By Jeremy Houghton Brown Horse and Stable Management (4th Edition) Paperback – 21 Jun. 2003

I've used this as my main source of learning for my BHS stage exams, passing my 1,2 and 3 first time mainly self studying. For stages one and two I only had a couple of stable management sessions with my instructor and worked through the syllabus with this book, for my stage three I'd been working as a groom so had more hands on experience but needed to learn the theory, especially about fitness, feeding and anatomy. It has a decent level of detail whilst still being easy to read. There's no need for expensive prep courses if you have access to a horse and can work through this book, maybe booking the odd hands on lesson for stuff like bandaging. Now I'm working towards my stage 4 it is more limited in use and books dedicated to a specific area are needed but I'd say it is a good general horse care book and has been worth its weight in gold.

Brilliant book for getting my knowledge up to scratch but there is a good smattering of spelling mistakes throughout.

Recommended reading for anyone who wants to know more about caring for horses and also ideal for BHS students beginning their studies in the horse industry.

Excellent all round book. Used it for BHS stage 1 for a bit more info than the course book has.

great product

This book is so useful, it explains thing really easily and it a must have for horse owners. It's my new bible!

Informative and well laid out. Would highly recommend as it gives good solid information to any horse enthusiast or owner.

Excellent bookPerfect for grandaughter's course.