Jean Roch Gaillet, director of the IFCE (French Horse and Riding Institute) on March 19 ratified a partnership agreement with The World Horse Library, which was born at the end of 2018. As indispensible as evident for both parties, through the libraries of Saumur (horse riding) and Pino (breeding), under the responsibility of Bernard Maurel, […]
The Integral of Xenophon by Alexandre Blaineau or… the “foundation”. …On the fingers of one hand (gentle!), one must remember his teaching (Xenophon’s) on the importance of gentleness in the relationship with the horse, a typically Greek sweetness in the sense that it reflects a certain form of being, and that could be summed up […]
Great Books on Horsemanship: this is the title of a unique book. This baby weighs more than five kilos (5.2 kg)! This book is a monster. An extraordinary contribution to knowledge, history and memory… Edited in the name of Johan Dejager, it is inspired by Koninlijke Brill-Hes & De Graaf, printed in Slovenia on a 150 gram paper, it […]
Since time immemorial the horse has accompanied the development of humanity. He has been seen on roads, hooked and mounted, in the field or in the mine, in the conquest of unknown lands, in hunting, in war and then in the circus, in racetracks, and in carousels… It has been an unbreakable server, without peer. […]