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Marco de Pavari and the dominion of pleasantness
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini [This is the text of my speech at the Resolution Day, organized by Francesco Vedani at the Spia d’Italia Riding Center in Lonato del Garda (Italy),on Sunday, December 3,…
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Riding as a way to cultivate the soul. Dom Duarte and the remedies against fear
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini In the nature of the horse there is a duplicity that, for better or worse, has a deep impact on the relationship of this animal with man. In the…
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“Maneggi and jumps”. The basic exercises of Renaissance horsemanship (Part 2)
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini At the beginning of the second part of his Trattato dell’imbrigliare, atteggiare e ferrare cavalli (Treatise on bridling, training and shoeing horses, 1556), Cesare Fiaschi explicitly states his intention…
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The Spanish Walk: classic exercise or circus trick?
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini There has been much discussion in the past, and horse lovers still are debating, if the so-called “Spanish walk” should be considered an exercise of the classical High School,…
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