What made Mr. Oliveira a master?
Mr. Oliveira’s understanding of horses gave him the acute ability to judge the psychological moment in the horse and take advantage of it – what some people call timing, but in good riders it is basically a natural happening. In great riders this moment has been sensed and recreated on purpose, taken advantage of. Also, he had a phenomenal seat. I think there are very few people who have a seat like his. Maestro Trabucco L.Entrenment Aux Mas Releve’s Pesade ’88 Question: What was Mr. Oliveira’s background? Answer: His basic training was from Maestro Miranda who was one of the last trainers of the Portuguese Royal School. Miranda’s training could be traced back to Maralvaa, who brought French classical riding to Portugal from the school of Versailles at the time of le Guériniére. It literally came down from France through an unbroken line of trainers trained the Royal Family exclusively. These trainers taught other trainers. Eventually, the method became used by the Portuguese bullfight
