Know Your Horses, Jack Byard, paperback book, 96 pages inc. 45 photographs. ISBN 978-1-906853-01-3. IN STOCK at Old Pond Publishing at £4.99.
The Know Your ... series of of books are postcard-sized guides for novice enthusiasts young and old. The sixth title shows the couple of dozen horse breeds you are most likely to encounter in Britain. They include heavy working horses, diminutive ponies and everything in between from Appaloosa to Thoroughbred.
Each full-page photograph is accompanied by a statement of place of origin and current distribution as well as some information about the characteristics and history of the breed. Author Jack Byard is personally concerned that rare breeds should be preserved and he includes a short section on ponies particularly in need of protection.
The breeds included are:
1 American Bashkir Curly
2 American Paint Horse (photo top)
3 Andalusian
4 Appaloosa
5 Arabian (second photo)
6 Ardennes
7 Barb
8 Belgian Draft/Brabant
9 Black Forest
10 Boulonnais
11 Cleveland Bay
12 Clydesdale
13 Comtois
14 Connemara
15 Criollo
16 Dales
17 Dartmoor
18 Drum Horse
19 Dutch Draught
20 Dutch Warmblood
21 Eriskay
22 Exmoor
23 Falabella
24 Fell
25 Fjord
26 Friesian
27 Hackney
28 Haflinger
29 Highland
30 Holstein
31 Icelandic
32 Irish Cob
33 Irish Draught
34 Jutland (third photo)
35 Lusitano
36 Morgan
37 New Forest
38 Percheron
38 Shetland (bottom photo)
40 Shire (cover photo)
41 Suffolk
42 Thoroughbred
43 Welsh
Ponies Needing Protection – Kaimanawa,Lac La Croix,Sable Island
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