FURTHER READING

 
The Allen Illustrated Guide to Bits and Bitting

Hilary Vernon

A fully comprehensive guide to bits and bitting for the modern rider. Covering all types of bits, their correct fitting and action with a section on nosebands, reins and martingales. Fully pictorial and easy to reference, this invaluable and attractive book has been prepared by a writer who has spent a lifetime in the saddlery trade advising clients on bits and their application. No horseman should be without it.

10" x 8"

HB 160 pages

300 colour photographs and coloured line illustrations

£19.95
Bitting

Elwyn Hartley Edwards

This thorough examination of the theory and practice of bitting looks at the horse's head and mouth and its influence on the choice of bit, the development of bits and their types and action including snaffles, weymouths, pelhams, gags and bitless bridles, plus an examination of auxiliaries affecting the action on the mouth, such as nosebands and martingales. One of a trilogy with "The Saddle" and "Training Aids".

HB 100 pages

photographs and line illustrations

£6.95
Threshold Picture Guide - No.15 - Mouths and Bits 9.3/4" x 7.1/4"

PB 24 pages

£4.95
Allens Photographic Guide - No.25 - Your Horse's Teeth

Your Horse's Teeth, with the help of explicit photography, tells you how to estimate the age of a horse as well as describing normal and problem dentition and how and when to use a horse dentist. This book provides a simple and essential guide to a very technical subject and horse buyers and owners will find it invaluable.

9.3/4" x 7.1/4"

PB 24 pages - full colour photographs

£4.95