Rhythm or Balance – what comes first?
Portuguese trained FEI dressage master, Miguel Tavora considers the equestrian chicken or the egg dilemma... Which comes first - rhythm or balance? Read Article 2 Comments »
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Portuguese trained FEI dressage master, Miguel Tavora considers the equestrian chicken or the egg dilemma... Which comes first - rhythm or balance? Read Article 2 Comments »
Vale Miguel Tavora: 1943 – 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 »
Grace & Miguel – the dance goes on…
Grace Kay had meant to work with her emerging FEI horse Karingal Jamiroquai, but when she led him through the door of Miguel Tavora’s indoor, we all let out a little groan. The chestnut was lame. Read Article 2 Comments »
Grace and Miguel: Equitation Ballet
Miguel Tavora is a highly regarded dressage coach in both Australia and the United States, as well as in his homeland, Portugal where he originally trained with Nuno Oliveira, and in the Portuguese Cavalry School. Read Article Comments Off on Grace and Miguel: Equitation Ballet
Going into Collection Laterally with Miguel Tavora: Part 3
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 on Lorraine Davey Takes A Lesson with… MIGUEL TAVORA
Miguel Tavora – Going into collection laterally… Part 2
I start again at walk by doing a small circle around the inside leg in the shoulder-in position. When I feel the horse round, supple, forward and on the bit, I stop the action of my inside leg (it stays in the same place on ‘stand by’) and I increase the action of my outside leg in order to bring his hindquarters in... Read Article Comments Off on Miguel Tavora – Going into collection laterally… Part 2
Learning with Miguel Tavora and Grace Kay
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 on Learning with Miguel Tavora and Grace Kay
Starting Out, Starting Right – Watching Miguel Tavora teach…
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 on Starting Out, Starting Right – Watching Miguel Tavora teach…