The Art of Classical Riding
Sadly, the days of the classical riding academy, where the science and art, theory and practice of correct horsemanship were taught and developed over many years, are long since vanished. With the demise of combat on horseback, the requirement for a uniform program of instruction at national level has disappeared. There was a time when a cavalry horse schooled in France, England, the USA, Denmark, Holland, South Africa, Germany, Spain, Hungary would answer to exactly the same aids, the same (classical) seat. Sylvia Loch It is rare to see a rider who is truly passionate about the horse and his training, taking a profound interest in dressage with self-abnegation, and making this extraordinarily subtle work one of the dominant motivations of his life. Nuno Oliveira
For what the horse does under compulsion.....is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer. There would be a great deal more ungracefulness than beauty in either a horse or a man that was so treated. Xenophon
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