Black Frame Of Saumur National Riding School, Pays de la Loire, France
Since its creation in 1763, the Saumur National Equestrian School has been a place for the in-depth learning, preservation and development of the art of equestrianism.
The National Equestrian School is built around the Cadre Noir de Saumur the trainers and instructors who encourage study and learning. Under the tutelage of the minister for youth and sports, the school operates in cooperation with the French equestrian federation and with the support of the national stud farm for the ministry of defence and the ministry of agriculture and fishing.
In 1763, King Louis XV entrusted the duke of Choiseul with the total reorganisation of the French cavalry. “The Most Beautiful School in the World” was thus born on the Chardonnet to welcome the commissioned and non-commissioned officers responsible for providing instruction in the French cavalry regiments.
Academic equestrianism spread in France, via schools in Versailles, Vienne, Tuileries and St Germain.
It was as a result of the Italian wars that equestrianism was introduced in France. Salomon de la Broue, then Antoine de Pluvinel, received their training in Italy. At the end of the XVI century, Duplessis Mornay founded a Protestant university in Saumur with ties to an an equitation academy.
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