Classic equitation books

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The list of classic equitation books in the English language will never be complete, but here is a start:

  • Anne Kursinski The Horseless Rider
  • Susan E. Harris Grooming to Win
  • George Morris Hunter-Seat Equitation
  • George Morris The American Jumping Style
  • Xenophon, On Horsemanship See the Project Gutenberg etext
  • Antoine de Pluvinel, Instruction of the King in the Art of Mounting the Horse", Paris, 1629.
  • M. de la Gueriniere, Ecole de Cavalerie. France, 1733.
  • John Solomon Rarey, The Complete Horse Tamer, 1862. See his family's website for a complete etext
  • Edward L. Anderson and Price Collier, Riding and Driving. Macmillan, 1900.
  • Count de Souza, Elementary Equitation and Advanced Equitation
  • Piero Santini, The Forward Impulse. 1936.
  • Fort Riley Cavalry School, Horsemanship and Horsemastership
  • General Harry D. Chamberlin, Training Hunters, Jumpers and Hacks, 1934, and Riding and Schooling Horses, 1937.
  • Wilhelm Museler, Riding Logic. Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-671-76492-6 op
  • Colonel Alois Podhajsky, The Spanish Riding School, Vienna, 1948.
  • Colonel Alois Podhajsky, The Complete Training of Horse and Rider
  • Margaret Cabell Self, Horsemastership. New York, 1952.
  • German National Equestrian Federation (1990) The Principles of Riding. Half Halt Pr.
  • The Pony Club (13th Edition, 2004) The Manual of Horse Manship. The Pony Club.
  • Sivewright, Molly (1979) Thinking Riding. J. A. Allen.
  • Sivewright, Molly (1983) Thinking Riding Book 2. J. A. Allen.
  • Williamson, Charles O. Breaking and Training the Stock Horse
  • Wynmalen, Henry Dressage: A Study of the Finer POints of Riding. (also, by the same author, Equitation.)

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