Author: Tom Moates Publisher: Six Colts, Two Weeks ISBN: 9780999246528 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 276
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In Six Colts, Two Weeks, celebrated equestrian author, Tom Moates, walks the reader through the once-in-a-lifetime experience of attending a colt starting clinic with distinguished horsemanship clinician, Harry Whitney. This title (Volume Two) covers the first two days of the second week of this special clinic.
Author: Tom Moates Publisher: ISBN: 9780984585090 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 284
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Six Colts, Two Weeks A Special Colt Starting Clinic with Harry Whitney A masterpiece! In "Six Colts, Two Weeks," celebrated equestrian author, Tom Moates, walks the reader through the once-in-a-lifetime experience of attending a colt starting clinic with distinguished horsemanship clinician, Harry Whitney. "This was...no ordinary clinic," Moates says in the introduction. "This...would be an extraordinary, singular opportunity to learn from a renowned horseman in a way that may never happen again." This new title (Volume One) covers the first week. The longest of Moates's eight horse books to date with 290 pages and more than 100 photos, "Six Colts, Two Weeks" is a unique memoir that documents how Whitney goes about preventing young horses from developing "people problems" in the first place. Come along for the fun, challenges, and one-of-a-kind insights from Whitney recounted with inquisitiveness, astuteness, and humor as only Tom Moates can do. "Six Colts, Two Weeks" is destined to be a modern equestrian classic that no horse library is complete without.
Author: Tom Moates Publisher: ISBN: 9780999246559 Category : Languages : en Pages : 430
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A masterpiece! In Six Colts, Two Weeks, celebrated equestrian author, Tom Moates, walks the reader through the once-in-a-lifetime experience of attending a colt starting clinic with distinguished horsemanship clinician, Harry Whitney. "This was...no ordinary clinic," Moates says in the introduction of the first volume. "This...would be an extraordinary, singular opportunity to learn from a renowned horseman in a way that may never happen again." This title (Volume Three) covers the end of the second week and completes the Six Colts, Two Weeks trilogy. This volume is the longest of Moates's horse books to date with 400+ pages and 200 photos. Six Colts, Two Weeks, is a unique memoir that documents Harry Whitney teaching horse owners how to prevent young horses from developing "people problems" in the first place. Come along for the fun, challenges, and one-of-a-kind insights from Harry Whitney recounted with inquisitiveness, astuteness, and humor as only Tom Moates can do. Six Colts, Two Weeks is destined to be a classic modern equestrian trilogy that no horse library is complete without.
Author: Tom Moates Publisher: ISBN: 9780984585014 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 170
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Between the ReinsA Continuing Journey into Honest HorsemanshipEquestrian journalist and author, Tom Moates, is back with more chronicles of his earnest attempts to improve his horsemanship skills with the tolerant guidance of renowned horsemanship clinician, Harry Whitney. This follow up to A Horse 's Thought contains fresh equine adventures and insights as Moates tirelessly pursues to understand Whitney 's uncanny ability to see things from the horse 's point of view. Western Horseman says of the work: Between the Reins tells the story of a horseman who has survived the introductory phases of an equestrian education, and is now venturing forward past the clich?'s of the clinic scene.... A skilled storyteller and gifted writer, Moates 's ongoing contributions to the equestrian literary canon make for inspiring reading. Whether riding at home in Virginia 's Blue Ridge Mountains, traveling to audit Whitney 's clinics in various states, or getting bucked off again while riding in a clinic himself--vital lessons unfold in these pages as Moates increasingly comes to a deeper understanding of horses and what goes on in that space Between the Reins.
Author: J. Allen Boone Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0060609125 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 164
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Is there a universal language of love, a "kinship with all life" that can open new horizons of experience? Example after example in this unique classic -- from "Strongheart" the actor-dog to "Freddie" the fly -- resounds with entertaining and inspiring proof that communication with animals is a wonderful, indisputable fact. All that is required is an attitude of openness, friendliness, humility, and a sense of humor to part the curtain and form bonds of real friendship. For anyone who loves animals, for all those who have ever experienced the special devotion only a pet can bring, Kinship With All Life is an unqualified delight. Sample these pages and you will never encounter "just a dog" again, but rather a fellow member of nature's own family.
Author: Alois Podhajsky Publisher: Doubleday ISBN: 0307830543 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 385
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For over a quarter of a century, Colonel Alois Podhajsky was the Director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, home of the famous white Lipizzaner stallions whose remarkable performances have thrilled audiences throughout the world. Now for the first time, Col. Podhajsky has set forth explicitly and in practical, instructive fashion the step-by-step methods of training both horse and rider that are used at the School and that are the applicable foundations of all good horsemanship, for their purpose is to develop the natural abilities of the horse and to make riding a graceful, pleasurable experience.
Author: Willa Cather Publisher: Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media ISBN: 1722525045 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 257
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A haunting tribute to the heroic pioneers who shaped the American Midwest This powerful novel by Willa Cather is considered to be one of her finest works and placed Cather in the forefront of women novelists. It tells the stories of several immigrant families who start new lives in America in rural Nebraska. This powerful tribute to the quiet heroism of those whose struggles and triumphs shaped the American Midwest highlights the role of women pioneers, in particular. Written in the style of a memoir penned by Antonia’s tutor and friend, the book depicts one of the most memorable heroines in American literature, the spirited eldest daughter of a Czech immigrant family, whose calm, quite strength and robust spirit helped her survive the hardships and loneliness of life on the Nebraska prairie. The two form an enduring bond and through his chronicle, we watch Antonia shape the land while dealing with poverty, treachery, and tragedy. “No romantic novel ever written in America...is one half so beautiful as My Ántonia.” -H. L. Mencken Willa Cather (1873–1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of the Plains and for One of Ours, a novel set in World War I, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1943 and received the gold medal for fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1944, an award given once a decade for an author's total accomplishments. By the time of her death she had written twelve novels, five books of short stories, and a collection of poetry.
Author: Hilda Nelson Publisher: J.A. Allen ISBN: 9780851317052 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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As commandant of the cavalry school Alexis-Francois L'Hotte (1825-1904) was obliged to use the methods of the Comte d'Aure, but with his own horses practised the teachings of Baucher. He became one of France's greatest riders.
Author: Tom Moates Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1461749085 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 211
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Tom Moates’s life and work were on a horseless path until serendipity brought Niji, a sorrel gelding, into his life. In his candid and plainspoken style, Moates shares the honest highs and lows of starting out in the Better Way with horses. He works hard to follow the wise ways of many well-known clinicians and shares his personal experiences attempting to implement them. Discovering Natural Horsemanship is sometimes humorous, often inspiring, and always resonates with authenticity.
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