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FREE in digital & print HHoorrssee RReevviieeww VOL. 30 • NO. 3 The Mid-South Equine Newsmagazine Since 1992 NOVEMBER 2019 2. November, 2019 • ©Mid-South Horse Review • www.midsouthhorsereview.com O N THe C OveR : noovveemmbbeerr 2019 sara harn drives her haflinger, rehn, in reinsmanship at n 2019 the Nashoba Carriage Classic, october 19, 2019. (see page 6) Horse Review (photo by Nancy Brannon ) Equus Charta, LLC CONTeNTS • v OL . 30 • N O. 3 Copyright 2019 6220 greenlee #4 P.o. box 594 arlington, TN 38002-0594 901-867-1755 PUBLISHeR & e DITOR : Tom & Dr. Nancy Brannon STAFF : Andrea Gilbert WeBSITe : Thank you! www.midsouthhorsereview.com To all our advertisers who make the e- MAILS : Mid-South Horse Review possible! We midsouthhorsereview@ yahoo.com greatly appreciate your support of all that we do. We give you thanks! [email protected] P. 6 photo by Nancy Brannon Will you consider being a supporter, P. 24 Natalie Hanisco driving Tinker Toy, too? It’s easy - and very satisfying! 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TTouches are an in - dled with the girth tightened as “the best Horses the Tellington Way tegral part of the training or retraining insurance against bucking that is caused Review by Nancy Brannon process. The non-invasive TTouches can by fear.” be used in even the most sensitive areas of Many of the exercises in the Play - Whether you’re starting a young horse the horse without creating bracing or de - ground for higher learning can be used to or need to “tune up” an older horse, world- fensiveness, and they have the effect of prepare the horse for trail classes, trailer renowned equine expert linda Tellington- promoting an overall level of trust. While loading, trail obstacle courses, getting the Jones offers step-by-step methods for there are a variety of TTouches, and at horse used to plastic, and more. There’s helping the horse become a willing varying levels of pressure, they all consist also a section of ground driving, with de - learner. in her new book Training & Re - of 1¼ clockwise circles that begin at 6 and tailed photos of how to hold the driving training Horses the Tellington Way , circle around to 9. lines. Tellington-Jones presents a thoughtful some particular sections of interest ex - Throughout the book she offers partic - recipe for starting the young horse without plain, for example, how to get the horse to ular case studies of horses who had prob - stress and establishing the very best be - lower the head – willingly and without lems and the solutions that helped the ginning, both in hand and under saddle. force. for anyone who’s ever had a high- horses overcome their fears. she also recognizes that not all horses headed horse or head-shy horse, her meth - finally it’s Time to saddle up in the have the benefit of the right foundation, ods provide the solution, as the horse last chapter, which all the foregoing which can lead to misunderstanding, mis - becomes relaxed and comfortable. ground work has led to a successful riding treatment, and unhappiness for both an interesting question she asks, and experience. here the horse is introduced human and horse. herein, Tellington- answers, is “Why is it considered correct to the saddle, the bridle, mounting for the Jones curates her own experience working years. i first met linda Tellington-Jones to lead a horse from the left? anyone who first time, and first steps under saddle. with older horses ready for a second and learned a little about TTouch at a us has gone through Pony Club or 4-h knows all in all this is an excellent book for chance at life, providing the necessary Pony Club festival many decades ago. that leading a horse from the right side is any rider – who is always a trainer, tools for filling in training “holes” and re - her unique blend of hands-on TTouch (a considered incorrect.” Tellington-Jones whether officially or not – to learn how to confirming lessons that may have been collection of circles, lifts, and slides done explains the origins of leading and mount - get the best from one’s horse. poorly taught or forgotten. The result is a with the hands over various parts of the ing from the left side. she says the results About the author : linda Tellington- book with all the right ingredients for horse’s body), combined with humane are “that many horses are very one- Jones is the internationally recognized helping the horse be its best. Whether groundwork and under-saddle exercises, sided…” she recommends “practicing equine expert who developed the Telling - starting right or starting over, Tellington- has helped solve training and behavioral leading and handling from both sides,” as ton Method approach to healing, training, Jones’s field-tested, compassionate an - problems for horses of every breed, every this will “improve overall balance in pos - and communicating that can be learned swers are an excellent way to find discipline, every age, and all levels. ture and mentally accustom your horse to and practiced by horsemen and women of connection while ensuring the horse a life - Most of the exercises in this book are having a person on either side.” all levels. she was honored as the 1994 time of success in the company of humans. ground work, done with or without an as - how often have your ridden in a show horsewoman of the year by the North hers is a perspective of training and re - sistant and with a minimum of “devices.” and the judge has asked you to back? does american horsemen’s association and training horses that results in mutual trust groundwork equipment includes a cor - the horse back straight and willingly, or is presented with the ariCP lifetime between human and horse, and helps rectly fitted flat halter, the “Tellington there resistance and backing to the side? achievement award, given annually to a horses get out of their flight or fight men - lead,” which is a soft, Zephyr lead, and a The exercise called the Cha Cha helps the person who profoundly affects the equine tality, which is their defensive, “default” white dressage whip, which she calls the horse to learn to back straight and in cor - world in a positive manner. Tellington- state of mind when stressed.

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