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The World Equestrian Games are almost here!

August 27, 2010
By The Art of Dressage
The World Equestrian Games are almost here!

The 2010 All Tech FEI World Equestrian Games will be held September 25- October 10th at the Kentucky Horse Park.   This will be the first time the games have left Europe to be held in the United States.  The World Equestrian Games is a fairly new equestrian competition.  The first games was held in 1990...
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Article #3 Goes Literary

August 26, 2010
By The Art of Dressage
Article #3 Goes Literary

I decided for article number three to do some research on equine publications with a literary focus.  I thought it would be interesting to write something a little different and I was just plain curious about what I could find.  I was a bit disappointed in what I found…not much.  There used to be...
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The Dressage Rider’s Elusive Dream – The Perfect Position

August 23, 2010
By The Art of Dressage

You have just returned from what you feel was a good show.  Your horse worked well, spooking at shadow monsters was kep to a minimum, and you both stayed inside of the ring.  You are pleased with your scores and placings.  Your next task is to review all of the photographs your wonderful friend,...
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Is the County Logic Girth “logical?” – Tack Review

August 20, 2010
By The Art of Dressage
Is the County Logic Girth “logical?” – Tack Review

Many of you will know if you have been reading with me for a while, that I am a County girl when it comes to saddles.  I briefly commented on that fact in one of  my previous article Saddles, Saddles, Saddles. I began noticing this spring, that I was having a bit of trouble with my...
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Article #2 has been sent!

August 19, 2010
By The Art of Dressage
Article #2 has been sent!

A recent family situation pulled my out of town for most of last week, because of that I am slightly behind on my mission.  I am pleased, however, to announce that article number two has been submitted.  I chose the Virginia Horse Journal to submit to.  The VA Horse Journal had a request in the...
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Meet the Writing Team!

August 17, 2010
By The Art of Dressage
Meet the Writing Team!

As you sit at home blissfully reading posts on The Art of Dressage, you may think that I am the only one slaving away to put together interesting reading material.  What you didn’t know is that The Art of Dressage (lets call it AOD for short) is not just myself, it takes an entire...
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How to Submit a Manuscript to an Equine Magazine

August 9, 2010
By The Art of Dressage
How to Submit a Manuscript to an Equine Magazine

The past couple of days, I have spent knee deep in learning about submitting a manuscript to a magazine.  Each magazine seems to have  different process and procedures specific to that magazine.  Some of the magazines will compensate you for your article.  Usually this is a small amount from $40-250 depending on the size and quality...
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The Mission…10 Articles…10 Weeks…

August 6, 2010
By The Art of Dressage
The Mission…10 Articles…10 Weeks…

The Mission: 10 Articles The Timeline: 10 Weeks The Purpose:  Can I get published? I have tasked myself with a new mission on behalf of  The Art of Dressage.  I am going to write one extra article a week for 10 weeks. I am going to submit each of these articles to an equine...
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Book Review – 101 Dressage Exercises for Horse and Rider

August 4, 2010
By The Art of Dressage
Book Review – 101 Dressage Exercises for Horse and Rider

About a month ago, I was lucky enough to acquire a copy of 101 Dressage Exercises for Horse and Rider by Jec Aristotle Ballou.  I found the book doing one of my guilty pleasures, perusing Ebay.  I type in the word Dressage, click on auctions ending soonest, and look.  Yeah I know… a pretty...
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