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I wanted to share with you, Federico Caprilli in the words of his students, Captain Piero Santini ...
Piero Santini was a Major in the Italian Light Horse Cavalry. He was born in Rome in ...
On numerous occasions I’ve sat in front of my keyboard intending to start a series of blog ...
I hope you will enjoy this article from the 1927 May-June issue of the Field Artillery Journal ...
Born in Illinois in 1887, Harry Dwight Chamberlin graduated from West Point in 1910. Upon graduation he ...
I wonder if there is anyone who rode jumping horses in the 60s that doesn’t know who ...
Federico Caprilli (1868-1907), Captain in the Italian Cavalry, is credited with developing the system for forward seat ...
As a result of serving during the Korean War, Staff Sgt. Reckless was awarded two Purple Hearts, ...
The following article titled “Wooden Horses for Training Recruits” is a reprint from the July-September 1917 Field ...
Enough is enough. Sometimes I get a little bit over whelmed at the crock that is dumped ...
Although my first loves in the equine world are the Thoroughbred and the Arabian, two breeds that ...
Normally I don’t repeat blog posts from the Riding Instructor to U.S. Horsemanship but this one has ...
The following article titled, Equitation, is from the class of 1912 Rasp and is compiled by Captain ...
Anything that can make life a little easier for our horses is great by me and this ...
In terms of dates the Combined Driving is a newer sport in the U.S. horsemanship world, but ...
My post for U.S. Horsemanship is taken from the Oct.-Dec. 1911 Field Artillery Journal. In his article ...
The following is the final part of the 1913 “RASP” article “American Officers in the Riding Competitions, ...
This is the 2nd of 3 blogs from the 1913 “RASP” article “American Officers in the Riding ...
Since the world is preparing for the opening of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London I thought ...
I am very happy to have ” an Abstract by RH from HORSEMANSHIP by WALDEMAR SEUNIG ” to ...
A reader asked if I knew anything about the initial training of the U.S. Cavalry horses prior ...
This article about Loula Long Combs has been removed by the author ...
In most parts of the U.S. this time of year brings out the truly avid fox hunter ...
This article “The Cavalry School Hunt” is reprinted from “Hunting in the United States and Canada” by ...
Each time I approach a new article written by George Morris I hope it’s the one that ...
The following article, “The French Cavalry School” , was published in the Washington Post on April 30. ...
This post is from the 1938 edition, “Foxhunting is Different” . The author gives an interesting account ...
A U.S. Horsemanship follower recently sent me this picture of their Grandfather. He was in the Calvary, ...
Normally more time elapses before I make the next post to U.S. Horsemanship but current issues in ...
Whether you are a fan of the American Mustang or not; whether you believe they are wild ...
The following article about the Infantry Hunt at Fort Benning, Georgia is taken from “Hunting in the ...
By Barbara Ellin Fox I loved westerns as a kid. If it had a horse in I ...
Most of the old time horsemen have asked the same question during the past few years. Where ...
The 1928 edition of “Hunting in the United States and Canada” by Higginson and Chamberlain, has a ...
Federico Caprilli’s Forward System had an impact on jumping worldwide. (check out my article “Backwards and Forwards: ...
The video at the beginning of this blog is of Raimondo d’Inzeo at Rome 1952. The d’Inzeo ...
by Barbara Ellin Fox I’m frequently asked about the differences between seats and systems of riding. One ...
by Barbara Ellin Fox “The correct principles of equitation and horse training are in themselves simple and ...
by Barbara Ellin Fox Being a lover of horsemanship and history, I can visit The Society of ...
Horse Whisperers and Round Pen Trainers. Not many of them like these labels. Perhaps natural horsemanship is ...
The Eleventh Cavalry Hunt, organized in October 1909, was the first organized Army Hunt in America. One ...
by Barbara Ellin Fox “The hard riding, the real nerve tonic that tones up the individual for ...
A small group of classic works written at the beginning of the 20th century had a huge ...
One of the U.S. horsemen that I most admire is Major General Guy V Henry Jr. After ...
So much has changed since I showed hunters in the 60’s and 70s that I barely recognize ...
How did the crest release become the standard way of using the hands during jumping in the ...
by Barbara Ellin Fox In my blog titled, Are Hands Part of the Base of Support?, I ...
A Recap In my last blog I showed you how the Base of Support has evolved from ...
by Barbara Ellin Fox I have a passion for horse books, especially the older classics. They’re a ...
by Barbara llin Fox Huaso set the record of 8′ 1 1/2 ” in 1949. He held ...
It doesn’t take much to change a foundational teaching on horsemanship. Make a small omission, teach a ...
In my post, “Backwards and Forwards” I told you about the earliest publication that I found which ...
by Barbara Ellin Fox If you’re interested in learning more about the history of riding in America, ...
The April 2009 Practical Horseman Magazine had an article “Dressage for Jumpers” based on the recent George ...
by Barbara Ellin Fox Controversy is as common place in the horse world as it is in ...
by Barbara Ellin Fox Modern jumping in America owes its success to the Military; to the United ...
by Barbara Ellin Fox If you want to know more about Forward Seat Riding, “Schooling and Riding ...
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