American Dressage Signed/Autographed by Chuck Grant Equestrian Horse Training

Description: AUTHOR'S PREFACE America has been a bit slow in catching on to the art of dres-sage, but gradually we've become interested and active in the field. I believe we're now going in the right direction, even if perhaps our progress is not as fast as some would like. How-ever, there have been reasons for our delay Since 1939, when the civilians took up this art form of riding, American dressage enthusiasts have had much help from former army personnel. Although their efforts were of the very best, only a handful of these men rode at the higher levels of dressage and very few were able to give us help in the more difficult advanced work. We have also received the help of European riders and trainers, such as Richard Watjen, one of the world's most renowned horsemen. He and others were of great help and an inspiration to all who came in contact with them. However, coming in contact with the truly great trainers is the problem. Many times the really good trainers seem to tie themselves up with one wealthy family and their knowledge is not then shared with the general public. Former members of the Spanish Riding School have worked with riders outside of the school itself, both here and abroad, and I feel their influence can be strongly felt in this country. Many of these men had had no experience with the lhorough-bred horse until they came to America and began to work with American riders. But even though there have been quite a number of such riders from the Spanish Riding School working in this country, many of them have been too busy teaching equitation and doing riding clinics to train horses. This is not to say that all the efforts of these men have been in vain. America owes all of them deep thanks for helping us get started in dressage. But if we are to succeed as riders at the international level, we must have our own approach to this kind of competition. We must have horses trained by Americans dedicated to this end, and dedicated riders who are willing to spend years learning how to ride horses capable of competing in international tests. I feel that America's future in dressage lies in the hands of the young American professionals dedicated to the training of horses and riders. Many of these young men and women will start out as students of equitation. From there they become competitors in their chosen field. Then perhaps they become teachers, that is, riding instructors, and finally trainers. In general these people will be in their late twenties or early thirties before they have gone through the stages of learning I just

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