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In 1980 Mr. Tempel Smith persuaded me to move to his Lipizzan
breeding and training facility in Wadsworth, Illinois to help with the
creation of an American Spanish Riding School.

In 1967 Karl Mikolka was promoted to Chief Rider

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The Meaning of Classical Training

In 1968 I accepted an invitation to bring Classical Riding to Brazil
where I was offered a four-year contract to create interest in establishing a
nucleus of Dressage with the goal to train future Olympic horses and riders.

In 1972 I came to the US and introduced Classical Horsemanship
to the riders of Friar's Gate Farm in Pembroke, Massachusetts upon the
invitation of the farm owners Richard and Julie Ulrich.

Over the past twelve years I have been bringing Classical Thinking
to a few slelect training centers in Oregon, California, Wisconsin and
Tennessee where it is accepted and championed as a valuable piece of
Equestrian Culture both past and continuing.

WHERE EVERYTHING BEGAN.

On Neapolitano Strana
in Levade, 1967

Official document issued by the Federal Ministry,
signed by the Minister, that promoted Karl
to CHIEF RIDER at the Spanish Riding School

On Neapolitano Alea I, whose complete training promoted me to Bereiter,
the first step before Oberbereiter

Maria Pereira on Tokyo, Brazil, 1971

Diana Osward on Titan, Brazil, 1971

Karl Mikolka on Ehre, Brazil, 1971

The beginning of learning the slow-lowering-of-the-haunches, Brazil .

Friar's Gate Young Rider Quadrille, 1974

Vaulting at Friar's Gate, 1974

Karl Mikolka riding Molly Brown from Friar's Gate Farm

Pluto Slatina performing a Courbette under saddle with Amit Afrik in the saddle

Solo performance with Conversano Belvedera, 1989

Pluto Bonita, a.k.a. "Brownie", in canter, 1982

Karl, age 18, with the harness race horse Freundenauer
in Baden, near Vienna, 1953

Siglavy Roxanna, a.k.a. "Blackie", performing an
in-hand Levade, young rider astride

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