history

                                                                             marcelo@mgnequestrian.com

Further Information:

Marcelo Garrido comes from a traditional Chilean horse family, growing up with horses all his life he learned natural horsemanship, understanding and love of horses. In 1988 after his second year of Forestry Engineering at the Austral University in Valdivia - Chile, Marcelo decided to move to Europe where he studied for his British Horse Society instructional degree. He worked as Manager and Trainer in Shrewsbury, Coventry and Abagabeny (South Wales). During this time he trained and showed in Jumping, Dressage and Cross-Country. During a period of 1 year he went to Belgium and Holland to receive further training in Dressage and Jumping with Nicholas Smith, grade A jumper, in Belgium and Alex Von Silfout, Grand Prix Dressage Trainer-Instructor in Holland.

In 1993 Marcelo returned to Chile where he finished his Hotel Management degree at Diego Portales Institute and worked as Tourist Coordinator, Barn Manager and Trainer. He developed entertainment and sport activities: Triathlons, Mountain bike, Volleyball, Horseback Riding Excursion and Polo Camps. Taking advantage of his creativity and experience in management and coordination of special events he organized international horseback riding excursions at Pedernal Ranch where he held the position as Show Jumping Trainer and Tourist Coordinator.

In the year 2000 he moved to California and worked as Trainer-Instructor and Equestrian Tourist Coordinator at Pepperdine University, during this period he organized Polo Camps in Chile, and excursions to the World Equestrian Games in Spain and to the Apache Reservation, White Mountains, Arizona, USA.

Is important to mention that Marcelo has the experience and knowledge to train, ride and show Advanced Level in Dressage, Show Jumping and 3-Day Eventing Horses; Years of training have given the opportunity to practice high school exercises: Piaffe, Passage, Pirouettes and 4, 3, and 2 times Flying Changes of lead

Marcelo and his horse Salomon qualified for the area IX 3-Day Event Championships as well as for the US Eventing Championships, North Carolina September 2004.

During the area IX Championships in 2004, they also qualified for the US Eventing Championships 2005 at Preliminary level.

Marcelo’s forte, regarding horse training, is working with young horses, teaching them basics, like: Working through the back, to be quiet, forward and relax, aware of the leg and acceptance of the bit, making the horse flexible in the jaw, poll and neck, shoulders, rib case and haunches, introducing lateral work as well as flying changes, and always placing attention on suppleness and straightness. Marcelo uses gymnastic as a fundamental tool to achieve trust, confidence, relaxation, balance and coordination over fences. Classical training and riding techniques are consistently used when Marcelo schools at home or at shows.

The learning process is never complete and Marcelo is constantly looking forward to improved and to further developed the equestrian arts and be able to instruct and compete at both low level (bringing up young horses and coaching riders) as well as high level.

Thank you