Lessons on how to tap the true potential in every horse from one of the world’s leading female trainers.For six decades, Lynn Palm has been a mainstay of the horsetraining, showing, and clinicing industry. Her successes in diversity intraining and the development of willingness and ability across disciplines areunparalleled. She has four Superhorse Titles—a prize awarded to a horse thatdemonstrates a broad skillset and proficiency in multiple sports. In thesepages, Lynn shares the eight keys to her success in training and competing, andhow you, too—whether you’re eventing or team penning—can shape a horse with agood attitude, correct movement, healthy biomechanics, and top-notchconditioning. A “Superhorse” will take you farther for longer, and you’ll enjoyevery minute of it.
Readers will learn how:
• Not all knowledge is good knowledge, and which knowledge is best.
• Groundwork in the form of in-hand, longeing, liberty work, long-lining, and trick training is integral to attaining training goals
• To incorporate longevity training with progressive lessons that have the “long game” in mind
• The rider’s ability directly impacts the horse’s
• A competitive edge serves both the recreational rider and the one who shows
• To overcome the inevitable challenges when training a horse and facing questions of persistence versus suitability
• We need to do better for the horse in equestrian sport
• “Giving back” to the industry provides a foundation for Superhorses for generations to come
With a rich mix of stories curated from years of horseadventures, practical ideas you can put to work in your own arena, andexercises to incorporate in your daily practice, Finding Your Superhorseis the rare inspiring read that teaches. Throughout, Lynn’s warmth of characterand intense commitment to horses, horse people, and improving the industry thathas given her a life and a livelihood shine through, guiding us all towardwhat’s possible and the “super” in every horse.
For more than 50 years, Lynn Palm has championed the partnership of horse and rider. An international clinician and competitor, she travels extensively teaching the fundamentals of Palm Equestrian Academy throughout the country and abroad. Lynn is an American Quarter Horse Association judge and holds her USEF R Western Dressage Judge's License. She continues to compete in both the United States Dressage Federation and the Western Dressage Association of America. Palm's competition record is second to none, having earned four AQHA Superhorse titles, over 30 AQHA World and Reserve Championships, several AQHA European Championships, more than a dozen WDAA World Championships, 15 USDF All Breed Awards Champions, and most recently the Dressage and Western Dressage Championships at the AQHA World Show. Lynn was a special guest performer at the 1996 Olympics and was named 2000 AQHA Female Equestrian of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation. In 2003 she was the recipient of Equine Affaire's Exceptional Equestrian Educator Award, and she was titled Horsewoman of the year in 2007 by the American Quarter Horse Association. In 2010, she presented at the World Equestrian Games as a clinician and entertainer and did the same at the 2017 FEI World Cup Finals in Omaha. Lynn and her husband, Cyril Pittion-Rossillon, lead annual European Journeys, and she presents Winning Ways with Western Dressage alongside Marie-Frances Davis. Lynn is also an author who frequently contributes articles to leading equine publications along with an active online community. Her extensive educational library of videos and books can be found online (lynnpalm.com).
For more than 50 years, Lynn Palm has championed the partnership of horse and rider. An international clinician and competitor, she travels extensively teaching the fundamentals of Palm Equestrian Academy throughout the country and abroad.
Lynn is an American Quarter Horse Association judge and holds her USEF R Western Dressage Judge’s License. She continues to compete in both the United States Dressage Federation and the Western Dressage Association of America. Palm’s competition record is second to none, having earned four AQHA Superhorse titles, over 30 AQHA World and Reserve Championships, several AQHA European Championships, more than a dozen WDAA World Championships, 15 USDF All Breed Awards Champions, and most recently the Dressage and Western Dressage Championships at the AQHA World Show.
Lynn was a special guest performer at the 1996 Olympics and was named 2000 AQHA Female Equestrian of the Year by the Women’s Sports Foundation. In 2003 she was the recipient of Equine Affaire’s Exceptional Equestrian Educator Award, and she was titled Horsewoman of the year in 2007 by the American Quarter Horse Association. In 2010, she presented at the World Equestrian Games as a clinician and entertainer and did the same at the 2017 FEI World Cup Finals in Omaha.
Lynn and her husband, Cyril Pittion-Rossillon, lead annual European Journeys, and she presents Winning Ways with Western Dressage alongside Marie-Frances Davis. Lynn is also an author who frequently contributes articles to leading equine publications along with an active online community. Her extensive educational library of videos and books can be found online (lynnpalm.com).
Marie-Frances Davis joined the Palm Equestrian Academy team in the fall of 1997 armed with abusiness degree from Salem-Teikyo University specializing in Equine Careers andIndustry Management. In the years since, Marie-Frances has successfullymastered many facets of the business, from managing show horses and breedingstallions to competing in hunter classes, dressage, and Western dressage. Shenow focuses on maintaining daily operations of Palm Equestrian Academy and itsevents, including Winning Ways with Western Dressage, teaching tours, clinics,competitions, and European Journeys led by Cyril Pittion-Rossillon and LynnPalm.
Rebecca M. Didier has worked for Trafalgar SquareBooks, the leading publisher of equestrian books and videos, for 21 years. Shecurrently serves as both Managing Editor and Graphic Designer, and herrole in the small company spans acquisitions, editorial, design, and marketing.She has worked with top riders, trainers, and equine experts from aroundthe globe to bring their books to print. In addition, TSB publishes aspecialized list of craft titles, and a limited number of canine andnature books. The book Naturally Curious: A Photographic Field Guideand Month-By-Month Journey Through the Fields, Woods, and Marshes of NewEngland by naturalist Mary Holland and conceived of and edited byRebecca, is a winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. Rebecca hasdesigned more than 200 book covers for the non-fiction, biography, memoir, andfiction genres, as well as packaging for videos, including theTelly-Award-Winning series 7 Clinics with Buck Brannaman, from thedirector of the international hit feature film Buck. She isco-author of the book Dressage with Mind, Body & Soul withworld-renowned animal behaviorist Linda Tellington-Jones.
