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Equitation Safety
Hardback 10" x 8"; 186 pages; colour photographs and line drawings
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Equitation Safety
Everything about your safety in connection with horses
Foreword by
Horse riding is
one of the most dangerous of sports. Every
year thousands of riders need medical care.
Undoubtedly, a much larger number of riders
experience accidents that do not require
medical care but often with the result that
they end up being afraid of horses.
Most horses
are
generally
very
gentle
animals but they are flight animals
whose
safest
defence
against danger is to flee as fast as
possible.
This reaction,
which is almost a reflex,
is very sensible under natural conditions.
Under husbandry conditions, however, it
constitutes a risk when
handling
and riding horses.
One of the main reasons why so many
accidents happen is that riders are unaware
of the many dangers that exist when working
with horses. Yet the subject of safety when
riding and working around horses is sadly
neglected. There is an urgent need for
readily-available information on all aspects
of equitation safety.
Jan Ladewig’s book fills that need. It covers such subjects as the basic principles of equitation safety; the behaviour of the horse in relation to safety; training the horse to be safe; first aid; action in case of fire; buying a horse from a safety point of view; working round horses; safety when riding; riding outdoors; riding problem horses; and transportation of horses.
‘Equitation Safety is arguably the most thorough safety examination of horse-human interactions available… This text should be compulsory for equine science, equine therapy as well as equestrian and pony club federations and coaching courses. If horse people followed the advice in this book, there would most certainly be far fewer injuries to both horses and people and there would be much happier horses and people too.’ – Andrew McLean
Jan Ladewig is a veterinarian from the
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural
University, Copenhagen, Denmark. After a
few years in private practice, working
with farm and companion animals and
predominantly with horses, he received a
Ph.D. degree in Neuroscience and Animal
Behaviour at the University of
California, Davis, USA. He then worked
as a research scientist at the Institute
of Animal Husbandry and Animal Behaviour
in Mariensee, Germany, before he became
Professor of Animal Behaviour and
Welfare at the Copenhagen University,
Denmark. Since childhood, Jan has been
an active rider, training and riding
numerous horses. He is an Honorary
Fellow of the International Society of
Equitation Science. Today, Jan is
retired but busy teaching his daughter
to handle and to ride horses in a safe
way.
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