The Dressage Chronicles 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Karen McGoldrick (Author)

242 customer reviews

Book 1 of 4 in The Dressage Chronicles (4 Book Series)

Share <Embed>

eBook features:

Highlight, take notes, and search in the book
Length: 382 pages
Word Wise: Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled
Matchbook Price: $0.99 What's this?
For thousands of qualifying books, your past, present, and future print-edition purchases now lets you buy the Kindle edition for $2.99 or less. (Textbooks available for $9.99 or less.)
- Thousands of books are eligible, including current and former best sellers.
- Look for the Kindle MatchBook icon on print and Kindle book detail pages of qualifying books. You can also see more Kindle MatchBook titles here or look up all of your Kindle MatchBook titles here.
- Read the Kindle edition on any Kindle device or with a free Kindle Reading App.
- Print edition must be purchased new and sold by Amazon.com.
- Gifting of the Kindle edition at the Kindle MatchBook price is not available.
Learn more about Kindle MatchBook.

Available on these devices:

Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC

Print List Price: $19.95 Save $16.96 (85%)‎

Deliver to your Kindle or other device

Enter a promotion code or Gift Card

Unlimited Reading. Unlimited Listening. Any device.
Enjoy the freedom to explore over 1 million titles and thousands of audiobooks on any device.
Learn more

eBook features:

Highlight, take notes, and search in the book
Length: 382 pages
Word Wise: Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled
Matchbook Price: $0.99 What's this?
For thousands of qualifying books, your past, present, and future print-edition purchases now lets you buy the Kindle edition for $2.99 or less. (Textbooks available for $9.99 or less.)
- Thousands of books are eligible, including current and former best sellers.
- Look for the Kindle MatchBook icon on print and Kindle book detail pages of qualifying books. You can also see more Kindle MatchBook titles here or look up all of your Kindle MatchBook titles here.
- Read the Kindle edition on any Kindle device or with a free Kindle Reading App.
- Print edition must be purchased new and sold by Amazon.com.
- Gifting of the Kindle edition at the Kindle MatchBook price is not available.
Learn more about Kindle MatchBook.

Available on these devices:

Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$2.99

—

Paperback

"Please retry"

$17.13

$14.93

$14.55

Spiral-bound

"Please retry"

—

You know what happens to all those girls who are just crazy about horses?
Once they discover boys, the horses are history.
Or maybe not.
For Lizzy, and others like her, no boy, no man who knows what’s good for him, speaks the unspeakable.
“It’s me or the horse.”
It’s no contest.
And so Lizzy snips the threads that hold her, however tenuously, to a conventional life, and begins her journey into the world of horse sports.
She signs on as a working student for dressage superstar Margot Fanning, heading to south Florida with her six year old mare, for “the season.”
She immerses herself in an extraordinary world of high-dollar horses and ambitious women and receives an education in more than just riding dressage.

Welcome to The Dressage Chronicles.

Complete Series

The Dressage Chronicles (4 Book …

Karen McGoldrick

$16.96

Customers who bought this item also bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

McGoldrick Karen

143

Kindle Edition
$3.99
Karen McGoldrick

103

Kindle Edition
$4.99
Karen McGoldrick

93

Kindle Edition
$4.99
Natalie Keller Reinert

42

Kindle Edition
$4.99
Karen McGoldrick

8

Kindle Edition
$4.99
Natalie Keller Reinert

39

Kindle Edition
$4.99

Try Kindle Countdown Deals
Explore limited-time discounted eBooks. Learn more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Karen has done a wonderful job writing a lively novel catching the essence of a side of the equestrian scene most people have no idea about. It shows the sport in a way everyone can relate to and will appeal to young and old, riders and non-riders." -- Jessica Ransehousen "three-time Olympian, two-time Pan American Games team member, US Equestrian Federation Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, and 2001 US Dressage Federation Hall of Fame inductee. Jessica also served "

About the Author

Karen McGoldrick is the author of The Dressage Chronicles; her first book of a series. She rides, teaches, and trains dressage at her own Prospect Hill Farm in Alpharetta, Georgia. She is a United States Dressage Federation certified instructor/trainer; earned her USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold medal rider awards, all on horses she trained; and she graduated with distinction from the USDF L program. Karen got her first working student job by answering an ad in her community newspaper at the age of 12. Before, during, and after college, she worked on and off for a variety of trainers until she an her husband bought their first farm in 1992. Karen is an award-winning contributor to USDF Connection Magazine, and she is a regular columnist for the Georgia Dressage and Combined Training Association newsletter. Karen loves talking and meeting with other equestrian lovers, and you can contact her via her website, the dressage chronicles.

Product details

File Size: 886 KB
Print Length: 382 pages
Publisher: Deeds Publishing; 1 edition (July 5, 2011)
Publication Date: July 5, 2011
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B005AX8HX4
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

X-Ray:

Not Enabled

Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Enabled
Screen Reader: Supported

Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,355 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #22 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Individual Sports > Horses > Equestrian
- #44 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Pets & Animal Care > Horses > Riding
- #45 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Individual Sports > Horses > Equestrian

Would you like to tell us about a lower price?

Customer Reviews

Write a customer review

See all 242 customer reviews

Rated by customers interested in

What's this?

Dressage

4.8 out of 5 stars

Home & Hobby Books

4.8 out of 5 stars

Sports Books

4.8 out of 5 stars

Is this feature helpful?

Thank you for your feedback.

Read reviews that mention

Top customer reviews

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Philly Lawyer

Fun read, somewhat shallow, has the ingredients to be better

March 2, 2012

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

First, I want to say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and can't wait for the sequel. It's simply written, but that's not a bad thing at all.The author is a good storyteller with a sense of humor. Still, I think the five star reviews are a bit overblown. The characters are somewhat stereotypical and predictable. Lizzy and Margot are just a little too nice, Margot's rich sponsor is a little too mean. The horses also seem somewhat generic. There are no memorable horse characters like Justa Bob in Jane Smiley's Horse Heaven, or QL in Barbara Moss's In and Out, or any of the quirky horses in Jilly Cooper's novels. I'm also a bit surprised that some reviewers find Lizzy's experiences to be realistic. Do working students really get to do tempis on the trainer's FEI mount on their very first lesson when they've never done a flying change before? While this review may come across as negative, I try to be brutally honest and fair in all my reviews. This is a fun read, but I think it would have been better with human and horse characters that had a little more soul.

Comment 20 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

rdgmachine

Good enough to get me hooked on the full series!

June 10, 2017

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

I just finished book 3 of this series, and am about to read the final book. My review of the first book is that it was good enough to get me completely hooked and I have gobbled up the other two books. That said, this first book is my least favorite of the three I've read......but I think the writer was truly finding her voice as a writer. Some of the adventures were a bit implausible to me (as a rider - can't imagine being a first level rider and then being able to do fancy moves as part of a quadrille team), but I thoroughly enjoyed the read nonetheless. The biggest compliment I can is that as a SERIES of books, I have learned so much about riding. I have describe this series to friends as "riding self help wrapped up in light fiction which somehow makes it way more accessible".....I have many a dog-eared page that describes training techniques, or "ah-ha" moments of the riders! I highly recommend!

Comment One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

Amazon Customer

I loved this story...very heartfelt.

November 30, 2016

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

I will keep it simple. I have loved horses my whole life, and dressage is one of my main interests, especially now that I am older, have eight kids, and am not as inclined to point a horse at a five foot high jump as I was in my younger days. I am more into the subtleties and precision of good flat work and the concept of really getting a feel for your equine partner. This book conveys all of that amidst an interesting story that I thoroughly enjoyed. If you like dressage or just good riding, you can learn from reading this work of fiction as much of the content is based on facts. Soft hands, strong legs, steady mind just about sums it up. I look forward to book two in the series. Spoilers: For those, like me, who prefer their books to have a perfect happy ending, be forewarned that as everything involving animals also involves risk, there is some realistic sadness at the end. It is foreshadowed pretty well, so you won't likely be caught off guard, but be prepared.

Comment One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

AJ Norton

Want to be a dressage rider? Or any kind of professional horseman? READ THIS!

October 3, 2017

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

I am 60+ years old and have owned horses for 50+ years, have read every horse book I could get my hands on throughout my life, and I LOVE this book! It is "as good as it gets" in realistic, horse-related fiction. Yes, the situation is idealized in some respects, and the time it all takes is somewhat compressed, but that is true of most fiction, whether in books, movies or TV. I highly recommend this series to anyone who is at all interested in horses and dressage. I laughed, cried, & read it "non-stop" & at the end I wanted more. So glad this is a series!

CommentWas this review helpful to you?

Yes

The REAL story about "How the Barn Turns".

July 10, 2013

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

I found this book pretty darn amazing. Not so much for content but for the reality of that content. I am leary of telling you, reader, that even if you don't know anything about dressage, you'll lOVE this book as I have seen in some reviews. I know lot about dressage and the beginning chapters made me feel that there was no story coming. Just more with terms that only a person dealing in this Classic form of riding would understand! But then, lo and behold, the story started to emerge. Then I did LOVE it. :) I do believe however, that you had better like/enjoy/ have a feel for... horses if your going to like this book. The fact that the author lives, breaths and is in a career with horses should tell you that.
In this review, it is hard for me to separate the fact that Lizzy ( our main character) is now living in a world that I did way back, many years ago, sucks me in more than the average reader. Karen takes me right back into that world with her story. The smells, the feel of leather in my hands. Horse smell is like no other. Warm and wonderful . Alfalfa was the most wondrous smell of all to me. It meant "horse" and all things connected which I had loved since the age of 5 when my parents bought me a pony. So I feel I am a bit prejudice . But others without my memories love the book also which means you just may love it too.
I really loved her characters. Many faceted and often fun to laugh with and at. I think one of the main attractions for me was while entertaining the reader, Karen also imparts a lot of basic belief in how one can live their life to the fullest and live it well. Understanding that what you put into something is what you get back. Old saying but in the horse world, quite true. Dressage is the thinking riders game of choice. Not to say all the other disciplines are not but I think it is more tiny small movements create a huge connectedness between animal and rider. It is hard but so rewarding when it works. Karen shows this AND includes romance slowly building throughout the pages.
Well written and fairly fast paced after the first couple of chapters, I was pleased that the second book was already out so I could go back to people I had become fond of and their horses too.

Comment One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

Mel S

Life is a series of tempi changes!

January 12, 2017

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

This well-written novel and its sequel, A Matter of Feel, is written by an adult for adults and discerning youth. It relates the story of a young woman serving as a working student in the Dressage world. Her lessons in life, love, horse training and human relations are timely and relevant and her characters are real and well-developed. I look forward to more from this author.

Comment One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

Customer images

See all customer images

Most recent customer reviews

JoJos4X4

Good Dressage Book about the Backside

I liked the storyline but sometimes it was a little too much on the thoughts of the heroine in different settings as well as she was portrayed as being somewhat insecure with...Read more

Published 28 days ago

Alex

I absolutely LOVE The Dresage Chronicles series

I absolutely LOVE The Dresage Chronicles series. So glad I was introduced to these books. You will fall in love with the story and characters, and especially if you’re “horsey” : )

Published 1 month ago

Lara Filip

Wonderful Series!!

I decided to read this series as part of my inspiration to make a move from the hunter world to the dressage world and it was the perfect book to kick me off!!!Read more

Published 2 months ago

Josie Cipolla

I liked that there was a story but she also includes ...

I liked that there was a story but she also includes actual riding tips. Well written and entertaining for a dressage rider such as myself but not so technical and instructive...Read more

Published 2 months ago

e nol

I will be reading this one over and over.

Do yourself a favor and download all 4, you won’t regret it. Best equestrian books out there.

Published 3 months ago

S. Pederson

realistic and engaging dressage story!

Really enjoyed this, as a reader and a rider! Very fun peek into life on "the winter circuit"! Accurate details around the riding make it even better than I'd hoped.

Published 4 months ago

Kim deNoue

Couldn't put it down

If you ride, you will relate to the barn drama, distinct horse personalities, the amount of work that goes into life as a competitive rider and the love one feels for these...Read more

Published 5 months ago

GingerCarroll

Insightful and informative

Story has a varied blend of characters that keep the story interesting. It is easy to see that Ms McGoldrick is very knowledgeable in the field as well as quite the storyteller.Read more

Published 6 months ago

Linda McKillop

Four Stars

True to life - maybe a little to much romance novel at times. I read for the horses !

Published 6 months ago

Amazon Customer

Four Stars

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and learnt a few things along the way.

Published 8 months ago

Set up an Amazon Giveaway

Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway

This item: The Dressage Chronicles

Set up a giveaway

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.