Masonry Category
Ruffian (2007)
Frank Whitely (Sam Shepard) trains Ruffian to become a championship racehorse, but tragedy strikes at Belmont Park in 1975.
The Byerley Turk: The True Story of the First Thoroughbred – Jeremy James (2007)
This is the true story of one of the most remarkable horses in history. Foaled in the lavish Ottoman stables of the Topkapi Palace in 1678, this dark bay stallion was hard schooled in the disciplines of war. Until now, his remarkable story has never been told.
Moondance Alexander (2007)
Moondance (Kay Panabaker), a misfit at her school, anticipates another lonely summer. She unexpectedly finds an escaped horse named Checkers and returns him to his rightful owner, Dante (Don Johnson). Undeterred by Dante's gruff manner, she asks him for a job at the stable. While riding Checkers, sh...
Rough Diamond (2007)
From the producers of Ballykissangel, Rough Diamond is a 6 part family drama set against the backdrop of the elegant world of racehorses and filmed entirely in beautiful rural Ireland. It's a heart-warming story about a man who thinks he has nothing, but finds a son in need of a father and a horse w...
Flicka (2006)
In modern-day Wyoming, teenager Katy McLaughlin (Alison Lohman) dreams of working on and, one day, taking over her father's ranch. She tames a mustang and names her Flicka, then finds that she and her new equine companion are more alike than she imagined. After her father (Tim McGraw) sells Flicka, ...
100 Ways to Improve Your Riding: Common Faults and How to Cure Them – Susan McBane (2006)
Riding in perfect balance with the lightest application of aids is something most riders strive to achieve. But without the help of an instructor by your side at all times, it is easy for bad habits to develop unnoticed. With over 100 photographs showing common riding faults - such as tipping forwar...
Dancing with Horses (2006)
For master trainer Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, work with horses is comparable to dancing. The primary obligation of riding, he explains, is to maintain the horse's powerful and elegant movement under saddle. Improper training compromises the horse's naturally joyful steps with confusing commands; a h...
Schooling Horses in Hand – A Means of Suppling and Collection with Richard Hinrichs (2006)
For centuries horses have been trained in-hand within the classical schools of riding, yet today work in-hand is often forgotten, set aside as unimportant, or thought to be too time-consuming by modern trainers. This is unfortunate because there is much to teach horses from the ground. German traine...
Pippa Funnell: Good Foundations, Flatwork and Jumping (2006)
Pippa Funnell's dedication has made her a champion and in this double DVD she explains and demonstrates many of her fundamental riding principles, plus exercises, that she believes are crucial to success. In Disc 1 Pippa works with 2 pupils as well as riding herself. The main chapters are; Workin...
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005)
Young, assertive Felicity Merriman (Shailene Woodley) lives with her mother (Marcia Gay Harden) and father (John Schneider) in colonial Virginia, where the movement toward breaking away from British rule is growing. Felicity is looking for her own kind of freedom and discovers it in the form a beaut...
Flying Changes – Sara Gruen (2005)
There is a time to move on, a time to let go . . . and a time to fly. Anxiety rules Annemarie Zimmer’s days—the fear that her relationship with the man she loves is growing stagnant; the fear that equestrian daughter Eva’s dreams of Olympic glory will carry her far away from her mother . . . and ...
Dreamer (2005)
Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) is a horse trainer who is struggling to connect with his precocious daughter, Cale (Dakota Fanning). But then a horse by the name of Soñador suffers a broken leg after its evil owner (David Morse) races her despite Ben's advice. Rather than put his client's injured horse dow...
