YouTube Toast with Frédéric Pignon, Magali Delgado, Linda Tellington-Jones and Gabriele Boiselle Hits Mark as Gallop to Freedom Soars to Amazon’s #1 Horse Book in First Week of Release

Affiliate Member Elizabeth McCall’s Book Party Brainstorm Becomes Internet Celebration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNd4I_UvSvA

LOS ANGELES (Oct. 30, 2009) — “When I heard that Linda Tellington Jones and Gabriele Boiselle were planning to visit Magali Delgado and Frédéric Pignon on their farm in France, I knew there was a book party waiting to happen,” says affiliate member Elizabeth McCall, who did the next best thing to being there.   She got the famous four friends to bring out the horses, pop some champagne, and have a backyard party to celebrate the release of Gallop to Freedom ($29.95 hc) from Trafalgar Square Books in a way their friends and fans around the world could virtually enjoy–on YouTube–http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNd4I_UvSvA.   Little did she know the casual barn-side affair would coincide with news that Gallop to Freedom has soared to the #1 horse book on Amazon.com in all major categories, during its first week of release.

“Emceed” by their dear friend Linda Tellington-Jones (Tellington TTouch creator) who delightfully shares her favorite excerpts between toasts to Magali and Frédéric, the founding stars of Cavalia, a pair of the couple’s famous Lusitano stallions join the party — between bites of grass in the back yard.  “It’s the goal of our life, work with pleasure!” laughs Magali in the video, standing next to longtime pal and renowned equine photographer Gabriele Boiselle. “I feel very honored that I’m allowed to make pictures of Frédéric and Magali and their horses. Their relationship is so unique and my biggest goal is to capture this in pictures,” says Gabriele, whose work is featured in Gallop to Freedom. Don’t miss Gabriele’s new photos of them at the end of the YouTube video credits–there’s a shot she took of the former Cavalia stars together on horseback that will take your breath away.

Gallop to Freedom is available at major bookstores, www.Amazon.com and www.horseandriderbooks.com.  Members of the media can download a pdf of the press kit by clicking on http://horseandriderbooks.com/pdf/GTF-Media-Kit-PRESS.pdf.

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Note to editors:  Available now from Trafalgar Square Books, Gallop to Freedom ($29.95 hc) presents a touching, mind-opening perspective on horses and life as Frédéric and Magali share the events, experiences, and horses that shaped their training philosophy and the principles they embrace.  Visually captured in 187 stunning photos, Gallop to Freedom is a tribute to the power of writing from the heart while communicating the rare and remarkable relationship the couple has with horses (and one another).    

Sections of the book may be appropriate for reprint as FREE excerpts in print and online publications.  High res jacket images are also available.

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