About the author
Karen McGoldrick lives dressage: she owns a dressage stable, teaches dressage, competes (she’s a USDF-certified instructor and USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold medalist) and she writes about it too. She didn’t start off that way though: she started working at the age of 12 as a working student, and her heart belonged to jumping. The route to dressage was a long one, by way of university, looking after foxhounds, polo ponies, hunters and racehorse breaking before experiencing her first dressage clinic with Suzanne Handler. She was hooked.
Finding the books
Both books are in print: the second at least appears to be print on demand.
Links and sources
Karen McGoldrick on Deeds Publishing
Bibliography (horse books only)
The Dressage Chronicles
Deeds Publishing, 2011, 405 pp.
Some girls give up horses when they discover boys. Not Lizzy. She sticks with horses, and a
life in competitive horse sport. She starts as a working student to dressage superstar Margot Fanning. She dives into the world of dressage queens, expensive horses and vaulting ambition, and gets an education in more than the finer points of dressage.
The Dressage Chronicles II: A Matter of Feel
Deeds Publishing, 2013, 468 pp.
Hard work and wanting to learn will only take you so far. To get to the next level, Lizzy will need courage. The horse she’s going to ride, Wild Child is beautiful, powerful, and vicious. He’s her responsibility. And he’s not the only thing that’s vicious. Lizzy will learn about life from more than just horses as she tries to develop what’s known in equestrian ism as “feel”.
