Horse riding
and training in Portugal
Horse riding has a long history as well as the concern to
do it properly, for instance Xenophon has written " The art of horsemanship"
from ancient Greece times. In Portugal, horse riding has been very important
since its foundation used as an advantage in war. In the XVIII century Manuel
Carlos Andrade has written in detail about riding in the book "Luz da Liberal e
Nobre Arte da Cavalaria" which occurs in the same century of the establishment
from the Portuguese Equestrian Art Riding School "Picaria Real". In the XX
century the great dressage master in Portugal Nuno Oliveira and his students,
such as D. Diogo Bragança, from their interpretation of the old classical
dressage school, have brought new perspectives in the "modern" classical
dressage. In Portugal there are several equestrian centers where horse riding
and training can be carried out within the several equestrian disciplines.
Though several horse breeds are used, overall, the Lusitano horse breed is by
far the most used. Particular attention should be given to Dressage as it is in
the basis of the horse riding which can be then specialized in Dressage itself
or in any other Equestrian discipline.
[Equestrian]
|
|
