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June, 2020 • ©Mid-South Horse Review • www.midsouthhorsereview. com Book nook Riding for the Team, Edited by Nancy Jaffer Review by Nancy Brannon “one summer day in 1990, we were at a dressage fans will remember debbie show in germantown, tennessee, where it mcdonald and Brentina, dressage stars due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the was 105 blistering degrees. geoff sutton, from 1999–2006. Brentina’s style and 2020 olympic games were postponed for who was the owner/rider of an interesting willing attitude always put a smile on deb - only the fourth time in history, re-sched - thoroughbred show jumper, simba run, bie’s face. uled for July 23– august 8, 2021 in tokyo, said to me, ‘i can’t deal with this heat. steffen Peters, a pillar of U.s. dressage, Japan. since folks will not be participat - Would you ride my horse?’” geoff owned is best known for his relationship with ing in and watching the olympic games a barn in “old town” Cordova, tennessee ravel, the Usef’s Horse of the Year in this summer, perhaps the next best thing is and many readers will remember watch - 2009. over his career, he had more than reading about the lives of those who ing geoff show this horse. But did you 40 grand Prix wins and was inducted into dreamed about competing for their coun - also know that Jason schnelle, owner/ the U.s. dressage federation Hall of try and “made it” in nancy Jaffer’s latest trainer at autumn Chase farm, south of fame. lately, Peters’ partnerships with book Riding for the Team . she has com - Collierville, tenn., went to work for kraut legolas (earning 77% in the grand Prix at piled inspirational stories from the eight in 1992, just prior to her trip to the 1992 the 2016 rio olympics) and sup - olympic level equestrian disciplines: olympics with simba run. [see the Mid- penkasper (silver medal at the 2018 fei show jumping, dressage, eventing, driv - South Horse Review article on autumn World equestrian games in tryon, nC), ing, vaulting, reining, endurance, and Chase farm, sept. 2009] have wowed crowds around the world. para-dressage. Printed in conjunction with in his narrative, Chris kappler draws guenter seidel started his international the United states equestrian team, this similarities between the U.s. gold medal career with graf george and later earned book gives behind the scenes details of taking photographs from prestigious com - show jumping team at athens in 2004 and the bronze medal at the 2004 olympics those who lived the culmination of their petitions held around the world. the 1984 los angeles gold medal team: and 2006 Weg with former show jumper equestrian career – riding for the U.s. this book is a sequel to Riding for “touch of Class with Joe fargis, who won aragon. equestrian team. America , which Jaffer compiled and pub - individual gold abdullah, Conrad Hom - Carol lavell and gifted were an in - this 302-page coffee table style book lished in 1990. Jaffer’s first book on this feld’s individual silver medal ride; Ca - spired match, with gifted honored as features the stories of 47 athletes who have equestrian theme was the U.s. equestrian lypso, the longtime mount of melanie Usdf Horse of the Year at grand Prix in ridden on championship teams for the U.s. team Book of Riding , which marked the smith (of germantown, tenn.), and al - 1991. the highlight of gifted’s career was in all eight international equestrian disci - organization’s 25th anniversary in 1975. bany, ridden by leslie Burr.” at the 1992 Barcelona olympic games plines. these stories are told by the ath - in most sections, readers will find spe - next is the Dressage section starting where the U.s. earned a bronze medal. letes who became a part of equestrian cial people and horses to identify with, and with laura graves and verdades, aka Three-Day eventing is one of the most history, sharing their love and appreciation most of those riders profiled extol the bril - “diddy.” Here you’ll learn how this exciting equestrian sports, with record of their special horses who took them to liance of the horse(s) they have ridden. “rough-looking foal” who “was so green crowds flocking to the kentucky three- the top in the olympics, World equestrian the book begins with Show Jumping , that he hadn’t even worn a halter until he day event every year, except 2020. But games, World Championships, and Pan the most popular of olympic equestrian was imported” was brought along by did you know that women were not al - american games. sports, and with stories by Beezie madden, graves to become the super horse who en - lowed to compete in olympic eventing readers are immersed in the fascinat - mcClain Ward, margie goldstein engle, joyed being the star of the dressage arena. until 1964 when american lana du Pont ing histories of the medal-winning riders, kent farrington, and more. throughout graves herself had “horrible nerves” about was the first and contributed to her team’s drivers, and vaulters who have dominated the book you’ll find that many top riders in showing, but when she took diddy into the silver medal? riders in this section talk american equestrian sport over the past 28 various disciplines started out in Pony arena at Wellington, “it was as if he had about how their sport has evolved and years, such as mclain Ward, karen Club. kent farrington writes, “after join - been doing this all his life. He seemed to changed over the years, from its origins in o’Connor, debbie mcdonald, and tim ing Pony Club, i got involved in pony rac - realize, ‘Hey this is cool, all these people, the cavalry. eliminating the roads and mcQuay. get the inside scoop on leg - ing… my mother traded three used all these carrots.’” laura is humble about tracks and steeplechase portions has also endary horses who have become house - computers for my first horse, mvP no. 4.” her equestrian beginnings: “i was the kid changed the horse breed preferences for hold names, including flexible, Biko, People in west tennessee will find in - who couldn’t afford, who couldn’t do, competitors, moving from thoroughbreds verdades, and gunners special nite. the terest in laura kraut’s story: “it all who couldn’t have …the best advice i can to Warmbloods.