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MAY 2006 • VOLUME 9 • ©HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine
The Equus of Bullfighting
How dressage has a purpose. Dressage is training. Training at a level where our thoughts become one between two different minds, two different bodies. Where we work together for a common end. The partnership the harmony between horse and rider is breathtaking. The horse taking the work to the bull, the horse and rider each there for the other. Each trusting the other to do their job. Each trusting, enjoying each other to the level that they literally place their lives in each other's hands. Horses For LIFE is pleased to present this wonderful representation of the skill of rider and horse in the Portuguese bullfighting rink. Extraordinary in not only the skill level shown, but unique in presenting one of the few female bullfighters world wide. Watch this incredible film clip from the incredible double canter pirouetter with no hands on the bridle by the rider, to piaffe, to charging the bull, a true representation of how horse and rider find that ultimate level where they can work as one. Horses for Life presents this extraordinary presentation of a horse and rider at work, but in no way approves of bullfighting at any level. Born on May 18, 1976 in Mandelieu, France, she has been riding since the age of five under the guidance of her father Gerald Pellen (stockbreeder of Spanish and Portuguese horses and a former rejoneador).
May 2006 • Volume 9 HORSES FOR LIFE™ Please note all resources presented are © copyright protected by the original owners and reprinted with permission OR © Copyright Horses For Life™ 2005 to 2006 Please write to us! We would love to add your voice. Write to us on our contact page or email your letter to the editor directly at letters@horsesforlife.com
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hrough the vision of Patricia Pellen we see the connection between horse and rider. An Equus of Bullfighting where your partnership must be complete. Visiting Patricia Pellen is an insight into how the Portuguese bullfighting tradition has perpetuated the art of high school dressage for COMBAT purposes. What it's all about, where it all comes from. How dressage is about more then riding within four pieces of board. The ground flat, perfectly groomed. 
