This revised and expanded edition of the The BHS Complete Training Manual for Stage 1 now includes comprehensive background information on the techniques, knowledge and understanding required for the BHS Stage 1 exam making it the definitive course companion.

BHS Stage 1 is the first level and generally taken by professional people wishing to work in the horse industry.

Written for the BHS by a chief examiner, and based on the latest syllabus, this training manual provides clear guidelines on the requirements of this examination.

It fully describes:

The level of practical and theoretical knowledge required for each element of the exam

How candidates should train to ensure competence in every aspect of the qualification

Successful exam technique: what to expect, how to present yourself, how to deal with problems encountered on the day

Exam procedure for all units of the qualification for the ridden, practical and practical oral sections, with valuable test questions and with model answers

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About the Author

Islay Auty BA FBHS is a Fellow of the British Horse Society, a chief examiner, a riding coach, dressage judge and competitor. A freelance instructor, she has over twenty years experience of training career students and competition partnerships both in the UK and overseas.

Margaret Linington-Payne MA (Ed) BHSI is Director of Standards (the department responsible for training, education and exams) at the BHS; a chief examiner and former Where to Train centre proprietor.

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