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ABOUT US
Ba-Dressage riders
Pedro de Almeida:
A Legacy of Classical Dressage
With an extensive equestrian experience, especially in Dressage, this company is based in a International Instructor, Pedro de Almeida, graduated with distinction in Army Riding School of Mafra in the areas of Schooling, Dressage, Jumping and Eventing, being one of the first civilians at the time to take a role in the training of the Military Regiment. He gets his classical knowledge under the teachings of the Portuguese Master, Nuno de Oliveira and Coronel Jorge Matias.
He began his professional career in 1983 as a Riding Instructor in several Portuguese breeders, such as Sociedade das Silveiras, Casal Branco, and Quinta da Lagoalva. For 24 years he was an Instructor at Coudelaria Nacional, in Quinta da Fonte Boa, with the responsibility of training more than a 100 stallions. His internationalization began in the late 1980’s, lecturing clinics in Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, and Brazil.
António de Almeida:
Tradition Meets a New Vision
Following the steps of his father, António engaged in the company at a very young age. Until 2008, he served as Vice President for Human Resources, Eventing, and Sponsorship, at the Equestrian Center of Coimbra, in parallel with the presidency of Equestrian National Competitions. Since 2009 he attended the Riding Instructor and Dressage Trainer courses at the National Portuguese Riding School, with a one year student exchange in Helicon Opleiding (Deurne, Netherlands).
He allies his equestrian professional activities with an academic experience. In 2009 he graduated in Business Communication in the ISMT, and reached the degree of Executive Master in Marketing and Sports Management, at ISCTE Indeg / ISCTE Business School, in the following year. He also attended the Masters in Marketing at ISCTE. He served in the areas of Communication and Marketing in Hippus B, and in the Portuguese Olympics Committee. He finally decided to exclusively dedicate himself to equestrian activities driving to The Netherlands to learn different riding techniques, having the company, headquartered in Belgium until the present day.
A Shared Commitment to Equestrian Excellence
The two riders participate every year in the Global Dressage Forum ( The Netherlands ) and clinics with other international riders and judges.
( Kyra Kyrklund;Mariette Whitages;Juan Diego Trevijano; Joyce Heuitink; Tonn de Ridder; Miguel Távora; Claudia Fasseart )