The book has arrived for anyone interested in my write ups. I am not great with in depth details though.
Feel free to join in and add your views, thoughts and opinions to agree or disagree that's point of a discussion.
First chapter is your first lesson where it is assumed you might tack the horse up yourself.
It also mentioned why the stirrups are left rolled up, in case the horse swings it's head to get a fly. If they were down it could get its teeth caught on the iron.
I will use quotes that I find interesting.
QUOTE" he can teach you lot and give you a good or bad ride, just depending, not on your strength and power, but whether you have plenty of common or horse sense (not sentiment) and are neither selfish nor self centred" UNQUOTE
I think the part about the good and bad ride stands out here for me. So often we as riders remember the bad rides and focus on these when they happen, forgetting the volume of good ones. Horses will give us a good ride and the odd not good one.
Mine spun yesterday because there was a van parked in a layby- she could be a novice ride if she didn't do random spins like this! But I still filed it under a good ride with a slight blip because it's "normal" behaviour and horses aren't perfect and she didn't fling me off this time round.