Hi everyone,

I'm back from the Pan American Endurance Championships in Chile where the US team won a silver medal and individual riders won silver and bronze.  We just missed a gold medal by 1 minute and 47 seconds.  It was an exciting race where our riders went to the front early on and kept pace with the eventual winner from Uruguay. Our leading horse, Heraldic, with John Crandall on top, stumbled during the last few miles, losing the lead to the first place finisher. Bummer!

The Hunter/Jumper indoor finals are winding up.  The Washington International Horse Show in Washington, D.C. is always fun as the horses are stabled on streets blocked off around the Verizon center in downtown DC.  Riders and grooms walk their horses up and down the sidewalks on the way to the ring, mingling with local commuters walking to and from work.  The warm-up ring is downstairs in the parking garage with underground garage pillars to ride around.  I am always amazed at the commitment of these riders.  I also got to visit my old buddy, Logan. Logan and rider Brianne Goutal won all three major equitation finals in 2005 and were chronicled in the Animal Planet TV show, "Road to the Maclay". Logan is 18 yrs. old now, is a veteran of ten (count 'em, ten) Washington Int'l Horse Shows, and competes again with a new junior rider this year. Brianne also continues her illustrious career as an adult show jumper rider.

The last indoor show is the Alltech National Horse Show and Maclay Finals this week at the Kentucky Horsepark in Lexington. Coincidentally, we'll be doing a Masterson Method™ Weekend Seminar at the Maker's Mark Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park this weekend also.  And finally, November and December will be a time of R & R for all of us!

We have quite a few new Certified Practitioners in the US and the UK now, three having just finished their Phase III Course in Devon, UK last month.  We are highlighting them in this and upcoming newsletters.  

First up is Nora Garafalo from Wellington, Florida.  I met Nora when she was a client of mine showing at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida quite a few years ago.  She became inspired to learn this work and is now working on client's horses at that same show.  Read about her below.

Also below is Monica Goold.  Monica recently moved to France from Spain, and rode her two horses, well, one horse and one mule - from her old home to her new home in France - in two weeks, dos semanas, quinze jours - just for grins. She's amazing.

Lastly, check out a video clip from the new DVD, "Beyond Horse Massage" below. We are offering a 15% discount for those that pre-purchase the DVD by November 14th. Click here to pre-buy the DVD and receive 15% discount. We expect the DVD's to arrive around the 15th of November.

And, for those of you still sitting on the fence, the book, "Beyond Horse Massage" will be available for delivery next week!  Click here to pre-purchase the book in the US and get free shipping directly from the publisher!

For those of you in the UK, don't forget that you will be able to purchase the new book in the UK.The UK publisher is offering a pretty good deal on pre-orders. Click here for the link to pre-purchase the book in the UK. 

And, for those in Canada, you can pre-order the book directly from Horse and Rider Books.  

And for our Australian followers, we will have a link for you in our next newsletter to purchase the book directly "down under,"  saving shipping charges.

"Beyond Horse Massage" DVD Intro

Time to get this off. I hope to see you all at some point in the future. I hope you enjoy the new book and DVD, and in the meantime, like me, continue to enjoy your horses.

Jim

Listing Ray Hunt, the Dorrance Brothers, Mark Rashid, Brent Graef and, of course, now Jim Masterson amongst her mentors, Monica brings a wealth of international experience to her bodywork with horses.

Having travelled the world in her pursuit of enhancing horses performance and the missing connection between horse and human, Monica admits that 'there is nothing more beautiful than the freedom of movement which comes from a healthy horse'.

The Masterson Method™ allows horse and human to work together taking into account the horse's natural instinct and thus allowing the appropriate release of tension where required. This fully aligns with Monica's experience with horses and underlies her passion to help horses maintain health and improve performance where appropriate

Coming from a nursing background, Monica understands how important it is to create trust and win a horses cooperation in order for the healing process to take place. Combining these skills with her unique and natural instinctive feel for what is 'right', Monica is the practitioner your horse would choose.

As well as being a Masterson Method™ Practitioner, Monica is a saddle fit tester and also understands the biodynamics of the hoof.
Monica is currently located in the Languedoc Rousillion area of France but is available to travel globally. You can contact her at the following:

monica.goold@gmail.com
tel 0033(0)613 16 50 12