Download or read book The Elite Show Jumper written by Arno Lindner and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Show jumping is by far the most widespread equine sports discipline. Despite this, very little scientific information is available on the subject, and on the horses which are bred, fed, trained, conditioned and treated to compete in the discipline. This book contains a good overview of state-of-the-art information on the show jumper. In addition, it contains selected papers on all aspects of sport horses presented at the conference on Equine Sports Medicine and Science in Messina and Taormina, Italy May 2000.