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The Started Colt: Horsemanship as an Art

by Bret Davis

Horsemanship as an art of observation

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Horsemanship as an art of observation

Bret Davis frames colt starting through the language of art, treating a horse’s movement and form as subjects for close study. The book sets out to discuss art and art theory in relation to horsemanship, with Xenophon’s classic treatise named as a point of reference. Its emphasis is not simply on training practice: Davis describes observing a horse’s lines, the movement of its eye and ear, and the shape of each footfall as part of an artistic practice and personal expression. The approach grows from his dissatisfaction with how horses were treated and regarded in the equine industry.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in horsemanship considered through art and observation
  • Horse owners or equine enthusiasts curious about movement, form, and colt starting
  • Readers interested in personal reflections on the human relationship with horses

Themes

Horsemanship and artClose observation of horsesEquine treatment and perspectiveArtistic practice and self-expression

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Book overview

At a certain point in my life I became fed up with the Equine industry, I didn't like the way people treated horses, I didn't like the way people talked about horses and I didn't like the way people looked at horses.

 

In despair and heart broke over the loss of my first love I gradually came to see horses in a new and different light, they became a canvas for me, there movement a form of art and the work I put in a practice of art, an expression of self.

 

This book strives to be a clinical discussion of art and art theory in the same vein as it's name sake, the classic treaties by Xenophon.

 

I do not expect the reader to finish this book and start up a career as a colt starter, yet I hope the reader finishes this book and and finds themselves compelled to study the lines of there horse, drawn to observe the movement of the eye and ear, staggered by the dimensional depth of each foot fall.

 

Were I to wake and find myself in some strange land that had no horses I would first find myself a pen and pencil and draw myself a horse to look at.

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