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BHS Complete Training Manual for Stage 1 by Islay Auty and Margaret Linington-Payne

The official guide to the BHS Stage 1 exam.
Islay Auty FBHS
Written by a chief examiner and based on the latest syllabus this book will help you with everything that is required to for the exam. Written in a clear and easy to follow layout this newly updated for 2008 edition now includes sample questions and answers for you to try.

Price: £14.95
BHS Directory Of Where to Ride Train and Stable Your Horse. by The British Horse Society

A guide to The British Horse Society's approved riding and training establishments and approved livery yards.
Includes the register of Instructors.
Discover at a glance the facilities, level of instruction, staff qualifications and centres accepting students.
Areas include the UK, Ireland and oversea establishments.

Price: £14.99
BHS Instructors' Manual for Teaching Riding by Islay Auty

The British Horse Society
Islay Auty FBHS
The official teaching handbook for BHS instructors. Written for the BHS by a chief examiner, this handbook provides clear guidelines on how the skills of riding should be taught and how riding-school lessons should be conducted.
The book covers development of communication skills and effective body language, advice on teaching adult novices and children, multi-option plans, choosing school horses and keeping them happy in their work, safety and insurance and coping with mishaps and dealing with rider problems such as nervousness stiffness etc

Price: £14.95
BHS Manual of Equitation by British Horse Society

This book offers a complete and authoritative system for training the horse and rider, from novice to advanced standard

Price: £14.95
BHS Riding & Roadcraft 11th Ed

Riding and Road Safety Manual (11th Edition)
British Horse Society
Riders can help to improve their own safety by learning how to control their horses and ponies and how to ride safely on the road. This publication is recommended reading for any student wishing to take the Riding and Road Safety Examination.

Price: £5.95
BHS Training Manual for Progressive Riding Tests 1-6 by Islay Auty

Islay Auty.
This is the official guide to the BHS progressive riding tests, written by a chief examiner and based on the latest syllabus. This book provides clear guidelines on the requirements of the tests and what the examiners are looking for.

Price: £9.95
BHS Training Manual for Stage 2 by Islay Auty

Islay Auty FBHS The official guide to the BHS Stage 2 exam.
Covering sylabus for horse knowledge and care as well as riding.
Also includes exam procedure and technique and how to train for the exam.
An invaluable aid fully describing the level of knowledge required.

Price: £12.95
BHS Training Manual for Stage 3 by Islay Auty

The British Horse Society Islay Auty FBHS
The official BHS manual. Written by a chief examiner and based on the latest syllabus. Provides clear guidelines on the requirements of this examination. Covers practical and theoretical knowledge, exam technique and dealing with problems encountered on the day, what examiners are looking for. In short - how to pass first time

Price: £12.95
BHS Training Manual for the PTT by Islay Auty

Official BHS series.
Islay Auty.FBHS
Written by a chief examiner and based on the latest syllabus. This book provides clear guidelines on the practical knowledge and requirements of the exam and what the examiners are looking for.
PLEASE NOTE THIS BOOK IS NOT CURRENT FOR THE NEW TEST, SOME OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS BOOK IS STILL CURRENT BUT NOT ALL OF IT.
The new PTT syllabus includes inviting riders to give more feedback during and after a coaching session, a more interactive lecture/presentation on a small range of selected subjects, questions on duty of care, sports psychology, coaching skills and self-reflection.

Price: £10.99
BHS Veterinary Manual by P.Stewart Hastie and Carole Vincer

Stuart Hastie MRCVS
The comprehensive reference. Authorative, comprehensive and practical, the BHS Veterinary Manual provides background knowledge on how the horse functions, and veterinary advice on ailments, injuries and conditions in accordance with the most up-to-date thinking. Published 2001

Price: £29.95
BHS Complete Manual of Stable Management by British Horse Society and Islay Auty

Substantially revised and updated into a superb new single-volume edition comprising seven sections: the horse; care of the horse; the horse at grass; saddlery; specialist care of the competition horse; the stable yard; watering and feeding, to provide a comprehensive guide to the care and management of horses and ponies.

Price: £25.00
Stage 1: Riding and Stable Management by Hazel Reed

Hazel Reed, Jody Redhead
This guide has been written for all students and candidates of the BHS Stage 1 examination and covers the entire syllabus, including physiology, health, grassland management, saddlery, equitation, watering and feeding.

Price: £12.99
Stage 2: Riding and Stable Management by Hazel Reed

Hazel Reed
This guide takes students and candidates from the Stage 1 exam through the Riding and Road Safety Test to the Stage 2 exam; all the required subjects are covered in detail including equitation, flatwork and jumping, anatomy, physiology, saddlery, feeding, fittening, grassland management and lungeing.

Price: £13.99
Stage 3: Riding and Stable Management by Hazel Reed

Hazel Reed
Covers the entire Stage Three syllabus including flatwork, showjumping, cross-country, and all the practical and theoretical information needed to be successful in this examination.

Price: £14.99
The Preliminary Teaching Test by Hazel Reed

Hazel Reed
Covers the complete PTT syllabus.
This book contains an errata sheet to cover the new information needed for 2008.
The new PTT syllabus includes inviting riders to give more feedback during and after a coaching session, a more interactive lecture/presentation on a small range of selected subjects, questions on duty of care, sports psychology, coaching skills and self-reflection.

Price: £12.99
BHS Guide to Careers with Horses (booklet)

Price: £3.50
BHS Guide To Examinations

A guide to vocational qualifications and an explaination of the qualification system.

Price: £2.99
BHSII Course Companion by Maxine Cave

Maxine Cave
Covers the requirements of the BHS Intermediate examination, which will be useful to anyone developing their skills as a teacher - an invaluable study and revision aid.

Price: £12.95
Course Companion for BHS Stage 1

Maxine Cave -
Covers the Horse Knowledge and care elements of BHS Stage 1, contains practical follow-up work and gives helpful advice on exam technique. Fully illustrated

Price: £11.99
Course Companion for BHS Stage 2 by Maxine Cave

Maxine Cave -
Covers the Horse Knowledge and care elements of BHS Stage 2, contains practical follow-up work and gives helpful advice on exam technique. Fully illustrated

Price: £13.99
Course Companion for BHS Stages 3 and 4 by Maxine Cave

Maxine Cave
Written by a BHS examiner, these invaluable study and revision aids are the books no examination candidates will want to be without. Covering the Horse Knowledge and Care elements of BHS examinations in detail, the author suggests practical follow-up work and gives helpful advice in examination technique. Fully illustrated.

Price: £13.95
Course Companion for Preliminary Teaching Test by Maxine Cave

Maxine Cave
This book covers the BHSAI Preliminary Teaching Test which candidates need to complete before they complete their BHSAI examinations. The book goes through the whole teaching test, from the qualities of a good instructor, through the lunge lesson, the private lesson, and the group lesson to the instructional hack and stable management training.
PLEASE NOTE THIS BOOK IS NOT CURRENT FOR THE NEW TEST, SOME OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS BOOK IS STILL CURRENT BUT NOT ALL OF IT.

Price: £11.99
Equiz Series - Newcomers

Quiz book on horse care and management. Useful for BHS stages 1-3

Price: £5.95
Examinations Starter Pack

Contains useful information about all the stages of the BHS exams, including a syllabus, and application forms for each stage.

Price: £3.00
First Aid Manual 8th edition

New fully photographic 7th edition. A comprehensive guide authorised by St Johns Ambulance, St Andrews Ambulance Association and the British Red Cross Society to treating casualties of all ages in an emergency.

Price: £12.99
Horsemaster's Notebook by Mary Rose

Mary Rose - Consultant Editor Islay Auty
The fourth edition of this well respected reference includes authoritative and concise information on the latest horse care and management practices. Written in note form for easy access, the book provides ideal revision notes for BHS exam students, and is crammed with the basic knowledge that every owner-rider needs.

Price: £16.95
Horse Talks by Maxine Cave and Maggie Raynor

Maxine Cave
Written by a senior BHS examiner, Horse Talks contains a series of lectures covering the Stable Management syllabus of the BHS Stage 1 and Stage 2 examinations. Each lecture is presented complete with preparation notes, full text and clear diagrams.

Price: £9.95
Revision Notes - Intermediate Teaching Test

Summary of all course work.

Price: £4.95
Revision Notes - Prelim.Teaching Test

Joanne Canning
Summaries of all course work.
PLEASE NOTE THIS BOOK IS NOT CURRENT FOR THE NEW TEST, SOME OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS BOOK IS STILL CURRENT BUT NOT ALL OF IT.

Price: £4.95
Revision Notes Stages 1, 2 and 3

Joanne Canning
Useful summaries of all course work.

Price: £4.95
Revision Notes Stage 4

Joanne Canning
Useful revision notes of all course work

Price: £4.95
Safeguarding and protecting Children:Policy and Procedures (Duty of Care)

British Equestrian Federation in association with NSPCC and BHS
This leaflet is all about the duty of care instructors and people of authority hold to our children. It has been designed specifically for the equestrian industy and includes codes of conduct, definitions, sample forms, specific counrty guidlelines and much more.....Good practice guidelines, recruitment and training, responding to disclosure, suspicions and allegations, implementing and monitoring procedures, risk assessments and workshop case studies.

Price: £8.99
Workbook for Stage 1

Maxine Cave
A book of questions and answers for all areas of the stage 1 riding and care exam.
Complements the course companion.

Price: £9.99
Workbook for Stage 2

Maxine Cave
A book of questions and answers for all areas of the stage 2 riding and care exam.
Complements the course companion.

Price: £9.99