The Gallop
Why FEI/USEF Dressage Judge Anne Gribbons Thinks Santa SHOULD Bring Us Ponies
Last year we shared the best “Santa, Please Bring Me a Pony” Christmas videos (CLICK HERE), and in further support of the More Ponies = More Happiness Movement (there are...
Racing Against Wild Boars in Spain and Why We’re Lucky to Have Both Western and Cowboy Dressage: An Interview with TSB Author Jessica Black
“Cowboy Dressage is really starting to take hold,” says Reining Hall of Fame Inductee Jack Brainard, and this, according to Brainard and renowned author and father of imprint training Dr....
Give Your Horse the Gift of “Thinking Space”
I have a six-year-old son, and it is not unusual to be deep in bill-paying mode (not the happiest of places, anyway) when a Lego structure in some disrepair arrives,...
Is There Such a Thing as the “Perfect Riding Body”?
I remember the first time I read the description of the ideal body for riding horses—it said something about long legs and a short waist, and may have specified “slender”—and...
“I remember the buzz around Centered Riding 30 Years ago”
Susan Gordon is a lifelong horsewoman and trainer, and co-author of the new book THE COMPASSIONATE EQUESTRIAN with one of the pioneers of the integrative approach to veterinary medicine, Dr. Allen Schoen....
“The pictures in Centered Riding helped me develop my own understanding and improved my teaching over the years”
Susanne von Dietze, author of BALANCE IN MOVEMENT (now available again!) and RIDER & HORSE BACK TO BACK, is an internationally respected and highly sought-after riding coach and clinician. Her first experiences with CENTERED...
“Centered Riding is as valuable today as it was 30 years ago”
“It’s awesome to recognize it has been 30 years since Trafalgar Square Books (www.horseandriderbooks.com) published CENTERED RIDING,” says Dr. Beth Glosten, dressage rider, certified Pilates instructor, and author of THE RIDING DOCTOR....
“When Sally’s book was published, it was a breakthrough moment–for ALL riders.”
Last week, TSB author and acclaimed dancer and choreographer Paula Josa-Jones explained how CENTERED RIDING transformed how she thought about and felt her body while on horseback. Another of our authors comes from a...
“Centered Riding is still fresh, beautifully clear, intelligent, and thoughtful”
Paula Josa-Jones is an award-winning choreographer and dancer, as well as a horse person, and TSB is excited to bring you her book THE COMMON BODY Spring, 2016. Josa-Jones had her own CENTERED...
“I still have my first Centered Riding videos—even though they have to be played on a VCR, not a DVD player!”
Sue Tinder is owner and manager of Tolland Falls Equestrian Center in Sedalia, Colorado, and author of THE JUMP COURSE DESIGN MANUAL. In sharing her CENTERED RIDING memory, Sue admitted still owning videocassettes—a...
“How fortunate we all are to have Sally Swift’s vision of partnership with our horses.”
In recognition of the 30th Anniversary of CENTERED RIDING’s publication, dressage trainer and judge Kathy Connelly shared these thoughts about author Sally Swift and what she contributed to the horse world: “Sally...
“One of many important things Sally Swift taught us was how to find our true center of balance, energy, and body control”
Jennifer Forsberg Meyer is Senior Editor at Horse&Rider Magazine and co-author of TSB’s Reining Essentials with Cowgirl Hall of Fame Inductee Sandy Collier. She wrote key articles about CENTERED RIDING and Sally Swift’s teaching in 1998...