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Learning with Miguel Tavora and Grace Kay

September 23rd, 2014
As I sit in the indoor school, I wonder in how many hundreds (thousands?) of similar schools around the world, the same scenario is being played out. The dance of horse and rider that is gymnastic training, the dialectic of teacher and student that keeps this art alive… It’s relaxing and stimulating at the same […] Read Article Comments Off

Starting Out, Starting Right – Watching Miguel Tavora teach…

October 29th, 2012
Miguel Tavora, or to give him his full title, Major Miguel Tavora, Master of Equitation, is known world-wide as a brilliant teacher of the higher movements but join me as he works with two youngsters, and you will see that those displays of advanced brilliance are well and truly grounded in a method that […] Read Article Comments Off

Going into Collection, laterally with Miguel Tavora

September 23rd, 2023
A horse needs to be loose, supple, forward, straight, engaged with good balance and impulsion, to start collected work. These qualities are mostly developed by lateral work... Read Article 1 Comment »

Vale Miguel Tavora: 1943 – 2017

December 30th, 2017
Major D. Miguel de Lancastre e Tavora (Abrantes) was born in Portugal, son of the ninth Marquis and Marchioness of Abrantes. He started riding with Nuno Oliveira at eight years of age. He rode with Nuno until he was 18 at which time he attended the Military Academy. In his military career he completed the […] Read Article 3 Comments »

Going into Collection Laterally with Miguel Tavora: Part 3

December 3rd, 2014
Through all the work we are going to do we must always be sure that the horse maintains his balance and impulsion - the elements which produce rhythm, straightness and contact... Read Article 1 Comment »

Lightness with Miguel Tavora

Light is the opposite of heavy. In Equitation a horse that is heavy in your hand can not be light. The problem is that a horse might not be heavy and yet he is not light... Read Article 1 Comment »

Lorraine Davey Takes A Lesson with… MIGUEL TAVORA

We also used counter canter in the warm up to make the horse straighter, more through. The horse is much stronger now, more mature, which means we can start counter canter earlier on in the working session... Read Article Comments Off

Tavora, Miguel

November 13th, 2014
Major D. Miguel de Lancastre e Tavora (Abrantes) was born in Portugal, son of the ninth Marquis and Marchioness of Abrantes. He started riding with Nuno Oliveira at eight years of age. He rode with Nuno until he was 18 at which time he attended the Military Academy. In his military career he completed the […] Read Article No Comments »

Tim Calkin takes a lesson with Miguel Tavora

October 19th, 2012
Descente des mains is more for collection, uberstreichen is more to get the horse to encourage self carriage. With descente des mains, we do just that, lower the hands a little... Read Article Comments Off

Robbie Soster Takes A Lesson With Miguel Tavora

September 11th, 2012
Truly it was an exhilarating experience to sit in the indoor school at Miguel and Di Tavora’s equestrian centre in beautiful Kurrajong, and watch a new Grand Prix combination in the process of emerging from the training cocoon... Read Article 1 Comment »