About the Author

'I have been in the horse business all my life and have trained and competed horses in everything from team penning and barrels, to Standardbred racing. From 100-mile endurance rides, to equine theatre to Grand Prix Dressage.' Yvonne Barteau is a lifetime horsewoman. She has dedicated her life to understanding horses and preparing them for their careers whatever that might be. Yvonne has ridden many horses and coached many students to a variety of year-end awards and Regional Championships, including multiple U.S. Dressage Federation All Breed Horse of the Year. Her primary interest is competition dressage and her training program is geared toward horses and riders who can work to high competition standards. Yvonne has trained over ten horses to the Grand Prix Level and has won numerous USDF Horse of the Year titles.  She is a sought after instructor and clinician as well as a public speaker on equine personalities and temperaments and strategies involved with identifying and training the different personality types. Yvonne and husband Kim have also worked in the equine entertainment world for over twenty years with everything from liberty work to bridleless Grand Prix exhibitions. They have appeared on the TODAY show, at Madison Square Gardens, Equine Affaire and Equitana as well as training and performing with the horses at the Arabian Nights Dinner Theater in Orlando, Florida. Yvonne and Kim own and operate KYB Dressage out of Grand Prix Equestrian in Maple Park Illinois.

Reviews

Very entertaining, and it's not one of those dry step-by-step guides to dressage books... absolutely a book for anybody... explains what dressage is... how you should treat your horse, different horse personalities, with a decent explanation of FEI levels.
*Examiner.com*

In her book The Dressage Horse Manifesto, Grand Prix dressage rider and renowned equestrian performer Yvonne Barteau shares these riding secrets –  and many others – from an unexpected point of view… the horse's!  
*OntheHorse.com*