This volume is a complete guide for improving the performance, health care and preventing injury for the equine athlete. The book offers information on: conformation, evaluation, conditioning, stronger muscles and bones, avoiding fatigue, improving breathing, evaluating fitness, successful training methods and causes of poor performance. Topics also discussed include: the use of medications; high-tech therapy for injury; managing chronic lameness; and avoiding laminitis, collic, tying up and navicular.

Veterinary Manual for the Performance Horse

Science & Math

Loving, Nancy S.

JOHNSTON, A.M.

Nature & Ecology

Blackwell Science Inc.

Conformation in Motion is a new and improved approach to the understanding of why some horses perform better and live healthier lives than others. Conformation in Motion features 200 common equine conformation characteristics in photographic display by world-renowned equine photographer Bob Langrish, accompanied by Dr. Nancy Loving's concise explanations of each conformation type. Also presented are recommended corrective programs for those conformation faults that can be improved; performance consequences of these faults for different activities and sports are discussed. The reader sees how to recognize each fault -- an invaluable advantage to the buyer and trainer.

Conformation and Performance: A Guide to the Performance Consequences of Common Conformation Points

Reference

Breakthrough Pubns

The definitive guide to long distance riding, written by a leading equine veterinarian and endurance ride official. Featuring 100 photos. No other equestrian sports demand such a continuous training effort as do endurance and competitive distance riding. To reach the highest level of the sports--competing in a 100-mile ride--requires years of careful conditioning. In Go the Distance, Dr. Nancy Loving--a top veterinarian, endurance rider, and judge--clearly explains everything a rider needs to know, from selecting a horse to evaluating fitness and nutrition. Chapters include: Intelligent Nutrition, Conditioning Principles and Training Philosophy, Evaluating Fitness, Conditioning for Specific Terrain and Climatic Factors, Cooling Strategies, and Evaluation of Metabolic Health and Soundness. If you are an experienced distance rider, this is essential reading to improve your training and competitive skills. If you are just beginning, Go the Distance will safely guide you and your horse along the miles. Nancy Loving lives in Boulder, Colorado. 264 pp 6 x 9 100 b/w photos, 22 drawings and charts

Go the Distance: The Complete Resource for Endurance Riders

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Pets & Animal Care

Trafalgar Square Pub

A ridden horse is an athletic horse, and just as a human athlete needs to gauge his diet, condition his cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and take meticulous care of his muscles, bones, and ligaments, so too must the rider maintain these systems in her horse. Now, for the first time in one, full-color comprehensive book, Dr. Nancy S. Loving, noted equine veterinarian and dressage, event, and distance riding competitor, addresses the singularly challenging needs of keeping the working horse in working order. With chapters devoted to cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, digestive, and reproductive health, as well to the hooves, bones, joints, tendons and ligaments, muscles, and skin, Dr. Loving provides a thorough understanding of the intricacies of the equine body. However, this is not just another veterinary manual. While diseases are indeed clearly explained, and relevant diagnostic tools and methods of prevention and treatment are offered for various ailments, Dr. Loving sets her book apart by diligently applying her scientific knowledge to the practical needs of every pleasure, sport, and performance horse owner—whether you simply hack with friends or compete at the highest level. Over 500 color photographs and 4,000 index entries suitably enrich this consummate text. Whether used as a study guide to better understand your equine athlete or as a quick-find reference when you notice a mysterious new swelling on his near foreleg, All Horse Systems Go is the integral ingredient to ensuring your horse can perform to the very best of his ability, whatever his task may be.

All Horse Systems Go: Retraining the Thoroughbred from Racehorse to Riding Horse

Trafalgar Square Books

This information-packed international best-seller should be on every endurance and competitive trail rider's shelf.

Go the Distance: The Complete Resource for Endurance Horses

This is the long-awaited how-to handbook for treating riding injuries in the field for both rider and horse, with step-by-step numbered instructions for the most common injuries and what to do until help arrives. Injuries range from insect and animal bites, allergies, and broken bones to head injuries, hypothermia, and hoof wounds. This is an authoritative pocket reference that combines advice from a reputable veterinarian and a medical doctor, a perfect package for first aid kits.

First Aid for Horse and Rider: Emergency Care For The Stable And Trail

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Preston, Gilbert

Diseases & Physical Ailments

LYONS PRESS+

In this manual Nancy Loving explains everything a rider needs to know, from selecting a horse and investing in equipment to evaluating fitness and nutrition. There is information on: athletic foot care; intelligent nutrition; conditioning principles and training philosophy; methods of evaluating fitness; conditioning for specific terrain and climactic factors; cooling strategies during training and competition; and evaluation of metabolic health and soundness. The work should help experienced long-distance riders improve their training and competitive skills, as well as guide anyone who is thinking of trying long-distance riding.

Go the Distance: Complete Resource for Endurance Riding

Kenilworth Press

En este completo volumen a todo color, la Dra. Nancy S. Loving, célebre veterinaria de caballos y amazona de doma clásica y de concurso completo, trata los retos de mantener al caballo en «funcionamiento». Con los capÃ­tulos dedicados a la salud cardiovascular, respiratoria, neurológica, digestiva y reproductora,

Todos los sistemas del caballo (Hipica / Racing) (Spanish Edition)

Editorial Hispano Europea, S.A.

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