Our Mentors
Luis Valença and Family – Portugal
MASTER LUIS VALENÇA Widely regarded as the greatest living practitioner of Classical dressage currently alive in the world today, our father, Mestre Luis Valença, was hand-picked by the legendary Nuno Oliveira to be his principal apprentice and assistant in the 1960s. Before that, he had been trained by Mestre D. José Manuel da Cunha Menezes,
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Christian Bachinger – Spanish Riding School of Vienna
Christian Bachinger is one of the senior riders at the Spanish Riding School of Vienna. A third generation member of the legendary school, Christian comes with a wealth of knowledge that is unique and an unusually compassionate approach. Both riders and horses get a surge of confidence when Christian is teaching. It’s as if he
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Other Teachers that helped shape us
Christoph Hess – Former Head of Education FN Germany (Iliane & Rupert) Manuel Trigo – Lightness Foundation – Scotdale, AZ (Iliane & Rupert) Marijke De Jong – Straightness Training – The Netherlands (Iliane & Rupert) Jan Pendlebury – Pen-Llyn Lusitanos (Iliane & Rupert) Richard Howard – Austin, TX (Iliane) Berndt von Hassler – FEI Judge
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