Horses and oxen

These DVDs and book deal with heavy horses in forestry, heavy horse training, working horses on the farm, harness and equipment for heavy horses and working horse management. Two programmes feature Roger and Cheryl Clark. DVDs by Dylan Winter cover rodeos and long-distance horse trailing.


Absolutely Appleby (Paperback) - Heidi M Sands

Absolutely Appleby (Paperback) - Heidi M Sands Ref: 607B
The Eden valley is a beautiful yet little-known area of Cumbria except, that is, for one week in June each year when thousands of people flock to Appleby, the old county town of Westmorland. 

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Price:    £9.95



Beauty, Bonny, Daisy, Violet, Grace and Geoffrey Morton (DVD) - Frank Cvitanovich

Beauty, Bonny, Daisy, Violet, Grace and Geoffrey Morton (DVD) - Frank Cvitanovich Ref: 847D
Originally broadcast by Thames Television in 1974, this 'grave and beautiful film' (Daily Telegraph) looked at a year in the life of the Yorkshire farmer Geoffrey Morton and his farm horses... 

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Brabant Horses: built for work (DVD) - Karen Gruner

Brabant Horses: built for work (DVD) - Karen Gruner Ref: 886D
A detailed overview of one of the most docile draft horses in the world today. Karen Gruner briefly explains their history and relationship with the American Belgian 

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Price:    £12.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Draft Horse Shoeing - fundamentals  (DVD) - Michael Wildenstein

Draft Horse Shoeing - fundamentals (DVD) - Michael Wildenstein Ref: 896D
Michael Wildenstein is certified as a journeyman farrier by the American Farriers Association and he also has a diploma from Britain’s Worshipful Company of Farriers. This Rural Heritage DVD has been developed from Mike’s demonstration work at clinics and at Cornell University where he is Resident Farrier. 

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Driving Draft Horses (DVD) - Brandt Ainsworth

Driving Draft Horses (DVD) - Brandt Ainsworth Ref: 884D
Experienced horseman Brandt Ainsworth shares his tips and techniques for successfully driving a working horse. This American DVD shows the correct way of attaching and handling driving lines 

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



First Steps to the Furrow (DVD) - Cheryl & Roger Clark, Paul Heiney

First Steps to the Furrow (DVD) - Cheryl & Roger Clark, Paul Heiney Ref: 848D
This video follows the progress of 3-year-old Suffolk Punch Taffy as he is trained for work by Roger and Cheryl Clark on their East Anglian farm... 

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Hack Goes West, A (Paperback) - Dylan Winter

Hack Goes West, A (Paperback) - Dylan Winter Ref: 557B
As travelling companions on his 2,000-mile journey along the Oregon trail, Dylan Winter chooses Rocky, a retired rodeo horse, and Roland, a mixed up Appaloosa with a fear of bridges, bin liners and heights. 

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Price:    £7.95



Harnessed to the Plough (DVD) - Cheryl & Roger Clark, Paul Heiney

Harnessed to the Plough (DVD) - Cheryl & Roger Clark, Paul Heiney Ref: 832D
In this popular video we see Roger and Cheryl Clark using working horses to run their farm in Suffolk. They show broadcaster and heavy horse enthusiast Paul Heiney the cycle of work that made up the farming year.  

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Harnessing Work Horses  (DVD) - Brandt Ainsworth

Harnessing Work Horses (DVD) - Brandt Ainsworth Ref: 897D
Using as models ten beautiful, hardworking draft horses Percheron, Belgian, Brabant and Spotted Draft Brandt shows how to select the style of harness and collar to suit your needs, and fit and fine tune your harness to keep your horses healthy and comfortable. This Rural Heritage DVD deals with American styles of harness.
 

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Horse Progress Days 2003 (DVD) - Rural Heritage Magazine

Horse Progress Days 2003 (DVD) - Rural Heritage Magazine Ref: 898D
The tenth anniversary Horse Progress Days show was held in Mt Hope, Ohio. Among the breeds in action were American Belgians, Brabants, Clydesdales, draft mules, Haflingers, Hackney ponies, Morgans, oxen, Norwegian Fjords, Percherons, Shires and Spotted Drafts. Teams ranged from singles to 12-hitch 

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Horse Progress Days 2005 (DVD) - Rural Heritage Magazine

Horse Progress Days 2005 (DVD) - Rural Heritage Magazine Ref: 883D
An extensive array of horse-drawn implements is presented with a detailed commentary and shown working at the 12th annual Horse Progress Days in Pennsylvania  

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Horseman's Tale, The (DVD) - Ray Hubbard

Horseman's Tale, The (DVD) - Ray Hubbard Ref: 849D
In this programme celebrating the Suffolk Punch, Ray Hubbard speaks with a lifetime’s experience... 

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Horses of Appleby Fair, The  (Paperback) - Heidi M Sands

Horses of Appleby Fair, The (Paperback) - Heidi M Sands Ref: 660B
Each June, the gypsy, Romany and travelling communities converge on the sleepy Cumbrian town of Appleby where for a few days the horse is king. This traditional horse fair is probably the oldest in Europe and certainly the largest. 

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Price:    £9.95



Know Your Donkeys (Paperback) - Jack Byard

Know Your Donkeys (Paperback) - Jack Byard Ref: 598B
Although donkeys - also known as asses - are members of the horse family, they are genetically different from horses themselves. The 34 examples in this book cover some of those native to Europe, America, the Far East and the Middle East. 

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Price:    £4.99



Know Your Horses (Paperback) - Jack Byard

Know Your Horses (Paperback) - Jack Byard Ref: 579B
In Know Your Horses Jack Byard gives a full-page photograph of each featured breed accompanied by a concise description of the animal’s appearance, uses and history. He also includes fascinating snippets about the role of the breed in human history. Which was the medieval horse of the crusaders? Which was used as a pit pony? The stories are here. 

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Price:    £4.99



Logging with Horses, Oxen and Mules  (DVD) - Brandt Ainsworth

Logging with Horses, Oxen and Mules (DVD) - Brandt Ainsworth Ref: 899D
A full-time logger in the US, Brandt Ainsworth handles long-term hardwood management for several private forestry owners. He practises worst-first selective harvesting using teams he has raised and trained himself a pair of Percheron draft horses and a yoke of Holstein-Limousin oxen.
 

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Low Impact Forestry Workshop (DVD) - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardener’s Association

Low Impact Forestry Workshop (DVD) - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardener’s Association Ref: 882D
Filmed during a workshop teaching sustainable woodland management, this American programme includes many practical topics such as laying out trails, building a log brow, harnessing the working animals  

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Rocky Mountain Cowboys (DVD) - Dylan Winter

Rocky Mountain Cowboys (DVD) - Dylan Winter Ref: 811D
Rocky Mountain Cowboys follows the working year on the 250,000 acre Pitchfork Ranch in ‘Marlborough country’, Wyoming... 

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Rodeo in the Blood (DVD)

Rodeo in the Blood (DVD) Ref: 877D
Join Dylan Winter on his quest across America and Canada to discover why perfectly ordinary young men hunker down on the back of a bull and try to stay there for eight seconds – the longest eight seconds in the world. 

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Ron Creasey: last of the horselads  (Hardback) -  William Castle

Ron Creasey: last of the horselads (Hardback) - William Castle Ref: 663B
This is the story of East Yorkshireman Ron Creasey, one of the last farm horsemen to find work at a hiring fair in 1946. He was just seventeen. 

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Price:    £19.95



Training Oxen (DVD) - Jim Huppe and Drew Conroy

Training Oxen (DVD) - Jim Huppe and Drew Conroy Ref: 885D
This American programme gives a comprehensive account of the process of training an ox, from selecting a suitable calf to obstacle competitions and practical work  

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Price:    £15.95 Including  VAT at 20%



Working Horse Manual, The: Second Edition (Paperback) - Diana Zeuner

Working Horse Manual, The: Second Edition (Paperback) - Diana Zeuner Ref: 541B
First published in 1998, The Working Horse Manual has established itself as the bible for heavy horse owners and enthusiasts. This second edition has been heavily revised, the most substantial new material being on working horses in forestry, training horses and transport and the law. 

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Price:    £24.95

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