>>>> On 9/14/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can anyone tell me what Hempfling's credentials are that make his opinions any more stellar than any of ours...?
>> Good question. V I bought the Dancing with Horses book about the time it came out. I read parts of it, but somehow the words felt a little empty to me....I then went looking for some background on him. I couldn't find much to make me think he'd had horses very long then. I could be wrong.... Anyway, all I could find about his background (if I remember correctly) was that he'd been an actor and dancer. Now, possibly the experience as a dancer MIGHT make him more body-aware than a normal person...but I'd already noticed that most of the pictures of himself in the book showcased his butt in jeans as the centerpoint of the photos, including the one on the cover. (Nice looking butt, but I'm old, and that's pretty irrelevant to my progress as a horseman.) There were other phrases early in the book...I can't remember now, but something about how "elemental" it was to work with a young stallion. (I think that was the word he used...) I wasn't overwhelmed with the macho stallion dribble - I've known plenty of local yokel macho types who HAD a stallion, and sometimes they get their elemental teeth knocked out. I never finished the whole book. My question still is...is Klaus Hempfling really a horseman, or is this just his big break at acting...? I'm certainly not ready to believe anything he says about Icelandic's - not just yet. Karen Thomas, NC
