>>>> I will definitely second the value of this book. The 2nd book in this series - "More Cross-Training: Build a Better Athlete with Dressage" - is equally good. I'm a huge fan, and you can buy the pair of books on Amazon.com for less than $50.
I have that one too, as well as "That Winning Feeling." She's a great communicator, a good, clear writer, very inspirational without getting hokey. I've mainly mentioned the first one since I think a lot of trail/pleasure riders think "dressage" is all about top hats, piaffe and canter pirouettes, and I was afraid I'd make her books sound out of "our" collective range on the list. I'm only sorry now that I didn't buy some of her videos earlier. They are really good - even for this simple old pleasure rider of very limited ability. FWIW, I don't think even the second book in the series gets much too above shoulder-in - it certainly doesn't get to the 'high school" moves or even the exercises required at the Grand Prix level. . Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
