Editing Dressage (section)

== Dressage masters ==
{{See also|Classical dressage}}
The earliest practitioner who wrote treatises that survive today that describe sympathetic and systematic training of the horse was the Greek general [[Xenophon]] (427–355 BC). Despite living over 2000 years ago, his ideas are still widely praised. Beginning in the [[Renaissance]] a number of early modern trainers began to write on the topic of horse training, each expanding upon the work of their predecessors, including [[Federico Grisone]] (mid-16th century), [[Antoine de Pluvinel]] (1555–1620), [[William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle]] (1592–1676), [[François Robichon de La Guérinière]] (1688–1751), [[François Baucher]] (1796–1873), and [[Gustav Steinbrecht]] (1808–1885). The 20th century saw an increase in writing and teaching about Dressage training and techniques as the discipline became an international sport with the influence of [[Equestrian at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Equestrian]] competition.