Simple Equine Training System: For Cowboys, Cowgirls and the Western Dressage Horses they Ride - Paperback

by Marsha Heiden (Author)

The Simple Equine Training System (SETS) is written for people that love horses and want a straightforward training method. SETS is based on classical training principles handed down from horsemen to horsemen for centuries. Each of the ten developmental levels your horse must achieve are defined and clearly articulated. The exercises are illustrated providing you with a plan that will allow you and your horse to be competitive in western dressage and other advanced disciplines you and your horse undertake such as endurance riding, barrel racing, cutting, reining, or roping. Coordinated with the levels of today's Western Dressage competitions SETS will assist you in making your horse a successful and happy competitor that is sound and sane for life!

Author Biography

Dr. Heiden is a licensed psychologist. She holds a MS in Agricultural Economics, an MA in psychology, a BA in Equine Studies and Business Administration. She was a dressage instructor at Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH. She currently buys, breeds, and sells Andalusian horses at her home, Spring Wood Farm in Garrettsville, OH. She has ridden with National and International dressage competitors including Carol Grant Oldford, Nancy Smith, Major Andres Lindgren, Jean Luc Cornille, Steffan Peters, Michael Poulin, and Sharon Poulin.