The value of horsemanship
After conducting further research and using a mixture of the ladder and the umbrella technique I have come up with a way of narrowing my genre. While my genre remains to be equine journalism, I will take a closer look at a specific subgenre that comes up quite frequently in equine journalism which is horsemanship. I want to identify and inform what the value of horsemanship is to equestrians and society. Horsemanship is the connection that an individual and horse obtain through communicating under various circumstances. Horsemanship is a valuable part of the horse community because it shows which individuals have the best relationships with their horse or horses and who has the best understanding or tools to communicating with the thousand pound creatures. In this paper I plan to define horsemanship, discuss its history, where it is brought up in the genre of equine journalism, and what value it holds in the horse community. Certain areas within equine journalism that cover ideas of horsemanship can be told through interviews with professionals and training techniques for the horse and rider. The style of communication that one uses with their horse can show the type of relationship that the pair shares.
Overall, the reason for choosing such a subgenre is because after being involved in the horse community for over ten years and having worked with several trainers I have learned from experiences and continue to learn the different ways in which people communicate and choose relationships with their horses. I hope that my readers will enjoy this topic as much as I do because it can be applied to generally any relationship whether it’s between an individual and their pet or between two people.