> What I'm
really looking for in particular is a book that discusses in DETAIL a
conditioning program.
> The ones
I have now seem to touch on the subject but don't go into the depth I'm looking
for.
> Things
like recommended regimines, I realize each horse is an individual, but would
like a general
> plan to
aim for/start from.
...
> Please include
WHY you like the book you are referring, not just the title.
Personally, (though
I don't know of any) I would NOT recommend any book that has a detailed
conditioning program. There are just too many variables to take into
consideration and too many different ways to acheive the same (or similar)
things depending on the horse, the rider, the terrain, the schedule
available....and not the least of which is, where/how you plan to
ride.
A detailed
conditioning program is far too individual of a thing (and needs to be adjusted
depending on how the horse responds), any book that went into significant
details would either have so many caveats so as to be totally confusing, or it
would be written by somebody who doesn't know enough to know that they needed to
make so many caveats. In both of these cases, the books would be virtually
useless.
All that said, an
interesting and (depending on who you talk to) valuable book about the
conditioning of horses is The Fit Racehorse II by Tom Ivers.
