Welfare Horse Sports: A Blueprint for Positive Change [Paperback]

The book's focus on making equestrians leaders of positive change through welfare-driven practices is both timely and necessary in todays climate. Its interdisciplinary approachcombining welfare science, human behaviour change, and equitation sciencefills a gap in the existing literature and offers actionable strategies to future-proof equestrian sports.

Debbie Busby MSc GMBPsS MBACP CEBC CCAB ABTC-CAB, Doctoral Researcher in Horse-Human Relationships at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

A book that needs to take priority on your reading list! Lisa generously shares her depth knowledge and insight, enabling us all, professionals and amateurs alike, to work together to ensure better safeguarding of horses in sport (and everyday life). This book provides the tools you need to speak on behalf of the horse. Lisas words give you the confidence to be curious, to ask questions that will influence change in us and others alike. We should all be open to critically reassess what we know and how we can make it better for the horse. Lisas book does just that.

Claire Whitfield,?Sylvia Loch Accredited Weight Aids Instructor, BHSAI, Classical Rider & Teacher, UK

Glossary of Key Terms. How to Use this Book. 1. The Shift. 2. The Welfare Horse Sport Mindset. 3. Tools for Transformation: Frameworks and Models. 4. Leading Cultural Change: Communities and Influence. Appendix I: Lesson Plans. Appendix II: Resources.

What if horse sports didnt just include welfare, but were built around it?

In this timely and transformative book, equine educator and welfare advocate Lisa Ashton offers an evidence-based approach to the use of horses in sport. She presents a compelling blueprint for integrating welfare within the very heart of equestrian practice.

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