David Guerrero Garcia

Dressage Trainer

”A mediocre teacher lectures. A good teacher explains. A superior teacher demonstrates. A great teacher inspires” is the motto that guides David Guerrero Garcia in his work as a dressage and classical horse riding trainer.

David Guerrero Garcia is a professional dressage trainer and classical dressage instructor with vast experience teaching horses and riders at all levels and abilities. He offers clinics worldwide in classical riding, doma vaquera and alta escuela.

David gives masterclasses and workshops in many countries, including Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, the United States, Canada, and Australia. He is universally appreciated for his profound understanding of horses, his ability to introduce harmony between the horse/rider pair, and his generous sharing of knowledge he gained from many sources.

This year, David Guerrero Garcia is in Romania at Singureni Manor Equestrian Retreat, offering dressage and training services for horses and riders in various equestrian disciplines, such as:

• Spanish Dressage (Doma Vaquera)
• Classical Dressage
• High School Dressage
• Working Equitation

Short History

David learned to ride in his childhood. His first mentor was his grandfather Huan Marin, a great rider, master of garrocha and important figure in Andalusian Horse world.

Later, David trained under maestro Manuel Vidrie, a renowned equestrian trainer of horses, toreador on horseback, and co-founder of Real Esquela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre.

Among his teachers were also Juan Rubio, senior professor and trainer at the Real Escuela and Antonio Mena Bernal Gonzales, an acclaimed trainer of advanced levels of classical riding and dressage. These experienced gave him a solid base for building his own system of education rider and horses.

According to him, every horse is a universe in itself and needs an individual approach to develop and succeed in riding is created by long term and continuous work in line with traditional riding principles, focusing on the quality of the dressage work and the development of the pair and not just on the immediate effect.

David developed his training method focused on introducing harmony in the rider/horse pair and solving various equestrian problems.