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What is Cowboy Dressage?

By Jack Brainard This question is being asked by nearly all horseman and horsewomen in America.  The words Cowboy Dressage seem to be a contradiction; since Cowboy horsemanship and Classical Dressage are miles apart in style, execution, and format. Dressage training has been practiced for 500 years, and originated in training the warhorse.  We know …

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Cowboy Dressage with Golden Warrior

COWBOY DRESSAGE By Linda White “Cowboy Dressage with Golden Warrior” reads the label on the video. “What in the world will this be?” we wonder skeptically as we slip the cassette into the VCR. A pale, golden Palomino Saddlebred in western tack materializes, ridden by a man in a cowboy hat and fringed leather jacket. …

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Dare to be different – Dare to be free

Eitan Beth-Halachmy and Cowboy Dressage Spotlight from the darkness on a small western Morgan stallion and the quiet cowboy who rides him.  The cheers and whistles of the crowd suddenly still as the music plays and the dance begins.  The little Morgan piaffes in place, the light reflecting off the silver curb bit and conchos …

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