Reddit reviews Twisted Truths of Modern Dressage: A Search for a Classical Alternative

> By the way, did the classical dressage of the Spanish Riding School influence American riding as well?

Yes, in the sense that the school at the SRS is based in the Austro-Hungarian/German (really, the differences between the two are excruciatingly academic) schools, and that school was brought to America by de Némethy, Lindgren, Wätjen, de Kunffy, and many other less illustrious equestrians. But there's a lot more to classical dressage than just the SRS and the German school! It's a bit harder to study the French school because a) not all the best sources made their way into English, and b) the FN basically wrote the rules of FEI competition in their favor. To take off the historian hat for a moment, I am an undeniable Baucherist after his Second Manner, and what attracted me to that school in particular was the harmony, lightness, and ease in which the horse is developed. While some of the French literature can be a little spartan in the details, it is to me the rational and horse-friendly school, and I'd recommend reading Twisted Truths of Modern Dressage if you want a crash course into the French school, and Baucherism in particular.