Drawing on the theories of the old dressage masters, Lessons in Lightness, (The Lyons Press, August, 2004) shows how a rider at any level can greatly benefit from the traditional dressage techniques and exercises. Written by a thirty-year veteran horse trainer, this is the only book that takes core elements of classical dressage and applies them as the basis for good general horsemanship today.

            With this step-by-step program, both horse and rider learn from each other. Once the horse master the basic exercises, the rider not only has a very ridable horse but one that can advance in almost any discipline for which it is suited – from western pleasure and performance riding to show jumping and dressage.

            Veteran horse trainer Mark Russell studied with legendary dressage master Nuno Oliveira, an experience that revealed to him the concept of riding in lightness and forever changed his outlook on horsemanship. Today he trains horses and riders throughout southern New England from his home base in East Hartford, Connecticut.

            Andrea W. Steele is a native of England and a lifelong equestrian. She met Russell in 1980 and has followed his vision for riding in lightness ever since. She lives in Durham, Connecticut.

By Mark Russell with Andrea W. Steele

ISBN 1-59228-360-8

$22.95 hardcover 6x9 174 pages

Published by The Lyons Press, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press,

Guilford, CT 06437 Available for purchase at www.GlobePequot.com

1-800-243-0495