Gymnasium of the Horse by Gustav Steinbrecht Faverot de Kerbrech Seeger's niece

Seeger's niece

” His principles are still “applied unaltered at the Spanish Court Riding School and may be seen there in daily use

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recommended for the serious equestrian wanting to be simultaneously challenged and inspired

Gymnasium of the Horse by Gustav Steinbrecht Faverot de Kerbrech Seeger's nieceGustav Steinbrecht's "Gymnasium des Pferdes" is one of the great milestones of equestrian literature, alongside Xenophon, de Pluvinel, Newcastle, and de la Gueriniere. It forms a connection and transition between two eras. One the one hand, it is the culmination point of the equestrian literature of the late 18th century and 19th century that, under the influence of the Industrial Revolution, tried to explain equine biomechanics by comparing the