My current and former competition horses

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Lirio MVL

Lirio caught my eye when he was 3 years old. With Lirio I have a long history and I have educated him myself from the very start.

I am proud to say, that our partnership grows every day and that I feel he truly trusts me. Naturally a rather shy horse he starts to become more mature and confident with me in the arena.

Debuting GP as an only 8 year old Lirio scored over 70%. We were placed 3rd at the Portuguese Championships in 2024.

We won the Silvermedal at the Nations Cup in Compiegne, FRA in 2025. We have competed at CHIO Aachen, GER and were the best Iberian Combination at the European Championships in Crozet, FRA 2025.

For 2026 we aim to qualify for the World Championships in Aachen.

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Maestro MVL

Maestro MVL the giant in the stables with quite some stallion character. Like his father he has a huge heart, is super intelligent and he is so willing to learn. This makes him a joy to ride. I adore the feeling he gives me in the saddle.

In the 7 year classes Maestro was very successful, scoring 75.9 % in the preliminary and 77% in the final test. In the PSG we achieved scores over 70%.

We have gained confidence at competitions over the last year and for 2026 we aim to enter our first GP in Portugal.

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Guardian

Owned by Zetta Sport Dressage. I have partnered with Guardian, a wonderful KWPN gelding for about 2 years now.

I love his movements and elasticity

We are planning to compete at small tour this season and I am excited to compete with a warmblood.

Equador MVL

My soulmate. My horse of a lifetime. My one in a million!

A Thank you will never be enough. Everything I have learned and achieved as a rider, I owe to you. I will be forever grateful to have had the honor to be your rider and parter. Your kind eyes and your gigantic heart left no-one indifferent.

We travelled the world together. We hold the Worldrecords in GP, GPS and Freestyle with an Iberian horse and we went all the way to the Olympics together.

Equador I will forever miss you.

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Biggest achievements

2019

Hickstead, UK: Gold Medal with the Team and Silber Medal Individual (GP 73.5% & GPS 75.7%)

Vice Champion of Portugal

European Championships in Rotterdam

2020

Alter do Chão, POR: Winning all classes and achieving to date all World Records on an Iberian Horse (GP 77.346 %, GPS 79,042%, GPK 83.875%)

2021

Compiègne, FRA: Silver Medal with the Team, Individual Silver Medal in the Freestyle (77.5%)

Olympic Games in Tokyo

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Lufada MVL

I had the pleasure to train Lufada MVL from day 1 all the way up to Grand Prix. Lufada is a very powerful and special mare that is now paired with Gareth Hughes.

In 2020 she scored over 77 % in the 5 year classes, and a year later in the 6 year old classes we scored over 80%. We competed at PSG level where we were able to score over 70%.

Pagode MVL

He was a horse with great talent and most probably the best natural mover I have ever ridden. He was a joy to ride.

As a 4 year old he scored over 82 % and also in the 5 year old classes we achieved scores over 80%.

Unfortunaly he left us too early.