World-Class Grooming for Horses – Cat Hill, Emma Ford

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It is the responsibility of these elite experts to keep their four-legged charges happy, healthy, and primed for peak performance — in body and mind. Now, two of the best professional grooms in the business share their trade secrets, with over 1200 colour photographs demonstrating how to clean the horse from nose to tail; wrap, clip, braid, and ship him; prepare him for or present him in various English competitive scenarios; and care for him after work or showing so he is rested and ready to do it all again. The ultimate modern-day guide for all riders who want their horses to look and feel their best.

• The complete guide to daily care of keeping horses and preparing for competition
• Written by two professional grooms at the top of their game
• Everything you need to know with over 1200 photographs by Jessica Dailey
• Includes techniques for wrapping legs, bandaging tails, adding quarter marks and polishing the metal on tack

THE AUTHORS Cat Hill grew up in upstate New York on a working farm. She had a series of Arabian show horses and started riding show hunters through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Team at the University of Geneseo. Through the years she has worked the Winter Equestrian Festival for a Grand Prix Showjumping rider, managed an AA Hunter barn and has worked at almost every type of competition. Emma Ford from North Devon was brought up in the hunt field with her father as Master of the Foxhounds. She grew up in the Pony Club system, culminating with jumping at the Horse of the Year Show in 1991. She has groomed at almost every four-star event in the world, and has been a member of the US Eventing Team at multiple Olympic, World, and Pan American Games. 'Emma Ford and Cat Hill have taken their careers as professional grooms to another level. The pride they take in their work and the skill they exhibit in both keeping horses at home and preparing them for competition are unparalleled. We can all learn from them and be better horsemen for it.' Phillip Dutton, 5-time Olympic equestrian with 2 Gold medals 'It s all there in one spiral-bound book, making it a great resource for experienced horsemen and novices alike, and it should be considered required reading for those looking into working student or groom positions. ... Whether you re looking for instructions on how to do hunter braids, wrap a leg properly, or adjust a figure-eight noseband, you can be sure Ford and Hill have done it thousands of times, and they re eager to share their knowledge.' Chronicle of the Horse 'What a wonderful book! What the authors have done here is absolutely tops. It doesn t matter your discipline eventing, dressage, hunters, jumpers, or even Western you ll find invaluable information here. And there s something to learn whatever your level novice, professional, or anywhere in between. World-Class Grooming for Horses is so needed it is the only book out there like it. Anyone can benefit from it, and I highly recommend it.' Jeff Cook, hunter/jumper trainer