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Bestselling Equestrian DVDs Now Streaming!

The way we watch our favorite television shows and movies is changing—we want access to the programming we love where and when it works in our busy lives. Nothing could be truer for the active horseperson: Whether we want to illustrate a point for a student on our smartphones, cue up a training video on…

April 27, 2018
Top 10 Lessons from Top Horse Trainers

One of the best perks of working for an equestrian book publisher (assuming you are just the littlest bit horsey) is the constant immersion in equine-related theory, philosophy, and how-to. There is so much opportunity to absorb the ideas of great horsepeople and to try their techniques and methods for oneself—or to come to understand…

October 28, 2016
Do Horsepeople Need a System of Initiation? An Exclusive Interview with Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling

Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling is more than a horseman. He’s a global brand with a tremendous international following—over 1.3 million on Facebook alone and YouTube clips with views also in the millions. He is incredibly prolific, with a multiple books and videos on horses and the horse-human relationship published in a number of languages. He is…

April 26, 2016
A Look Back at Horse Books in 2015

Each year, as we flip the last pages of December in anticipation for the beginning of January, we at TSB take some time to pause and consider the books we published over the past months. Not only does this process provide an important review of content in preparation for future titles, it also gets…

December 31, 2015
Free SNEAK PEEK from THE MESSAGE FROM THE HORSE by Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling

We are so excited to have just released THE MESSAGE FROM THE HORSE, an autobiographical narrative by Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, author of the international bestsellers DANCING WITH HORSES and WHAT HORSES REVEAL. In this compelling read—what I like to call “Siddhartha for horse lovers”—we travel alongside a young Hempfling as he seeks out life’s deeper…

October 28, 2015
“The Tragic Tale of the Railway Worker and the Refrigerator Car,” and How It Can Actually Improve How You Work with Your Horse

In TSB author Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling’s seminal book DANCING WITH HORSES (recently re-released in paperback), he tells the tragic tale of a railway worker who was fixing a refrigerator car late one Friday afternoon. His fellow workers, unaware that he toiled away within the car, closed the door and locked it, trapping the poor…

May 15, 2014
A Look Back at the TSB Horse Books & DVDs of 2012

Each year at this time I like to take a moment, as so many of us do, and look back over the events of 2012—at what made them special, or memorable, or exciting. I like to review time past and consider what maybe I wish I’d done differently…and also, and what makes me proud. At Trafalgar…

December 31, 2012
Why Riding Horses Can’t Be a “Dance” Anymore–How PSY’s Spoof in a Stable Changes Everything

NY Daily News said it in print, perhaps after many other media outlets asked the same question: “What’s the deal with [that guy PSY’s] signature dance?” “It’s a horse-riding dance,” PSY explained in an interview with NY1 anchor Michelle Park. “So there is an invisible horse, and you’re on it.” I doubt many of you…

December 11, 2012
Happy Shopping! Our Horse Books and DVDs Are ON SALE!

Whatever you want to call it—Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, CyberMonday—there’s no avoiding the fact the holiday shopping season kicks off this weekend. We hope you can all enjoy it just a little bit, whether you are standing in lines, sitting at your computer, or hitting “Order Now” on your phone from the back of…

November 23, 2012
Dancing with Horses and Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling—His Original Methods Now in Paperback

Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling rocked the horse training world when he first shared his ways of using his background in theater and dance to communicate via body language with the horse. This charismatic trainer’s methods of working with horses have been embraced by thousands of participants around the globe. His acclaimed first book, Dancing with Horses,…

November 1, 2012