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Riding Philosophically, Riding Culturally

Hello folks, I haven’t been such a great blogger lately because I’ve been working on The Next Big Thing – actually the Two Next Big Things. They’re books two and three, the first of which will be underway this spring, and the second needs whipping into shape so that it can be rolled out sometime …

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Posted bySusanna ForrestApril 27, 2012April 28, 2012Posted inAuthors and Books, Circuses, Dressage, Gymkhanas, Horsemanship, If Wishes Were Horses, K M Peyton, Lusitano, Manuals of Equestrianism, Mrs Hayes, Nannie Power O'Donoghue, Riding Schools, Sidesaddle, Thoroughbreds, Three Day Eventing, UKTags: Catherine de Medici, Classical Equitation, Donna Landry, Ecuyeres, Flying Foxes Sidesaddle Display Team, How Eastern Horses Transformed English Culture, Huntseat, K M Peyton, Lady Salisbury, Lusitano, Mrs Hayes, Nannie Power O'Donoghue, Noble Brutes, Nuno Oliveira, Pine Lodge School of Classical Equitation, Side-saddle, Sylvia Loch7 Comments on Riding Philosophically, Riding Culturally

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