PRINCIPLES OF PARTNERSHIP NEW BOOKS Cowboy Dressage Riding, Training, and Competing with Kindness as the Goal and Guiding Principle The equestrian pursuit known as Cowboy Dressage melds the best of Western riding traditions and classical dressage in the pursuit of a harmonious relationship with a horse. In this beautifully illustrated book, lifelong horsewoman JESSICA BLACK traces the evolution of Cowboy Dressage back to its roots, sharing the story of EITAN AND DEBBIE BETH-HALACHMY and their phenomenal Morgan horses, which have served as the movement’s ambassadors. Black then expertly weaves Eitan’s experience and expertise into an explanation of the philosophy of Cowboy Dressage and explores how the most important element— the horse—should be prepared. Specific training advice for achieving engagement, regulating the gaits, smoothing transitions, and balancing bend and straightness, get the reader started with a solid foundation. Includes descriptions of the Cowboy Dressage rules, divisions, and how to execute and judge tests. 216 pp • 9 x 10 170 color photos, 20 illustrations 978 1 57076 680 0 • $29.95 pb #CODR • Recently Published JESSICA BLACK grew up riding and showing Morgan horses. She rode pure Spanish-bred and Lusitano horses while studying in Spain, and later spent several years training, galloping, and racing Thoroughbreds, Arabians, and Quarter Horses in Spain, Mexico, and Panama. EITAN AND DEBBIE BETH-HALACHMY founded Cowboy Dressage and have devoted their lives, their Morgan horses, and their Wolf Creek Ranch in Grass Valley, California, to spreading the movement’s ideals of lightness and kindness (cowboydressage.com). The Compassionate Equestrian 25 Principles to Live By When Caring for and Working with Horses 422 pp • 7 x 10 978 1 57076 715 9 • $24.95 pb #COEQ • Recently Published This marvelous book, borne of a unique collaboration between DR. ALLEN SCHOEN—a world-renowned veterinarian and author—and trainer and competitor of many years SUSAN GORDON, introduces the 25 Principles of Compassionate Equitation. These Principles are a set of developmental guidelines, encouraging a level of personal awareness that may be enacted not only through the reader’s engagement with horses, but can be extended to all humans and sentient beings he or she encounters. Through their Compassionate Equestrian program, the authors encourage all involved in the horse industry to approach training and handling with compassion and a willingness to alleviate suffering. By developing deeper compassion for their own horses, and subsequently, all equines, equestrians transcend their differences in breed preferences, riding disciplines, and training methodologies. This leads to the ability to empathize and connect more closely with the “global collective” of horses and horse people. These are simple changes any horse person can make that can have a vast impact on the horse industry and society as a whole. DR. ALLEN SCHOEN is one of the pioneers in veterinary and alternative medicine. SUSAN GORDON was a acupuncture and natural therapies, developing and practicing professional hunter-jumper trainer from 1983 to 2009, when she them since 1981. He has been acknowledged worldwide retired and founded Green Pony Productions for the production for introducing the concept of an integrative approach to of digital media content relating to social-justice issues for 2 Photo by Lesley Deutsch from Cowboy Dressage veterinary medicine, bridging the gap between conventional horses (thecompassionateequestrian.com). 2 3
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