Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Has anyone read this book?
Has anyone read the book Everyday Training: Backyard Dressage by Mary Twelveponies? Someone mentioned it on a forum I was reading and it sounded interesting, but I can't find anyone who has ever heard of it to see if it's a worthy buy... have any of you read it? Here is the link to it on Amazon. Thanks for any information you can share!
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I've never heard of it, but I'm suspicious of anyone with pony in their name.
ReplyDeleteI have a copy at home, and although I haven't read it for a while, I remember it was a good book. She is a very good writer. I also have "There are not such thing as problem horses; just problem riders" which is excellent--I was just looking up a problem in it this weekend.
ReplyDeleteThey are older books, and I don't think she is even alive, anymore. I bought them back in the 80s when I first got into horses.
I beleive she used to write for horse magazines and that that is her pen name.
I thought the name was kind of weird too, but it makes sense that it was a pen name back in the day. I'll probably check it out. I'm bored out of my mind with this stupid icy weather so thanks for the other suggestion too Judi. :)
ReplyDeleteBoth books sound interesting, please review them if/when you do read them :-)
ReplyDeleteI've read it! My neighbor has it, she used to ride saddleseat in middle school.
ReplyDeleteWhat I remember most was her assertion that bridoons aren't necessary because a horse has enough room in it's mouth for two regular bits (I'm not sure if that's true for many horses?), and that she put a big emphasis on practicing dressage out on the trail, like doing voltes around shrubs and things like that. I should borrow it again.