New Specialty Horse Books Selection - Horses of Iberian (Spanish) Heritage

Amigo Publications, Inc. is now offering an expanded selection of horse books with focus on Andalusian and Lusitano horses, their North and South American relatives, Paso, Azteca and Spanish Mustang horses and their history. All are available online at: http://www.equibooks.com

(PRWEB) January 5, 2006 -- For the horse aficionado and history buff, Amigo Publications now offers a new series of books and DVDs about the horses of Spain and Portugal and their many descendent breeds in both North and South America. Several titles represent the Andalusian horse, such as Robert Vavra’s exceptional work “Cardenas – Horses and Home” and the brand new hardcover book “Living with The Horse of Spain”. From Portugal one finds the new edition of the imported great success “Lusitano Horse, Son of the Wind” by Arsenio Raposo.

There are only very few things that have influenced the development of the "New World”, North and South America, as much as the horse. Ever since Christopher Columbus landed the first horses in America on his second voyage, has the Iberian horse helped shape the development, both economical and political, of the Americas. Amigo Publications’ series of horse books documents and photographically represents the breeds of horses that descended from these first arrivals.

From the ancient history of the Iberian horse to the many new breeds descending from them, Dr. Deb Bennett’s great book “Conquerors – The Roots of New World Horsemanship” tells the story of men and horse traveling to and conquering the New World and leaving their imprint not only on local horsemanship but on centuries of many developments that were possible only with the contribution of these Iberian horses.

Descending from these first arrivals we find the North American Spanish Colonial Horse in many groups of wild and domesticated “Spanish Mustangs”. They are beautifully presented in Hardy Oelke’s book “Born Survivors on the Eve of Extinction”. The Vaquero of California, as shown in the new 80 minute DVD “Tapadero”, still practices traditions in horsemanship that originated in Spain. From Mexico, the beautifully illustrated book “The Azteca Horse – El Caballo Azteca” introduces the new national horse of this country and its equine history over the last century.

The horses of South America are represented in the Amigo Publications collection by the series of three DVDs “The Complete Peruvian Horse”, “From Bozal to Bit” and “Groundwork”. In them, traditional Iberian horsemanship is successfully integrated with modern American horse training techniques and communication.

There are a dozen or so more titles making up this incredible collection of top quality horse books. You can get more information and many detail descriptions with select illustrations as well as readers’ reviews from the website of www.equibooks.com. The website includes an easy to use and secure shopping cart. Please visit the site at:
http://www.equibooks.com and find over 1200 other horse books, videos and DVDs or call 1-805-686-4616.

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