Racinet Explains Baucher by Jean-Claude Racinet - 1997

Cleveland Heights, OH: Xenophon Press, 1997 Xenophon Press, Cleveland Heights, OH. 1997. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 207 pp 8vo. Francois Baucher (1796-1873) was a nineteenth century reformer who tried to reinvent equitation. His philosophy is based on seeking balance prior to movement (and as a condition for it) through supplings of the horse's head, neck, shoulders and croup at a halt. Baucher believed that softness in the horse's jaw and mouth indicated the achievement of this balance. Jean-Claude Racinet has devoted his life to the vindication of Riding in Lightness, in fact, the very essence of riding in the French Classical tradition. A clean very presentable copy.