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THE INTEGRATION OF THE BAUCHER SYSTEM IN THE CLASSICAL SCHOOL of de la GUÉRINIÈRE By Miguel Tavora

June 30th, 2010 at 7:13 am

Two Masters, A Method and A System and a Synthesis. In this article, Portuguese Master of Classical Equitation, Miguel Tavora reconciles the teachings of two French Masters, Baucher and de la Guérinière, and shows that many modern competition riders are using the techniques of both…

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Miguel Tavora – Thinking Horseman – Part 5 – Teaching Teachers

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In this last of our five part series with Portuguese Master of Classical Equitation, Miguel teaches a student who is also a coach, and reflects on the place of the old masters of equitation in today’s environment…

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Miguel Tavora – The Thinking Horseman – Starting FEI

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In this series of articles, Portuguese master of classical equitation, Miguel Tavora, outlines his fusion of Iberian, French and German principles – and in this particular article applies them to a horse just starting on the FEI movements…

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Miguel Tavora – Thinking Horseman – Part 3 – The Young Rider

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Miguel Tavora is a Portuguese Master of Classical Education, based in Australia. He has trained many Grand Prix competition horses, and in this episode, he works with a talented young dressage rider, Robbie Soster

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Miguel Tavora – Thinking Horseman – Part 2 – The Iberian Horse

June 28th, 2010 at 2:50 am

When Miguel Tavora arrived in Australia in 1982 he was determined not to be put in the box marked ‘Nuno Oliveira disciple – Does not Compete’. Instead he produced a series of very competitive horses…
Miguel rejects any suggestion that his training methods don’t work in the competition arena…

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Miguel Tavora – Thinking Horseman – Part 1 – The Young Horse

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As a young man in his native Portugal, Miguel Tavora was a student of Nuno Oliveira. After serving in the Portuguese Army, and studying at the Cavalry School at Maffra, Miguel migrated to Australia where he lives with his wife, Diane and two children – although he spends a large part of the year in the United States, teaching. Miguel combines the best of the Portuguese, French and modern German schools of horsemanship…

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Riding as Art: A history of Dressage: Part one – Antiquity

June 22nd, 2010 at 1:50 pm

This is the first of a series of articles that looks at the development of the Classical Principles of Dressage. We start with Xenophon and Greek Horsemanship, and find that the popular conception of his teachings and place in dressage is quite wrong…

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Future home of The Horse Magazine

June 8th, 2010 at 4:59 am

This website is under construction – please check back soon. You may also visit us at http://www.horsemagazine.com until this webpage is done.

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