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Dressage for the Not-So-Perfect Horse: Riding Through the Levels on the Peculiar, Opinionated, Complicated Mounts We All Love - Paperback | Diverse Reads

Dressage for the Not-So-Perfect Horse: Riding Through the Levels on the Peculiar, Opinionated, Complicated Mounts We All Love

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Janet Foy’s expertise, fundamental solutions, good stories, and good humor are destined to bring out the best in dressage riders and their "not-so-perfect" horses everywhere.

Thousands of riders pursue the sport of dressage across the globe, and the majority do so on a budget and with the horse they already have, or quite simply, the one they can afford. This means riders daily face the challenge of mastering one of the world's most esteemed equestrian pursuits on horses that may not be bred specifically for the task, or even if they have been, may not be top prospects for any number of reasons—behavior quirks, conformational impediments, age or soundness, you name it.

International dressage judge, clinician, and riding coach Janet Foy has ridden many different horses in the course of her riding and horse training career—different size, shapes, colors, and breeds—to the highest levels of dressage competition.

Now she has compiled her best tips for training and showing the horse you have (or the horse you love, despite his “faults”) through the levels. With lists of common “imperfections and evasions” experienced when riding movements—from simple transitions and leg-yield to zig-zags, tempi changes, and piaffe—followed by training tips and creative ways to “perfect” the “imperfections.” Riders are bound to discover countless ways to apply Janet’s advice to their dressage pursuits.

ISBN-13: 9781646011551

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Publication Date: 02-07-2023

Pages: 192

Product Dimensions: 8.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.80(d)

Janet Foy is an FEI 5* Dressage Judge, Young Horse Judge, and a USEF “S” Dressage Judge. Janet has judged all the major shows in the United States and Canada, including the North American Young Rider Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. She judged the Paris World Cup Finals in 2018 and the 2019 European Championships in Rotterdam. Janet has been honored to judge many top CDI-W and CDI 5* in the world, including the famous Aachen 5*. She has also been to Australia and South America, judging in Brazil and also judging the Central American Games in Bogota, Colombia, and the Central American Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico. She judged the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 and was the FEI Technical Delegate for the World Dressage Championships in Herning, Denmark, and judged the World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo, The Netherlands, in 2022. Janet is a former member of the AHSA and USEF Board of Directors and well as a former Board Member for USDF. She currently serves on the Dressage Sport Committee and the International Disciplines Council. She also is a member of the USDF “L” Faculty.

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"Now [Foy] has compiled her best tips for training and showing the horse you have (or the horse you love, despite his faults) through the levels. Her lists of the common 'imperfections and evasions' experienced when riding movements are followed by Janet's creative ways to perfect those imperfections, sprinkled with numerous personal stories." —Lone Star Horse Report (August 2012)

"The book is divided into three sections . . . each section includes chapters on individual movements, making it easy to find exactly the kind of insight and help you might need. The book is well-organized and easy to understand and makes for a good read for those of us with 'imperfect horses.'" —The Chronicle of the Horse (October 2012)

"From the start, Foy makes the book easy for readers. Foy's refreshing honesty made me read on. In fact, this book is sort of inoculation against training despair. She is outright in telling self-deprecating, humorous tales about her long journey from rodeo queen to dressage queen. . . . In the future, any problem that presents itself, this book will be the first place I will go for help." —Dressage Today (January 2013)

"What is perfect is the way this book is put together. With little effort, you can find your problem and get a workable solution. We love Foy's insistence that horses are individuals with physical and mental limitations and how she works with those issues. She believes in developing a strong foundation, so her explanations start with where your horse's basics might be weak." —Horse Journal (January 2013)