Dear Sofia,

Just wanted to say Thank you to all of the Valenca team for your wonderful online academy. I have learned so much from the basic introductory Valenca training method videos and also the ongoing weekly videos.  Have even learned how to plait long manes(Thank you Ewelina!)

I mostly do Endurance with my horses but feel basic schooling is very important for any ridden horse to be supple, responsive and stay strong & healthy.

I have a young Arab and the Valenca schooling method is really helping with his early training/schooling and he is becoming a lovely horse.

Kind regards

My stay with the Valenças was incredibly educational with the horses and the learning in focus. A loving atmosphere in which I think everyone can find their place. The happiest of all is perhaps my horse who now has a better rider on its back. Thanks to Sofia, who was my coach, to all of the Valenças and of course to all the horses. I’m so grateful!

First of all, we wanted to thank you and Marie and the rest soo much for this week! It was awesome (like the three times I was with you before ), we learned a lot and who didn’t do it before loves Lusitanos now as well. Thank you for your time, the great lessons, your engagement and the effort you put in it. That we could do a “show” in costumes and the fotoshoot afterwards were a highlight for us and a great ending, so – thanks for that as well
We had an awesome time and I’m sure we all will come back! I definitely want a fifth week
Now we are driving home and then we will ride our own horses to test our new knowledge on them. If you want, we can let you know how they do
We wish you a nice day and please greet all the others, especially Louise and Marie and Ines!
See you next time

Never have we encountered such clear, precise, and kind tuition as with the Valenças. In many years of learning dressage, no one has opened the door to clarity and understanding of the entire system, not just the riding, but also the exact details of the lunging, in hand, long rein and pillars. We are forever grateful because this training was immediately transferable to our horses at home and we will return as often as we can to learn as much as we can.