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Section 22: Calm. Forward. Straight. |The Forgotten Doctrine of Classical Training
1935 U.S. Cavalry Manual with red pencil, carrot, and sugar cubes – classical horse training tools 🔥 INSTRUCTIONS (read before...
Jane Frizzell
May 34 min read


Combined Effects | Re-establishing the Lost Vocabulary of Classical, Forward Riding
A clear explanation of what the classical schools meant by Combined Effects — the rider’s deliberate coordination of distinct actions and single aids to form an intelligible language between horse and human. Combined Effects — the visible proof that the aids remain separate while the effects are combined. Most modern readers — and riders — skim past the most important ideas without realizing it… just as they do in the saddle. They hurry through the words, the way they rush
Jane Frizzell
Oct 294 min read


Looseness in Riding (Losgelassenheit): The Educated Seat, Throughness, and True Contact
Introduction Looseness in Riding ( Losgelassenheit ) is not jacuzzi relaxation or a vague “mellow feeling.” It is the deliberately...
Jane Frizzell
Aug 317 min read


Gravity: The Only Balance in Riding | Balance Isn’t What You "Feel" Unless Your Seat is Educated
Center of gravity in horse riding isn’t relative to what feels good. Real balance is physics, not slogans—and only an educated seat can ride forward.
Jane Frizzell
Aug 242 min read


This is Capote – Session Two: He is Innocent.
Fixing a Tense Lusitano in Western Tack (The Quiet Rehabilitation) This isn’t “inspired by” classical training . It is classical...
Jane Frizzell
Apr 53 min read


This is Capote – Session One: Fixing a Tense Lusitano. A Beautiful Horse.
[Who should be famous—but isn’t yet.] A lovely Lusitano, waylaid by ambition.Two trainers, one ordinary day.And the decision to...
Jane Frizzell
Apr 52 min read


Classical Warmup, Modern Proof: The Major’s Trot Oval Demonstrated by #Zanny the Dutch Warmblood
This warmup looks simple. It is not. Watch, self-test, and prove you can ride it—if you dare. Most riders can't. Will you?
Jane Frizzell
Feb 2021 min read


Sideways or Forward? Which Way Do You Want to Ride?
“A horse that travels sideways isn’t trained…”* Capt. Etienne Beaudant, FRANCE So what about...
Jane Frizzell
Nov 15, 20243 min read


$100,000 riding lesson. Simplest Horsemanship
$100,000 horsemanship lesson: "This is discipline."* says Major Anders Lindgren. There's an old cavalry adage that the horses must take...
Jane Frizzell
Apr 1, 20242 min read


We bought a frantic horse on a windswept day
We bought a spectacular 17.3H, 5.5 yr Master x Kaliber (Utrillo) gelding, who God put together so ideal uphill he easily made every GP...
Jane Frizzell
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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