Exhisting Books & Videos on Riding and Training Saddle Seat and Fine Harness

[Renae]

In repsonce to Linda's comment on the promoting saddle seat thread where she states that only 2 books on this subject. Here are the books I have read and videos I have seen:

Books:
Saddle Seat Equitation by Helen Crabtree, available from the American Saddlebred Museum
Riding For Success, Both In adn Out of the Show Ring by Gayle Lampe, available from the American Saddlebred Museum
Show Your Horse by Bob Robinson, available from the American Saddlebred Museum
The Arabian English Pleasure Horse: A Guide to Selecting, Training and Showing by Kathleen Obenland, available used on Amazon
Training Your Colt To Ride and Drive: A Complete Guide For Pleasure or Show by Marilyn Childs and Rick Wallen, avaailable used on Amazon
Riding Show Horses by Marilyn Childs, available used on Amazon

Videos:
Training Aids Clinic with Dr. Alan Raun and Liz Kinney, available from the American Saddlebred Museum
Gaiting Horses with Dr. Alan Raun and Liz Kinney, available from the American Saddlebred Museum
Saddle Seat Equitation with Helen Crabtree, available from Hartmeyer Saddlery
English Pleasure with Bob Battaglia, can be rented from the MN 4-H Library
Park Horse with Peter Stachowski, can be rented from the MN 4-H Library

I know there are other boooks and videos on the subject out there, what are some of the other ones you have read/seen?

[VLayne]

I own The American Saddle Horse by Earl Farshler. It covers topics including gaiting a horse, care of a set tail, and shoeing.

[ASB_EQ_Gal]

Show Your Horse by Bob Robinson is a WONDERFUL book. Anything you need to know is in that book.

[SmartAlex]

Book of Gaited Riding Helen Crabtree and Sports Illustrated
Equitation A Manual for Horsemanship Virginia Draper Robinson
The Horse America Made (1944 and 1961) Louis Taylor
The Saddle Horse (1964) Lance Phillips

And while a little outdated, still readily available, and informative:
Professor Beery's Saddle Horse Instructions

[canter]

Videos:

Showtime for Saddlebreds / Horse of History produced by the ASHA
The American Saddlebred, The Right Horse for You created by the ASB Museum
Winning In Hand by Jim Aikman
Jim Aikman Interviews:
Marty Mueller
Bob Ruxer
Don Harris
Trainer's Series I from the ASB Museum
Trainer's Series II, A Visit with Fritz Jordan from the ASB Museum
Image of Excellence produced by the ASHA

Books:

The Silver Saddle by Bob Ruxer

Someone else take over here.....thanks!

[LindaC]

Renae, please re-read my post . I never said there are ONLY 2 books out there. I said there is very little out there besides Helen Crabtree's book and Bob Robinson's book.

Part of the problem with these books is that most of them are pretty old and may not be in print anymore. How do you get these books back out to where the general public can access them? ( I haven't any clue just throwing the question out there)

Perhaps someone keeping a copy for sale at all times on ebay so people see it. The same with the training tapes. If people have to dig too far to find them, they aren't going to find them. They may not even know what they are looking for but the books and tapes should be out there so if someone does a search for "riding books" they come up.

Most disciplines have their own magazine, like Western Horseman and Dressage Today. This is not a brag magazine but is mostly articles on riding and horse care. Does Saddle Seat have such a thing? I have seen Saddle & Bridle, The National Horseman, Saddle Horse Report, and I think there was one called Horse World, but I am not talking about those kinds of magazines. Saddle Seat needs a magazine catered to the Saddle Seat person of all breeds showing pictures of training methods, trainer interviews, horse care articles, breeding issues, etc . Surely between, Saddlebreds, Arabians, and Morgans, you could come up with enough information to have a magazine published at least bi-monthly.

[Renae]

The Marilyn Childs/Rick Wallen book was published in 1993 and covers everything one basically needs to know about choosing a breed, to picking a colt, to teaching it to tie, lunge, long lne, drive, wear a full bridle, and slow gait and rack if you like, and get it into the show ring. Many of the breed magazines, Saddle & Bridle, The National Horseman, The Morgan Horse, Arabian Horse Times, Arabian Horse World, have in the past published how to acrticles and interviews with accomplished trainers, judges and exhibitors. Perhpas there would be interest in these magazines making collections of ther old pieces available for reading online?

[asb_own_me]

Saddle Seat needs a magazine catered to the Saddle Seat person of all breeds showing pictures of training methods, trainer interviews, horse care articles, breeding issues, etc . Surely between, Saddlebreds, Arabians, and Morgans, you could come up with enough information to have a magazine published at least bi-monthly.

I think that would be a great idea - I would subscribe! :D

[SmartAlex]

These older books aren't hard to find, but you do have to know what you are looking for. Most people selling them don't know to market them as "Saddleseat" books. Also, I don't think it is easy for people to find the Saddlebred Museum website. I have seen many times where books, currently available on the museum website, go for way over market price on ebay because they are promoted well.

[D_BaldStockings]

National Bridle shop has some interesting videos about riding and gaiting problems -for TWH but still Saddleseat and much also translates to SB.

[LindaC]

Another thought. Since the ASB Museum store Internet site is somewhat hard to find, how about them doing a storefront on ebay? Lots of stores have ebay storefronts and do quite a bit of business with them.

[graymare]

That's a great idea LindaC. A magazine whose focus is articles on health and training that showcases saddleseat (with some of the other disciplines thrown in a bit for variety). You see a lot of western oriented articles and quarter horses in the horse mags you can pick up at the grocery store. Hmm, just because they figured it out first doesn't mean we can't catch up.

I know there are lots of us that eagerly digest the snippets of info that are in our regular saddleseat mags and would love to have more!

[SaddlebredMom]

Most disciplines have their own magazine, like Western Horseman and Dressage Today. This is not a brag magazine but is mostly articles on riding and horse care. Does Saddle Seat have such a thing? I have seen Saddle & Bridle, The National Horseman, Saddle Horse Report, and I think there was one called Horse World, but I am not talking about those kinds of magazines. Saddle Seat needs a magazine catered to the Saddle Seat person of all breeds showing pictures of training methods, trainer interviews, horse care articles, breeding issues, etc . Surely between, Saddlebreds, Arabians, and Morgans, you could come up with enough information to have a magazine published at least bi-monthly.

The need for a magazine that is readily available to the general public has been discussed before in an ASB marketing discussion on the old Trot. It is an excellent idea and its time has more than come. I stress the "readily available" requirement though because while we do have the brag mags, those are subscription only (and the subscribers are already in the game!) and their online access for the general public is very limited. You need a mag that will catch Suzie Q.'s eye while she's standing at the check-out counter in her local grocery store. :D

[SaddlebredMom]

Many of the breed magazines, Saddle & Bridle, The National Horseman, The Morgan Horse, Arabian Horse Times, Arabian Horse World, have in the past published how to articles and interviews with accomplished trainers, judges and exhibitors. Perhaps there would be interest in these magazines making collections of their old pieces available for reading online?

Renae -- that is a great idea! The mags would benefit from the additional exposure too. The more people know about them the more people may want to subscribe, especially when they can see the quality of their material for themselves first.