Tag: classical training in Portugal
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Some thoughts for the day: On Training
Here is a small video clip of Vip, showing his recent progress. He is a horse that really wants to please – sometimes even too much! He’s starting, though, to become more confident and relaxed in his work, which has meant we’ve been able to attempt some of the higher collected movements, such as flying…
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The arrival of Dante.
Yesterday was spent out amidst the cork trees, sun-scorched grass and under hot late-summer sun. We were collecting our new horse Dante from the fields. He is a young stallion who until now has had little handling and no experience of being enclosed in a small space. So we knew we had to plan well…
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Meet Cheque, our young Lusitano
This is Cheque, the 4 year old Lusitano Stallion I’ve been training in our new home – Quinta do Brejo. Having said farewell to Morgado Lusitano, how wonderful it is to be opening a new chapter of my life and career where Maestro Nuno Oliveira lived and schooled his horses. At this stage Cheque is…