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General Decarpentry (1878-1956) was born to a family of horsemen. His father and grandfather had been students of Baucher. His great uncle, the Tsar's chief riding master, was proclaimed by Fillis to be his model. His uncle owned a school of equitation and was the first to put the young Decarpentry in the saddle. In his twenty years in the Cadre Bleu and Cadre Noir, Decarpentry studied d’Aure, Baucher, L’Hotte and many other masters as the foundation of his work.
Decarpentry is perhaps the best known of France's classical horseman of modern times and wrote 'Piaffe and Passage' while at Saumur. The work was first translated into English and published in 1964 and was out of print for many years.
Half Halt Press is honoured to add this classic to The Masters of Horsemanship Series.
Hardback.