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PublisherTrafalgar Square Books

ISBN-101929164351

ISBN-139781929164356

eBay Product ID (ePID)57081163

Product Key Features

Book TitleRiding Through : an Olympic Medalist's Lessons on Life and Dressage

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEquestrian

Publication Year2006

GenreSports & Recreation

AuthorDebbie McDonald

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight19.5 Oz

Item Length10.9 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2006-028292

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"McDonald has solid teaching chops, and her know-how stands out amid the anecdotes. Her admirers will enjoy her storytelling and the plentiful behind-the -scenes photographs, and aspiring riders will relish the peek at the world of top dressage competition." — USDF Connection, "The advice is thorough and organized in an easy-to-absorb way. Short 'check boxes' extract important information, and there's an abundance of big, beautiful photos and diagrams." — Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar, "McDonald has solid teaching chops, and her know-how stands out amid the anecdotes. Her admirers will enjoy her storytelling and the plentiful behind-the -scenes photographs, and aspiring riders will relish the peek at the world of top dressage competition." -- USDF Connection, "McDonald has solid teaching chops, and her know-how stands out amid the anecdotes. Her admirers will enjoy her storytelling and the plentiful behind-the -scenes photographs, and aspiring riders will relish the peek at the world of top dressage competition." -USDF Connection, "The advice is thorough and organized in an easy-to-absorb way. Short 'check boxes' extract important information, and there's an abundance of big, beautiful photos and diagrams." -- Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar, "The advice is thorough and organized in an easy-to-absorb way. Short 'check boxes' extract important information, and there's an abundance of big, beautiful photos and diagrams." -Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar

Dewey Decimal798.2/3

Table Of ContentIntroduction; How I Got Started; Getting You Started; Perfecting the Basics; Moving On Up; Making Progress; Recipes for Dressage Basics; I'm Moving On Up; Showing; Riding a Lower-Level Dressage Test; The Work Pays Off; Higher Elevations: The Three P's; Recipes for the Three P's; Riding the Grand Prix Test; Questions & Answers; I Reach My Goal; Another Medal; Epilogue.

SynopsisOlympic medalist Debbie McDonald and her fabulous partner, Brentina, have thrilled crowds the world over with their stunning performances. In her new book, Riding Through, Debbie describes her system for success in dressage and relates her life story: "There is more than one reason that I call this book Riding Through. Of course, first and foremost, riding through is a dressage term, something you strive for as you attempt to get your horse on the aids and moving back-to-front. You have achieved it when everything the two of you do together is one fluid motion, the ultimate of coordination and expression, in which the horse is maximizing his assets. It's all about harmony and correctness, summing up the meaning of dressage in a single short phrase. But "riding through" has other meanings for me as well. I've learned to ride through hard times, on and off a horse, when I thought about giving up. We all have to learn about riding through, because that's the only way we will arrive at our destination, whatever it may be.", Olympic medalist Debbie McDonald and her fabulous partner, Brentina, have thrilled crowds the world over with their stunning performances. In her new book, Riding Through, Debbie describes her system for success in dressage and relates her life story: There is more than one reason that I call this book Riding Through. Of course, first and foremost, riding through is a dressage term, something you strive for as you attempt to get your horse on the aids and moving back-to-front. You have achieved it when everything the two of you do together is one fluid motion, the ultimate of coordination and expression, in which the horse is maximizing his assets. It's all about harmony and correctness, summing up the meaning of dressage in a single short phrase. But riding through has other meanings for me as well. I've learned to ride through hard times, on and off a horse, when I thought about giving up. We all have to learn about riding through, because that's the only way we will arrive at our destination, whatever it may be.

LC Classification NumberSF309.5.M43 2006