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On horsemanship i claiming to have attained some proficiency in horsemanship 1 ourselves as the result of long experience in the field our wish is to explain for the benefit of our younger friends what we conceive to be the most correct method of dealing with horses. For xenophon horsemanship is not simply a matter of good form or of holding on to ones membership in the upper class rather it is key to survival and success in a greek world where warfare is a constant reality of life suggesting for a rider a good seat is not that of a man seated on a chair but rather the pose of a man standing