Gymnasium of the Horse by Gustav Steinbrecht Faverot de Kerbrech retired chief rider of the

retired chief rider of the Spanish Riding School

This beautiful book

is the anticipated English translation of Meilensteine österreichischer Reitkunst: Eine europäische Kulturgeschichte (German edition ISBN:978-1481930093)

Seeger's niece

“Grand Écuyer de France” (Master of the Horse) named him director of the Royal Stables at the Tuileries

Gymnasium of the Horse by Gustav Steinbrecht Faverot de Kerbrech retired chief rider of theGustav 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