Xenophon Press Llc: 29 books
by General Albert Decarpentry
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Originally published in 1947, The Spanish Riding School in Vienna: Home of the Art of Riding in Jeopardy was written by General Decarpentry to pay homage to this unique institution. After World War II, the viability of the Spanish Riding School was in question. Published in both French and English to...
by Eleanor Russell
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2015
This great book is the next in Xenophon Press’ series by the students of Master Nuno Oliveira. Eleanor Russell studied with Oliveira for over ten years. For an entire year, she studied horsemanship with her stallion, Victorieux in Avessada, Portugal. During this time, she took dutiful notes of her...
PRINCIPLES OF DRESSAGE AND EQUITATION
also known as "BREAKING AND RIDING' with military commentaries, The Definitive Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
James Fillis' masterwork, Breaking and Riding has been a touchstone of commonsense training for over a century. Xenophon Press has returned to the original French language manuscript entitled Principe de dressage et d'equitation and re-translated some of M.H.Hayes' translation of this work's...
Gymnasium of the Horse
Completely Footnoted Collector's Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Gustav Steinbrecht's *Gymnasium of the Horse* is one of the great milestones of equestrian literature, alongside Xenophon, de Pluvinel, Newcastle, and de la Guérinière. It forms a connection and transition between two eras.
On one hand, it is the culmination of the equestrian literature...
by JEAN-CLAUDE RACINET, FRANCOIS BAUCHER
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Excellent introduction to the philosophy, method, and procedures of Francois Baucher, or the French tradition of "riding in lightness" that Baucher developed in the 19th century. Includes a translation of Baucher's "second manner." Jean-Claude Racinet wrote a few articles in the magazine Dressage...
Divide and Conquer Book 2
Advanced Dressage Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Just as small streams make big rivers, Divide and Conquer Book 1 explains a myriad of details on how to address each of the horse's body parts for training purposes. *Divide and Conquer Book 2* regroups these details to show how to accomplish all of the upper level movements and provides several...
by Jean-Claude Racinet
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Jean-Claude Racinet has devoted his life to the vindication of "L'equitation de L'egerete" (riding in lightness) which fosters balance by relaxing the horse-more so his mouth-excluding force in the wielding of the aids. Also written by Racinet:Total Horsemanship, Racinet Explains Baucher This practical...
by Eleanor Russell
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
This exceptional book, Gymnastic Exercises for Horses Volume II is now available in the Xenophon Press Reprint program. This great work explains how to gymnastically develop your horse and how to address problems that will inevitably arise along his path of training. The exercises are for green horses...
TOTAL HORSEMANSHIP
A recipe for riding in absolute balance
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Racinet provides a recipe for absolute balance, whereby all else succeeds. He searches for answers to riding problems from the inside and provides a thorough understanding of the cause. This is enjoyable reading, whereby you can gain relaxation in your horse. This book outlines and explains the concept...
Equine Osteopathy
What the Horses have told me
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
“This book comes as true information on the existence of an alternative way to experience and conceive medicine, whether animal or human. It is a real testimony of a distinctive quality of the relationship between practitioner and patient, and its authenticity is not its lesser merit.” -Jean Josse,...
Healing Hands
A Treatise on First-Aid Equine Acupressure
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2014
This book is about equine acupressure: the art of alleviating your horse's physical, and even mental problems by applying a pressure with your thumb or index finger on specific points of acupuncture. Without interfering with your veterinarian, whose intervention remains necessary in most cases, you will...
30 Years With Master Nuno Oliveira
Correspondence, Photographs, and Notes
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
This classical text, which knowledgeable horsemen have been anxiously awaiting for years, is finally available in English. Henriquet's personal record of correspondence provides a unique window into the private problem-solving dialogue between master and student. Now a master écuyer in his own right,...
Baucher and His School
With Appendix I: Recollections From LOUIS RUL and EUGÈNE CARON With Appendix II: Commentary by LOUIS SEEGER From his pamphlet: MR. BAUCHER AND HIS ART: A SERIOUS WORD WITH THE RIDERS OF GERMANY
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Baucher and his School (1948) is an original biography of the “greatest écuyer of all time,” François Baucher. Decarpentry comments on the discoveries of one of the most prolific innovators in Equestrian Art. This book comprises the equestrian biography of Baucher, an analytical examination of...
Methodical Dressage of the Riding Horse and Dressage of the Outdoor Horse
From the Last Teaching of François Baucher as Recalled by One of His Students
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Faverot de Kerbrech's 'Methodical Dressage of the Riding Horse' is considered the 'Bible of Baucherism'. Together with it, in 'Dressage of the Outdoor Horse' General de Lagarenne gives us the teaching of Faverot de Kerbrech. Both excellently translated by Michael L. M. Fletcher. A horseman of great repute,...