USEF S and FEI 4* Dressage Judge Janet Foy issued an invitation to the
dressage population: "Ask me your toughest dressage questions; ask me
about the things about riding, training, and competing that you just
don't understand; or, just ask me the questions you're always afraid to
ask because you don't want to look like you don't know what you're
doing!" The result was an outpouring of queries, from riders at every
level, and from both those who just ride for fun as well as those who
show.
Foy has earned a dedicated following over many years teaching popular
clinics alongside US Olympians Steffen Peters and Debbie McDonald, and
her vast knowledge of the sport of dressage and trademark sense of humor
propelled her first book Dressage for the Not-So-Perfect Horse to
bestseller status. Now, for her eagerly awaited follow-up, she's
responded to the hundreds of dressage questions she's received in an
easy-to-engage-with Q-and-A format. Readers find no-nonsense answers to
everything from understanding how horses learn the movements to really
"getting" the importance of the outside rein to gaining coordination and
achieving "throughness." As always, Foy's enthusiasm emanates from her
words, and her drive to provide solid understanding is underscored by
her insistence that riding dressage is, above all, fun.
