The Ideal Horse: How to Train Him and Yourself
Burt Phillips has been a rodeo rider, Ag inspector, horse stable and ranch manager, trail-herding cowboy, horse trainer, farrier, mule packer, riding instructor, stuntman, writer, and dressage trainer. He holds a technical certificate in animal husbandry from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, and a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of California at Fresno. In 1972, he resigned his post as stable master-instructor at the El Toro U.S. Marine Air Base for a stint in the Peace Corps. With the corps, he was stationed in Peru, where he met his wife, Maria Rebeca, and served as a para-veterinarian and also wrote livestock bulletins, newspaper articles, and TV shows. Since returning to the States, Mr. Phillips has been training horses and students in general horsemanship, show riding, and competitive dressage. He is the author of five novels; The Ideal Horse: How to Train Him and Yourself is his first full-length nonfiction work.