Horses and Other Heroes : Recollections and Reflections of a Life with Horses

by Don Burt

• ISBN13: 9781585744879
• ISBN10: 1585744875
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Don Burt has earned a reputation as one of the foremost judges, lecturers, and clinicians in the country, and has officiated at the National and World Championships for most major breeds of horse. From his early years at his family's Burbank, California riding stable, where he taught movie stars how to ride, through his tenure as an advisor to many major equestrian organizations, he has acquired a panoramic perspective of the world of horses that others can only dream about.

Author Biography

Don Burt is currently the vice-president for the Reining discipline for the United States Equestrian Team. He writes a monthly column for The Quarter Horse Journal, and his articles appear in many equestrian periodicals. He is the past president of the American Quarter Horse Association. He and his wife, Ardys, live in Portuguese Bend, California

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
PART ONE Training-Judging-Competition	1	(92)
An Earlier Horse Whisperer	2	(3)
Taming the Strawberry Roan	5	(4)
Trek to Vienna	9	(7)
Two Little Words	16	(4)
Communication: A Jimmy Williams Operative Word	20	(5)
An Interview with Jimmy Williams	25	(4)
Gimmicks: Good or Bad?	29	(4)
Nose to Nose, A Different Training Approach	33	(3)
Balance Equals Impulsion Plus Collection	36	(4)
A Letter from a Fellow Horseman	40	(5)
Looking for an Angle	45	(4)
The Key to Intelligence	49	(5)
Training with the Hackamore	54	(4)
The Upper and Inner Mouth	58	(4)
From Hand to Mouth	62	(4)
Hand Rhythm and Body Weight	66	(4)
A Breathtaking Program	70	(4)
Judging with 360-Degree Vision	74	(4)
The Mad Hatters	78	(4)
Riding Lessons	82	(5)
At Last! Spectators	87	(3)
Making History in the Western Horse World	90	(3)
PART TWO Real Hollywood Tales	93	(35)
Surprise: First Screen Star Was a Horse!	94	(4)
Old Times and Friends	98	(3)
Yakima Canutt: A Cowboy at Heart	101	(4)
Movie Horses	105	(3)
Greenhorn Horse Traders	108	(4)
Jocko: A Stuntman On and Off the Set	112	(3)
Wild Bill Elliott	115	(3)
The Golden Boot	118	(3)
Hooray for Hollywood	121	(3)
Boots and Saddles	124	(4)
PART THREE Horses and Horsemen	128	(36)
Baldy	129	(3)
River Bottom Heyday	132	(3)
M. R. Valdez: A Legend	135	(4)
Ebony Night	139	(4)
I Jimmy A. Williams: Another Legend	143	(5)
Clyde Kennedy: Numero Uno	148	(5)
Andy Jauregui: A Cowboy's Cowboy	153	(3)
Mac McHugh: Cowboy Artist	156	(4)
Rex Peterson: Trick Horse Trainer	160	(4)
PART FOUR Personal Memories	164	(1)
A Trunk Full of Memories	165	(3)
Chief Rojas: Legendary Ground Man	168	(4)
Ray York: Gutsy Jockey	172	(3)
The Breakfast Club	175	(3)
Remembering That First Horse	178	(3)
Revisiting a Friend's Oklahoma Roots	181	(3)
Back in the Old Days	184	(3)
Don Quixote	187	(4)
Just Call Me Rusty	191	(4)
Knowledge Gained Should Be Shared	195