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We have some Beautiful Books available to add to your Bookshelf.

Please email Barbara.Currie@prehorse.org or call The Foundation Office 818.874.1489 to Purchase Books or for more Information.

​Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre / The Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art | $95

In this beautifully illustrated book, Juan Carlos Altamirano presents in a well documented form & within the historical context, The Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art Foundation, one of the most representative institutions of the Andalusian culture. Printed in 4 languages - English, Spanish, French, & German. By Juan Carlos Altamirano.

Cartas En Defensa del Caballo Español / Letters in Defense of the Spanish Horse | $95

Starting in 1999, following the publication of the "History & Origin of the Spanish Horse" & "History of the Carthusian Horses", a wave of passionate discussions & criticisms arose in response to the theory defended by Juan Carlos Altamirano about the history of the Spanish horses, some of which were transmitted through articles & letters directed at the author. This book is a collection of author's letters of reply published in different media - national & international. By Juan Carlos Altamirano.

La Yeguada del Bocado / The Bocado Stud Farm | $100

In this research work on the Spanish horse, which was a must after the publication of the History of the Carthusian Horse, the author shows us in a well documented form the origins & history of horses of this stud farm, namely the specimens obtained, selected & improved in the area around the city of Arcos de la Frontera & of San José del Valle (Cadiz), the area where the Purebred Spanish horses arrived in the hands of the duke of Arcos & of the order of the Jesuits. The book takes us back to the beginning of the 18th century to show us, in a detailed yet easy to understand form, the vicissitudes of these horses & of the different owners of this stud farm-the once Terry Stud Farm-considered to be one of the most important in history...By Juan Carlos Altamirano.

​El Caballo Español / The Spanish Horse | $100

This book is written in Spanish and English with excellent Drawings, and explains the Standards of the P.R.E. Breed. There are 231 pages with beautiful pictures of The Spanish Horse with descriptions for each one. Chapters include: The Head, The Neck, Withers, Shoulder and Arm, Chest, Thorax, and Abdomen, Back and Loin, Croup and Tail, The Front Legs, The Rear Legs, Skin and Hair, and Movements.

La Yeguada Militar / The Military Stud Farm | $100

This fully documented book, illustrated with seven hundred photographs of mares and stallions, taken starting in the 19th century right up to the present, and of the installations of the Horse Breeding Military Centres, begins with a brief account of the history of the Military Orders, to be followed by a extensive study regarding the State Stallion Deposits and the different Military Stud Farms. By Juan Carlos Altamirano.

​Learn to Look at Spanish Horses / Aprenda a Ver Caballos Españoles | $25

This book is a total of 92 pages, written in both English and Spanish, displaying many images with detailed explanation on how to look and what to look for in the P.R.E. breed. By Dr. Alberto Rojas.

Diccionario Equestre Español / Equestrian Dictionary | $50

The first approach that makes any kind of knowledge necessary is to understand the terminology and concepts that it covers; lack of knowledge creates obstacles, in many occasions, barriers to their assimilation. This book contains complex & antic knowledge about the horse & it teaches you the different terms with their different meanings. This dictionary has more than five thousand equestrian Terms. (Spanish Only). By Juan Carlos Altamirano.

Historia de los Caballos Cartujanos / History of the Carthusian Horses | $100

Few horses have had so much written about them as the Carthusians. There have been many studies and references published regarding these horses, but most, if not all, have no documentation on which to base their conclusions. The author of this meticulous & elaborate study has dismantled, step by step and on the basis of documentary sources, one of the major myths of history: the current existence of the Carthusian horses. his book is based on the documents generated by the Carthusian monks of Jerez de la Frontera & by the local administration of the times, which until recently was thought to have been destroyed during the invasion of the French in the early 19th century...By Juan Carlos Altamirano.

El Caballo Español con los Reyes Borbones / The Spanish Horse Under the Bourbon Kings | $100

This documented work shows the vicissitudes that the Spanish horse had to live through during one of the most unsettled political & social periods in the Spanish history. It covers the years from 1700, the year that coincides with the arrival in Spain of the Bourbon kings, until the beginning of the 20th century. It explains the historical development of this breed of horses which, ever since its creation in the second half of the 16th century, kept expanding through continuous crosses carried out mainly by the Andalusian breeders. The aim was to try to uniform the rest of the equine population, based on the morphological and psychological characteristics for which the Spanish horse had gained its status of being perfect... By Juan Carlos Altamirano.

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