Cowboy Dressage at Wolf Creek Ranch

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EITAN RETIRES FROM PUBLIC TRAINING IN 2009

Eitan has retired from public training. He will no longer be accepting outside horses. He continues to train his own horses, make DVD's, do clinics, equine expos and Light Hands Horsemanship. His Cowboy Dressage School of Horsemanship is a big hit and has been full for each yearly session. He plans to continue with this school and encourages riders to contact him if interested. Although retired he is still very busy, on the road and often found in front of his computer working on his latest video production.

Eitan has a number of his own young horses that show promise and talent. He continues to train them and may even show them in the future. He will have young started horses and young prospects for sale as well.

Having fallen in love with Texas, the Gainesville area he and his wife Debbie will be spending part of their time there each year as well as at their Wolf Creek Ranch in Grass Valley, CA.

NOW AVAILABLE
POETRY IN MOTION
UNDERSTANDING THE HORSE FROM THE INSIDE OUT

Now Available - Click Here

Eitan has been working on a new DVD for the past two years. He is just now finishing up the final touches and it will be available for the public in early March of 2009. It is titled, Poetry in Motion, Understanding the Horse From the Inside Out. This video will cover the horses muscular and skeletal system and how it relates to movement and cadence. Eitan stresses that to be a serious horseperson you must understand the mechanics of the horse underneath the rider. The cadence and footfall of the horse and the controlling of his feet is another must know for the dedicated horseperson. Eitan covers all this so that it is easily and clearly understood. His use of animation combined with actual horses makes this DVD a must have for "those that want to know more." Already previewed by some of the country's best horsemen it is getting rave reviews.

This Poetry In Motion DVD is "student friendly"
with menu and chapter selections
for easy review and learning.

New Morgan Class Offered at 2009 Shows

If you attended a USEF Morgan Rules Forum in 2008, you had an opportunity to hear about a proposal that would bring Western Dressage to Morgan horse shows. You also heard and maybe asked lots of questions about just how this new class might work. The USEF Morgan Committee has continued to work with the group who proposed this and has attempted to work through the questions. The result of these efforts is a set of guidelines to help shows that wish to offer these classes and exhibitors who want to try something new and fun. Thanks to Kelly Dennison and Ellen DiBella for their expert work and problem solving and to the USEF staff for their patience. Enjoy your Morgan horses in yet another way this year! For class information, specs and rules please go to: www.morganhorse.com/news_events/latest_news/western_dressage

Western Dressage Division

The Western Dressage classes would offer a place for the western rider and horse to improve them selves as individuals and as partners through the use and discipline of dressage. By using dressage principles the western rider will help their horse in multiple ways such as cadence, balance and carriage to name a few. The use of dressage will help the western horse to again work off his rear end allowing for lightness in the front end with a more natural head set. Dressage itself will also help greatly to maintain the soundness of the horse for many years.

It is important to keep in mind that Western Dressage encourages and will look for �lightness.� In keeping with the Western Tradition the �western� allows the �dressage� to have a much lighter contact, not always seen in competition dressage.

If you are a dressage rider none of this is new, but too many western riders these teaching have been out of reach or practice for them. It is a "comfort zone" many in the past have felt that "western" is not a part of. We feel that the time is right to open the dressage doors to the western division. The competitive bar will be raised as well as the personal satisfaction in knowing that "good " is being done for both horse and rider. These classes will also offer a place where the western rider can compete on a scoring system that allows them to move "up" at their own level. It is not just a competitive format but an educational one as well. For women who wish to compete in reining but can�t this is a perfect division as an alternative.

The Western Dressage classes also give a mature western horse (5 and over) a place to be re-schooled with the use of a snaffle. It is also a place that a sour rail horse can still be good competition horse. It is a very good entry level for individuals who wish to learn to ride and show and riders returning to competition. Plus it educates!!!

It is not the goal of the Western Dressage classes to use Dressage Horses under western tack. It is the goal of the Western Dressage to maintain the integrity and lightness of the western horse and western traditions through the use of dressage. This is very important. A western horse moves different, Western Dressage can just help it move "better"

Western Dressage is all about being the best western horse and rider you can be...

Dressage is not about the outfit or the tack .....it is about the horse (face it, we are all riding the same animal) and if the western public wants to participate lets give them the opportunity. The rider wins, the horse wins and the show industry wins as well. Click Here for more information

For more information contact Kelly Dennison at: denison_kelly@yahoo.com or Ellen DiBella at EDiBella@aol.com

EBH Consulting opens in March 2009.

Eitan is now retired from public training. He will continues to do clinics, expos and make training videos. For those of you who wish to take advantage of Eitan's time, knowledge and expertise he now offers a consulting service. This service will allow those that need his evaluation or recommendations on performance and pleasure horses easily available. You can make appointments with him during shows, clinics, expos and at your farm or ranch. We encourage you to make the appointments well ahead of time when possible.

Just a few of the areas in any discipline that Eitan can offer help are, self-carriage, cadence, movement, balance, training techniques and strategy's, performance problem solving, conditioning and supplying exercises and the use of dressage to improve the horse.

Please "click here" for more information.

Cali Canberra- Author

Award Winning Mystery Equine Novels

By Cali Canberra

"A creative blending of John Grisham & Dick Francis..."

"Seabiscuit was just the tip of the iceberg in introducing the high stakes world of the horse business to mainstream audiences. Canberra's tales weave intricate relationships between top breeders and trainers who lure celebrities and Wall Street tycoons eager to spend millions on horses. She keeps you on the edge of your seat in anticipation of what comes next."

"Canberra's novels combine the comfort of familiarity and the tension of surprise as she reveals the behind the scenes inner workings of the exclusive horse industry."

www.calicanberra.com

Cali Canberra has established herself as a bestselling equine novelist with her four books flying off of shelves throughout the horse market. A lifelong horsewoman who loves trail riding and natural horsemanship, Canberra�s equestrian background includes breeding, training, marketing, and selling high-end Arabians. She has been featured in various equine, investment and lifestyle magazines, and shares her love of horses in the GaWaNi Pony Boy book, Of Women & Horses � More Expressions of the Magical Bond.

Because of her innate talent, drive and ambition, Canberra�s early professional career gave her unique access to witness the manipulations and insider secrets that made the Arabian horse industry tick. Her experiences dealing with some of the biggest players in the Arabian horse industry (starting in the 1980�s when Arabians sold for record amounts) were the inspiration for Canberra�s first three books (Trading Paper, Buying Time and Never Enough!)�intriguing, fast-paced legal mystery novels that open the door and allow you to enter the elite side of the Arabian horse world before its collapse.

The real-life collapse of the market caused pain and heartache for Canberra and her family as they had to come to terms with the reality that the lifestyle they had grown accustomed to wouldn�t be possible to maintain anymore. All of the experiences, both high and low, paved Canberra�s way to a new, more spiritual, and less materialistic life than that of her high-stakes past.

Canberra�s new outlook on life has led her to a passion for Native American and Eastern/Traditional Chinese Medicine healing, ways of being, living and thinking, but there is one thing about her past that she clings to dearly: the horses themselves.

The personal transformation led her to write Wisdom of the Horse, a highly acclaimed inspirational novel that is an adventure of the mind and spirit.

Her more spiritual approach to life and writing has extended to her horse philosophy and has strengthened her already strong bond with her animals. She currently owns Kota, a six-year-old Palomino Quarter Horse mare, Mojo, an 8 year old Arabian gelding, Barbary�s Princess, a 26-year-old retired Arabian mare sired by Barbary+++ , and Casino, a retired 22-year-old Arabian gelding sired by *Algonkian.

She has a unique relationship with her horses, whom she keeps barefoot (the wild horse mustang model) and pastured on 25 acres at her home in Dawsonville, Georgia. She is a huge proponent of using kindness and compassion in handling and training, natural horsemanship methods, and holistic health care. Canberra rides Kota several days a week using a training/conditioning program that includes trail riding, bridleless training, and reining horse training (for pleasure, not showing). She's training Mojo with plans to do camping/distance riding with him when he's ready. Canberra also rides horses of all breeds for other people and teaches them how to effectively understand, communicate, rehabilitate, condition, train, ride and care for their horses, through one on one sessions and at clinics.

With her vast experiences in all areas of the horse world, Canberra is excited to continue to share her unparalleled knowledge of the horse world through both her books and her soon-to-be-unveiled online project where she will share her expertise and opinions about a variety of equine topics, products, and superstars. Stay tuned. She hopes you will join the conversation!

www.calicanberra.com

We have been buying horse sheets and blankets for years and never been quite satisfied due to fit, quality or service. They were often big, bulky and cumbersome. Last year we treated ourselves and got our horses some Corcel sheets and blankets. We are thrilled. They keep the horses clean and comfortable with out all that excess bulk and weight. They wear well and are easy to wash in a normal large load washing machine, no need to send them out for cleaning and no need for the big industrial machines. Corcel has been great to work with.. they have taken good care of us. I told Mark, we train 'um, you dress 'um. That about sums it up.

Please contact Mark at Corcel if you are interested in any of their products. They also make stall decorations and many other horse related products. www.corcelinc.com
mark@corcelinc.com

Jenna Rankin and Kasey Hoover Monty receive accolades from Eitan and Debbie and Cowboy Dressage.

In our career we were fortunate to have won many good classes and ribbons. There was always so much more to us than just the wins and the ribbons though. The young people who came to study with Eitan have been our grandest achievement. They surpass all that we have accomplished in our equine career. Most have been talented and dedicated young horse people. Eitan was never easy on them and his standards were high and extremely demanding. Lots of long hot or extremely cold, frustrating days were spent by these students. Many would of faltered but a select few rose to the demands set and their determination and commitment to learn drove them on. Like Eitan, the short easy way was not for them.

While all of our students have been exceptional there are two wonderfully talented ladies who have earned some special recognition. Jenna Rankin and Kasey Hoover Monty. These two are young remarkable talents. They not only have the "gift" but a strong sense of integrity and a true love for the horses. They still have many more miles to ride in their horsemanship journey but they show exceptional promise.

When you are fortunate enough to see these ladies work or show horses, do not look just take into account the ribbons they win, look at their hands, how they use them, their timing, their seat, the carriage and movement of their horses. They are our grand award for the time spent in this profession. To leave behind such ladies is comforting. We feel they will make a huge contribution to the horse world as they grow and mature in their horsewomanship journey. It is a lifetime quest but these two are up to it.

Thank you Jenna and Kasey for being part of our world. Deb and 8

kmonty@ramorealty.com