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Jane Savoie shows how basic dressage techniques can be used to improve every horse’s athleticism and performance, no matter what the rider’s chosen sport.

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In this continuation of Cross-Train Your Horse, Jane Savoie presents more advanced cross-training techniques.

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In a book studded with revealing photographs, the legendary author of Hunter Seat Equitation analyzes the American style of show jumping and teaches riders the techniques that set the standard for the world.

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A classic work on horses and horsemanship by one of the most acclaimed riders in show jumping history.

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A compatible personality is the most desirable quality in a horse, yet it is much harder to assess than gait or conformation. All horses have distinct personality traits that make them more or less suitable for various riding styles and disciplines. Riders and trainers who understand how to work with, not against, a horse’s temperament will be rewarded with a happier, more successful human/equine relationship. Dressage trainer Yvonne Barteau describes the four basic equine personality types social, fearful, aloof, and challenging and the different clues to identify a horse’s primary personality. Often the dominant personality type is complemented by a secondary trait, creating, for example, the aloof-challenging or fearful-social horse. Using clear signals and readily identi-fied behavior patterns, riders can determine any horse’s type and then use this book’s tips and techniques to improve training sessions. Fun and enlightening as it is to analyze equine characteristics, it’s just as important to understand how the personalities of both the rider and the trainer affect each horse. Barteau includes a selfevaluation quiz to help the reader determine what her own riding and handling preferences are and how she can use that knowledge to work more effectively with her current horse or to shop smarter when selecting a new equine partner. Fascinating case studies, stories, and profiles of famous horses and their riders offer readers real-life examples of how compatible personalities work together to achieve great things!

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A classic by a world-renowned teacher and master equestrian–the definitive work on the art of teaching and riding the hunter seat, now updated to include refinements in Morris’s insightful program of riding instruction.

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George H. Morris has ridden and trained international show jumpers, champion show hunters and equitation stars for more than half a century. Morris, now the U.S. show jumping team’s chef d’equipe, was named one of the 50 Most Influential Horsemen of the 20th Century in 1999 by The Chronicle of the Horse, the magazine for which he’s written a monthly “Between Rounds” column since 1989.

Now, John Strassburger, who recently retired as the Chronicle’s editor after 20 years and who created the magazine’s “Between Rounds” section, has selected Morris’ 50 best columns to preserve the equestrian legend’s words for horsemen and women who are committed to riding and training their horses correctly.

The book is divided into four sections to encompass Morris’ major themes over the last 17 years: In the section called It’s Not Like It Used To Be, Morris analyzes the evolution of the sport he loves over the last century and decries the declining standards of horsemanship he sees around him. In What Good Teachers Teach, he offers his own unique brand of classically based advise on how to train riders and their horses. In I’ve Always Been Devoted To The Forward Seat, Morris explains why the century-old technique he favors is the best way to jump horses. And in George On Tour, he describes a few of his travels to destinations from the former Soviet Union to the Athens Olympics.

This collection of Morris’ columns is the first of the five-part Chronicle Comment Series. For the second book in the series, due in Spring 2007, Strassburger will collect his 75 best Commentaries, from 1982 to 2006. Then he’ll collect the best columns by three more “Between Rounds” columnistsƒVictor Hugo-Vidal, Denny Emerson and Anne Gribbonsƒfor publication in late 2007 and in 2008.

Andy is a thoroughbred mare that we got as an ex-race horse – she turns 7 in spring 2010. She is a delicate looking 16 hands high, “liver” chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail. She too has some fancy leg markings and a large blaze. She has learned how to jump easily, and reminds us that thoroughbreds were made for speed. She is mainly ridden by the more experienced riders as she occasionally remembers what her ancestors were bred for.

Doc 1 is turning 7 years old in May 2010 – he is no longer our “baby”. He has had a fabulous winter of work and is now comfortably doing his flat work and low jumps. He is still very particular with who rides him – a decision we leave up to him at this point – only a chosen few are allowed in his “friends” group. He has a kind demeanor to go with his good looks – standing at 16 hands high, very thick build, a nice red chestnut with a blaze and lots of white on his legs. He is a breeding stock Paint – meaning that he has Paint parents, but no white splashes on his body.