Working Equitation

Tradition, technique and connection with the horse

Working Equitation is an equestrian sport based on the traditional horse riding of each country, maintaining and conserving its different traditions, namely in the use of traditional costume and harness. It was designed to highlight the type of "mound" used in different aspects of fieldwork.

In 1997, the II European Working Equitation Championship was organized, which, in addition to the founding countries (Italy with the "maremenhos", France with the "camargueses knights", and Spain with the "doma vaquera") featured the first participation of Portugal with the riders of Traditional Portuguese Equitation. (on the FEP website), the Lusitano horse is one of the most appreciated for this discipline.

This is the discipline that is in the DNA of the founder of the Academy - João Cardiga - who took his first test in 1994. João Pedro Cardiga continued for a few years, followed by several students. After an interruption, the discipline was resumed in 2015, having won the central regional championship and the Moita regional championship in 2017.