Below you will find a list of books that I have found to be excellent. All of these books are “Recommended Reading” to my students and so I thought perhaps I could make this list available to my online friends and visitors as well.
As an added convenience to my readers I have included links to the book store at Amazon where you can purchase these books securely online.
Ingrid Klimke revises her father’s (Dr. Reiner Klimke) classic book. The result is a revitalized version of the well-known classic by one of the world’s most successful riders, now with additional text and all new color photos.
Basic, Competition, Education, First, Foal, From, Horse, Training, Young
Olympic Dressage trainer Reiner Klimke’s classic book on cavalletti work has been revised and brought back into print by his accomplished equestrian daughter, Ingrid Klimke. Ingrid Klimke has managed to maintain the classic work while bringing it up to date.
Cavalletti, Edition, Ground, Hardcover, Horse, over, Poles, Revised, Rider, Schooling
Alain Laurioux, General Stage Manager of the Cadre Noir, provides this meticulously researched study revealing the inner workings of each of the great four classical schools; Spanish Riding School, Cadre Noir, Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art, Portuguese School of Equestrian Art. He includes details about their traditions, their systems for recruiting and training riders, and of course their horses.
Francois Robichon de la Gueriniere. First published in 1733 as Ecole de Cavalerie, this book is considered as the beginning of modern equitation. Here, for the first time, is the complete work.
Classical, Dressage, Francois, Gueriniere, Horsemanship, Robichon, School
