Louis Seeger (1798–1865) was a German equestrian who published several books and was influential in the development of
dressage
Dressage ( or ; , most commonly translated as "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrianism, equestrian sport defined by th ...
. Trained under
Maximilian Weyrother, his methods were highly influenced by the great
François Robichon de la Guérinière
François Robichon de La Guérinière (1688–1751) was a French riding master who had a profound effect on accepted methods for horse training, and one of the most influential writers on the art of dressage.
History
De La Guérinière wa ...
. Seeger passed on this knowledge through his riding school in Berlin, the first private school in Germany, where his students included
Gustav Steinbrecht.
His book ''System der Reitkunst'' ("System of Horsemanship"), published in 1844, received the gold medal. In 1852 he published ''Herr Baucher und seine Künste - Ein ernstes Wort an Deutschlands Reiter'' ("Mr. Baucher and His Methods: An Earnest Word to Germany's Rider"), in which he criticized the training techniques of
Francois Baucher, after he had watched the French rider and had been given the chance to ride several horses trained by the man.
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Published works
* ''System der Reitkunst'' Berlin: Herbig 184
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("System of Horsemanship")
* ''Züchtung, Erziehung, Ausbildung des Pferdes im systematischen Zusammenhange'' Berlin: Herbig 1850
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("Breeding, Training, Schooling of the Horse in a Coherent System")
* ''Herr Baucher und seine Künste - Ein ernstes Wort an Deutschlands Reiter'' Berlin: Herbig 185
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("Mr. Baucher and His Methods: An Earnest Word to Germany's Rider")
References
1798 births
1865 deaths
Dressage trainers
Classical horsemanship
Spanish Riding School
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