For Beginners

Welcome to my backyard horse trainer horse book page.

Ground work is the most important thing for a horse in-training.
I recommend this book about in-hand horse training,
it gets the point across about the ground work.
and it also explains about long-lining, and lunging.

Sally Swift

I'm a big fan of Sally Swift.

I'm happy to be able to offer these publications
as I had read these when I was a teenager.
"Centered Riding"

I used this book while training my first horse.
I continue to use it as a reference.
This is a great read for someone who is very involved in training they're own horse.

The Books Page