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Since 1995, Leslie has been a regular contributor to horse magazines in the US and Europe.

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NEW: The Feel of Release - RIDING CALLE

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  1. RIDING CALLE, Table of Contents, by Karen Musson
    1. 1. Exhilarating riding & connection with the horse
    2. 2. Calle's maneuverability at the gallop
    3. 3. For lightness in a ride, ride with lightness
    4. 4. Adjusting to Calle and the reciprocal feel of release
    5. 5. Calle's clinic finale - exquisite 'feel and release'
    6. 6. The source of genuine lightness is already in the horse
    7. 7. Riding LUIGI - before and after Leslie's foundation
    8. 8. A foundation that preserves, accesses and shapes
    9. 9. Getting with a horse through feel: releasing the partner
    10. 10. The Softness 'Onion' – an ongoing discovery of the horse
    11. 11. She is quite something, that Calle

NEW: Feel and Release

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  1. Ground Driving Through Feel
    1. Doc
    2. Vamos
  2. Horse Handling and Riding Through Feel
  3. Preparation for Freeing the Shoulders on Your Saddle Horse
  4. A well mannered Stallion is a Sight to Behold
  5. THE BEST REWARD FOR THE HORSE IS... YOU!
    1. CONNECTING WITH A HORSE THROUGH FEEL & RELEASE
    2. MANEUVERING A HORSE THROUGH FEEL & RELEASE
  6. Backing in an Arc - Part 1 of 3
  7. Backing in an Arc - Part 2 of 3

Riding with Leslie

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  1. Riding with Leslie
  2. Clinic Reports
    1. Trainers' Colt Starting Clinic Report, MONTANA, October 2008 - by Karen Musson
    2. Trainers' Clinic Report, AGUANGA, February 2008 - by Karen Musson
    3. A day with Leslie Desmond by Lael Van Riper, 2000
  3. The Leslie Desmond Experience
  4. The Leslie Desmond Perspective
  5. The Leslie Desmond Outlook
  6. The Best Reward is a Built-in One (Horse & Rider Magazine)

New to Horses

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  1. Catching Your Horse Without Using Grain
  2. Introduction to Groundwork
  3. Handling the Hooves - Good Horsemanship Still Applies
  4. Bit & Bridle Basics
  5. Let’s Ride, But Let’s Get On and Off Safely!
  6. What Children Can Learn From Natural Horsemanship
  7. Help Kids Overcome Fear with Understanding
  8. Poetry
    1. Buckaroo Poetry by L.D.
      1. Have You Got the Makings...
      2. I'll Trot For You
      3. Laptop Buckaroo
      4. Lord, Let Me Be a Cowboy Today
    2. Poems from the Ridge Rides in Norrland, Sweden
      1. CROW CREEK BOYS
      2. CABIN FEVER
      3. GET READY, BOYS, THEY'RE COMING!
      4. CITY SLICKER, YES, YOU DO BELONG!
      5. LIGHT NO CANDLE
      6. SNOW RIDERS
      7. EMPTY GUN
      8. RAIN RIDER
      9. BELLY DEEP
      10. BEFORE YOUR HORSE

Equipment

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  1. A Bit About Bit Adjustment
  2. Tying Up Loose Ends
  3. A Look at English Saddles

Horsemanship

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  1. Feel What? Or What is Feel?
  2. To Find Out What Natural Horsemanship is ...
  3. How to Apply the Elusive “Feel”
  4. Loading Your Horse - One Step at a Time!
  5. You Need to Know the Changing Eye
  6. Five Steps to Put Float in Your Lead Line
  7. Mounting Blocks to Mounting
  8. Question and Answer
  9. A Lively Walk is the Only Way to Travel
  10. Why Not Get Off Your Rear and Post?!
  11. Feel Your Horse’s Feet in Each Gait
  12. Lead Changes: A four-part series
    1. Part 1 - Prepare for Lead Changes
    2. Part 2 - Moving On to the Next Step
    3. Part 3 - Right Lead, Wrong Lead
    4. Part 4 - Working with a Sensitive or Dull Horse
  13. Develop Lightness on the Ground that will Carry Over to your Mounted Work
    1. Part 1
    2. Part 2
  14. Developing the Bridle Horse: A five-part series
    1. Introduction, and a Few Thoughts on Hackamores
    2. Part 1: Preparation of the Bridle Horse
    3. Part 2: Moving to the Hackamore
    4. Part 3: Two Hands are Better than One
    5. Part 4: Riding in the Two-Rein
    6. Part 5: Moving into the Bridle
  15. TLT Interviews Leslie Desmond: You, Your Horse and Progress
  16. What’s in a Word: a four-part series
    1. Part 1: Feeling of the Feet
    2. Part 2: Don’t Take Out What Nature Put In, Lightness
    3. Part 3: Straightness
    4. Part 4: Do You Like to Learn?

People

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