World Class Reining Paperback – June 1, 2007

The actual physical book is falling apart. From the first time the book was opened pages just fell out. It's impossible to even read the book, every time a page is turned or even touched the spine cracks and the page just falls out. Ended up having to hole punch and transfer every page into a binder to read it. The information in the book is great but I didn't pay for a build-a-book.

I knew nothing about reining when I bought this book. I found it fun to read, loved the pictures, and definitely learned something. I gained an appreciation of the sport. I didn't know what to expect from a book published by "Western Horseman", but I was impressed because the book was better than I had hoped for. Better layout, publishing, etc. I would definitely buy another book by "Western Horseman" again.My only complaint about this book is that it spent a lot of time in the beginning talking about how to select (as in buy/purchase) a good reining horse. It talked about good physical features and body type of the horse. This was not helpful to me because I already had a horse - my horse.

This book is worth it for the photos. The training methods are average, with not enough focus on the subtle and important body language that makes a horse so responsive and collected. The old method of 'using the fence' to turn a horse or stop is I believe on the way out. Nevertheless, reading this book gives some good pointers. I would not recommend it for a beginner without a trainer who can judge and guide the various methods of teaching slide stopping, spins and turnbacks.Author of  Roses and Locoweed: The Life of a Cowboy's Wife

This is a good book to add to your library. It has a little bit of everything in it, from the what is Reining to the how to's. Not sure if it would help the experiance Reiner, but it was a good read.

Well written and useful book

Good training book

Great

This book was so helpful to me! When it comes to trying to teach your horse to rein, this book helps so much! And it teaches you much more besides the basics of reining! It's a great book i would recommend it for anyone!

Das Buch reich bebildert, die Fotos sind alle vom Allerfeinsten. Klar dass auf der Ranch der Autoren die Pferdeboxen größer sind als bei uns zu Hause die ganze Scheune. Der Anspruch, welchen die Autoren des Buches an ihre Arbeitsumgebung und das Equipment haben, ist sehr hoch. Es muss alles tip top in Ordnung sein.Was nicht tip top ist, ist der Informationsgehalt des Buches. Statt detaillierter Trainingsmethoden und Einblicke in die Tricks der Profis erwarten den interessierten Hobby-Reiner in diesem Buch viel Geplauder an der Oberfläche und schöne Hochglanzfotos. Auch wie mit Problemen während der Ausbildung des Pferdes umgegangen werden sollte, wird - wenn überhaupt - nur ganz am Rande erwähnt. Von mir nur zwei Punkte für eine Hochglanzfotosammlung mit wenig Inhalt.

O livro é fantástico, muito esclarecedor e com imagens que ilustram os exercícios de treino.

ウェスタン乗馬のレイニングを始めて約1年になりますが、レイニングのテキストになりそうな本が国内というか日本語で出版されておらず、色々探してみた結果アメリカ帰りの知人に勧められて購入しました。一応馬の乗り方についての言及はありますが、メインはレイニングホースの調教方法とそれに必要な設備や道具、馬の購入方法の説明などで、ビギナーライダーではなくビギナートレーナー向けの本です。まったく無駄な買い物というわけでもないですが、私にはまだ30、40年程早かったようです。