Dressage-News

“Totilas, the Living Legend,” the story of the life of the 10-year-old black stallion and illustrated by 160 stunning photographs, is offered for sale by dressage-news.com in an exclusive arrangement for distribution in North America. The book can be shipped by Fedex or U.S. Postal Service and received in time for gift giving in the holiday season.

The deluxe hard-bound book of 200 pages is offered for sale by clicking on the banner ad on the home page of dressage-news.com or emailing ken@dressage-news.com.

The book sells for $100 plus shipping and handling and sales tax in Florida. Credit cards are accepted.

The story of Edward discovering the horse, to training and competing the superstar that came to create world record scores at all three levels of Grand Prix is told by Dutch photojournalist Jacob Melissen.

It is illustrated with 160 photographs by top international photographers Arnd Bronkhorst of Holland, Belgian Dirk Caremans and Jacob as well as Ken Braddick of dressage-news.com.

There are extensive interviews with the USA’s Steffen Peters and Debbie McDonald and show jumping greats Paul Schockemöhle and Nelson Pessoa telling how Totilas has moved them. Paul Schockemöhle recently bought Totilas to be ridden by Matthias Alexander Rath of Germany.

While a book is no substitute for seeing Totilas in real life, the chronicle of Totilas through photos by the world’s top equestrian photographers and the words of eyewitnesses whose own achievements in the horse world have been extraordinary is a must buy for everyone who love horses or simply feel a connection with a legend for the ages that remarkably is still in the making.