Federico Grisone, Riding Master: The Renaissance Return of Riding Schools Aug 18, 2026 Ocean View Stables In 1550, a Neapolitan nobleman published a book about riding horses, and Europe could not get enough of it. Federico Grisone, the riding master whose name now anchors the story of modern equitation, c... History of Horsemanship The Old Masters & Classical Tradition Read more
Xenophon the Cavalryman: The Life Behind the Book Jul 29, 2026 Ocean View Stables The oldest surviving manual on riding was not written by a hobbyist or a court trainer. It was written by a soldier who had trusted his life to horses across some of the hardest country in the ancient... History of Horsemanship The Old Masters & Classical Tradition Read more
Xenophon on Horsemanship: The Oldest Riding Manual We Still Read Jul 9, 2026 Ocean View Stables Around 355 BC, an aging Athenian cavalry veteran wrote down what he knew about buying, keeping, and schooling a horse. Men had written about horses before him, and nearly all of it is dust. His surviv... History of Horsemanship The Old Masters & Classical Tradition Read more
