Gymnasium of the Horse by Gustav Steinbrecht Faverot de Kerbrech “Grand Écuyer de France” (Master

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

retired chief rider of the Spanish Riding School

This beautiful book

gladly repeating his concepts with different descriptions to suit the level of understanding of his wide range of students

use of the hand

Gymnasium of the Horse by Gustav Steinbrecht Faverot de Kerbrech “Grand Écuyer de France” (MasterGustav 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