About
Olympicdressagerider.
You don't teach a horse to obey. You teach a rider to listen.
That is the difference between riding a horse and talking to one, and it is what Gonçalo teaches in every lesson, clinic and horse programme.
Biography
How an Olympic rider is made.
From a childhood with asthma, far from horses, to Portugal's best ever result in Olympic dressage. Tap any chapter to read the full story.
Train with Gonçalo
The same work that took a Lusitano to the Olympic Games.
Private lessons, clinics and horse preparation in Santo Estêvão and across Europe. Tell him where you are today and he'll tell you what's missing.
- 45 minute private lessons
- Clinics from 1 to 7 days
- Horse preparation up to Grand Prix
Olympic Games · London 2012
16th
Grand Prix Special, London 2012
London 2012.
Gonçalo Carvalho and Rubi AR qualified directly for the Olympic Games and finished 16th in the Grand Prix Special. It remains the best result ever achieved by a Portuguese rider in Olympic dressage, on a Lusitano bred in Portugal.
- 16th
- Grand Prix Special
- 1st
- Best ever for Portugal
- Rubi AR
- Lusitano from Alter Stud
Competition record
Olympics, Europeans and four national titles.
Tap a year to see what happened. From 2004 to Rio 2016.
2
Olympic Games
4
National titles
3
European Championships
2
World Championships
2004
2010
2011
2012
2013
2015
2016
International clinics
Ten countries. One language.
Gonçalo travels to your house and equestrian centres around the world to teach classical dressage. From Europe to the Americas, Asia to Oceania.
Europe
- Portugal
- England
- France
- Belgium
- Germany
- Italy
- Russia
Americas
- United States
- Brazil
Asia/Oceania
- Australia
- Russia
Three reasons
Why train with Gonçalo
Olympic vision
Thirty years at the highest level, from the London 2012 Olympic Games to the top CDIs in the world. The same technical eye is applied in every lesson.
Classical Portuguese school
Trained at the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art with Master João Pedro Rodrigues. Lightness, balance and relaxation, with no shortcuts.
Results over the years
Riders competing in Grand Prix and young horses progressing with method. The plan adjusts to the rider and the horse.
Train with an Olympic rider.
Fifteen minutes with Gonçalo, at no cost. We talk about your horse, your goals and the shortest path to them.
Only a few places each month.