Product Description

This Guide has been written for all students and candidates of the British Horse Society Stage One Examination. The entire BHS Stage One Syllabus is comprehensively covered including subjects such as physiology, health, grassland management, saddlery, equitation, watering and feeding.

Written in a ‘reader friendly’ style, this book contains useful aids for studying, Exam tips and information about the Stage One gained from the author’s own experiences. It encourages students and their instructors to prepare for the Examination with confidence.

This book is not only essential for all those involved with the Stage One, it is also extremely useful for anyone wishing to learn about the elementary aspects of horse and stable management.

The book invites you to learn from the essential basics of looking after a horse or pony, describing in a clear and uncomplicated manner all those aspects that we need to learn right up to the Stage One level. This book not only caters for those doing the exam, it is also a wonderful book for anyone wanting to learn from the start about riding and caring for horses and ponies.

This Second Edition has been updated and revised to include the new format for the equitation section of the Examination.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #192891 in Books
• Published on: 2003-12
• Binding: Paperback
• 248 pages

Horsetalk Magazine
For students tackling the BHS Stage One this book will quickly become their bible...everything the candidate will need to know to pass this exam.

Your Horse Magazine
This book contains useful aids for studying, exam tips and information about the Stage One examination...

L. Mountain Yeovil, Somerset – February 1997
This Stage One book is impressive. The exam tips are beneficial, the text helpful and friendly..

Customer Reviews

All you need to know for Stage 1
I found this book really useful and it helped to give structure to my revision for the stage 1 exam. It has comprehensive sections on all of the syllabus topics but is slim enough to read through in a couple of sittings. Consequently, in the run-up to the exam l was able to review the whole syllabus two or three times, which really helped boost my confidence. One word of warning is that the table on feed ratios seems to be a little behind current thinking - every instructor l spoke to seemed to say the same, so it is worth checking with your tutor/instructor on that section.

A good buy, though, and absolutely invaluable. I also had the DVD, which really helped in showing what the exam day might be like.

Review: Stage 1 riding & stable management
This book was informative and easy to read - it is useful to everyone who wants to build on their basic horse care knowledge as well as those doing their stage 1.