding techniques can help riders discover how to use their bodies better for improved balance and harmony between horse and rider. Susan's knowledge of horse gaits and movement and wide experience in various breeds and disciplines enable her to help all kinds of riders and horses improve their balance, comfort, movement and performance. Her friendly and positive teaching style and visual approach help to make learning clear, understandable, and enjoyable for English and Western riders of all ages and levels, from 4-H, Pony Club and pleasure riders to instructors, trainers, and competitors. When not traveling, teaching or writing, Susan enjoys dressage, jumping, and trail riding...

Reviews

[Joanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not really a book that you start at one point and then finish reading. It is a reference book for people who want to learn the basics of horses and riding. It is excellent for that purpose. It gives illustrations to help show you what is described.

[Meagan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I consider this a handbook to owning and riding a horse in the English disciplines for any young or new rider. It’s very well-written and easy to understand. As a riding instructor, I recommend all of my students get a copy.

[MaryEllen Elizabeth Hart · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for any equestrian.

I love the USPC Manuals. They are perfect, basic, sequential, riding instruction. Great reviews of the basics. Excellent, perfect instructional manual for serious equestrians seeking to strengthen, challenge and refine their applied riding techniques and theory.

The United State Pony Clubs Manual of Horsemanship for all levels: Beginner "D", Intermediate "C", Advanced "B", "HB" and "A" levels are perfectly sequential, technically accurate, realistically organized expectations of both rider and horse, and filled with mandatory vocabulary for every equestrian. The photos and illustrations are classic, clear, and supportive of the instruction. This series was compiled and developed through the expertise of equestrian savvy parents (and their masterful friends) across three hundred years of British (then USA) riding mastery for their children (and blossoming teens).

A winning combination for every equestrian's book shelf. This is a series you will keep as a lasting reference.

I am going to continue re-reading these books often.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good information some times this book is not quite clear. Read/Should read again

[Juliana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear, thorough, in-depth detail, organized really well and illustrations are precise, accurate and easy to understand. Although i already know everything in it i still read it here and there.

[Sofia Van Wyk · Rating 5 out of 5]

if you read the beginners and your trainer and you feel that you are ready to move on to the next level this book is full lof wonders

[Gertrud · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just like the D-Level book, it is written in an easy to understand language. This book however, goes into much more detail about riding and daily life at the stable.

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. Learned a lot