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      Lindsay Hanks, Associate Editor

      Matt Hennings, Art Director

      Jessica Jaensch, Production Coordinator

      June Kikuchi, Andrew DePrisco, Editorial Directors

      The horses in this book are referred to as he or she in alternating chapters unless their gender is apparent from the activity discussed.

      Text copyright © 1998, 2003, 2010 by Lesley Ward. Previously published in different-sized formats in The Horse Illustrated® Guide to Caring for Your Horse.

      Back Cover photo courtesy of Moira C. Reeve. All other photos by Lesley Ward.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of BowTie Press^®, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Ward, Lesley.

      Caring for your horse / by Lesley Ward.

      p. cm.

      “Previously published as “Horse illustrated guide to caring for your horse” by Lesley Ward.

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 978-1-935484-51-6

      eISBN 978-1-937049-38-6

      1. Horses. I. Ward, Lesley. Horse illustrated guide to caring for your horse. II. Title.

      SF285.3.W37 2010

      636.1’083--dc22

      2010014069

      BowTie Press^®

      A Division of BowTie, Inc.

      3 Burroughs

      Irvine, CA 92618

      Printed and bound in the United States

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      acknowledgments

      I would like to thank the following people for their help with this book: Kim Abbott; Marian Abe; Sharon Biggs; Jane Butteriss; Marge Fritze; Jane Frusher; Allison Griest; Paula Grimstead; Diane Harkey; Moira C. Harris; Lon Hyers; Kelly James; Denise Justice; Eric Matthews; Julie Mignery; Carol Nelson; Jennifer Nice; Sherry Pascual; Heather Hayes Schram; Jennifer Smith; Annette Slowinski, D.V.M.; Katherine Waldrop; Holly Werner; and finally, my father, Alan Ward, for his excellent editing skills.