"In this fresh look at the fundamental skills needed when training and riding a horse, career educator and lifelong horsewoman Anne Buchanan provides crucial keys so the everyday horse enthusiast can: decode how the horse functions; become aware of crucial technicalities of riding that are often overlooked or bypassed; grow a toolbox of training ideas so that every ride has meaningful and attainable goals; and easily recall what to do, when, during any ride. With the understanding that many riders yearn to be productive with their horses, Buchanan empowers them with well-researched and time-tested answers to the question, "What should I do with my horse today?" She also addresses the building blocks that must be in place so that this question can be answered in many ways, and all of them successful"--