Taking Up Riding As an Adult

This complete guide to beginning horseback riding addresses the special concerns of adult riders, enabling them to make wise choices, save time and money, have more fun, and achieve more personal fulfillment through riding. Children taking riding lessons can concentrate solely on their riding, leaving issues such as financing and finding quality instruction to their parents. Adults new to riding face a multitude of special concerns and author Diana Delmar offers them solid advice to confidently take care of all the details so they can fully enjoy the riding experience. The book`s first chapter, Riding for Fun and Exercise, offers tips for making the time to ride, as well as ideas for turning riding into an effective workout. Find a Lesson Barn and Instructor features tips for assessing a stable`s quality of instruction and horses. A chapter on Horse Tack and Supplies advises readers on what equipment really makes riding easier and more enjoyable, and what is an unnecessary expense. Readers will also learn how to ride safely and prevent injury, care for a horse and recognize illness, and organize activities to build a riding community. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.