Portuguese Grand Prix rider Daniel Pinto has been appointed the new sports director of the Italian dressage stable and breeding yard Fonte Abeti Fonte Abeti is owned by Riccardo Volpi with its head stable for 150 horses in Sansepolcro and 400 hectares of additional land in the Marche Daniel Pinto has now been hired to head the sport direction of the yard "Riccardo Volpi strongly believes in the concepts of classic equitation," the official press release "To assure to Allevamento Fonte Abeti`s horses and riders the best technical support following the principles of the training scale Daniel Pinto will lead Allevamento Fonte Abeti’s team in training and competing the horses." Two of Fonte Abeti's best performing young horses horses have been sent to Pinto's stable in Arruda dos Vinhos in Portugal They are the 7-year old Hanoverian Ecuador di Fonte Abeti (by Negro x Sir Donnerhall) and the 6-year old Hanoverian Fiamma di Fonte Abeti (by Franklin x De Niro) Ecuador won silver and double gold at the Italian Young Horse Championship from 2019 till 2021 He also placed 36th in the consolation finals at the 2021 Bundeschampionate and 14th in the consolation finals at the 2021 World Young Horse Championships if not Italy's most successful dressage breeding yard Approximately 25 foals are bred there annually Frederico Mexia and Ecuador di Fonte Abeti at the 2021 World Young Horse ChampionshipsTheir most successful breeding products were sold abroad Belgian Nick van Laer piloted Conan Di Fonte Abet (by Apache x Sir Donnerhall) to bronze and gold at the 2018 and 2019 Belgian Young Horse Championships He competed him at the 2018 and 2019 World Yougn Horse Championships in Ermelo Spaniard Pablo Gomez Molina rode Easy di Fonte Abeti (by Grand Galaxy Win x UB40) to the U.S Fonte Abeti began making headlines in national competition sport with Spaniard Carlos Munoz Cantos as their head rider at the yard in Sansepolcro seven years ago At that time Italian Olympian Valentina Truppa was also given the ride on several Fonte Abeti horses In May 2018 Spaniard Víctor Alfonso Pomares replaced Munoz and he was soon joined by his fiancée Pomares campaigned Grand Prix horse Hot Point di Fonte Abeti at CDI's in 2019 and 2020 In the summer of 2020 Volpi suddenly ended the collaboration with Pomares and Abollo followed him back to Spain They were replaced by Portuguese Frederico Mexia de Almeida right after a successful Italian Young Horse Championships he left the Italian yard and is now working at Gestut Sprehe in Germany The in-house riders in Italy that have stepped up to the plate are Nelson Ramos Aleluia and Leandro Freire Pinto will travel to Italy once per month for an update on the riding there Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Portuguese dressage rider Nuno Chaves de Almeida has declared for Brazil and will try for a Brazilian team spot for the 2022 World Championships in Herning Adestramento Brasil announced the news of the change of flags for the Portuguese rider Nuno was born in Niteroi near Rio de Janeiro but moved to Portugal with his parents in 1991 The 34-year old Chaves  has been establishing himself as a professional dressage rider and made his international show debut in 2015 riding Sandro Plus and Forlady Plus in the young horse classes at the CDI Vilamoura Chaves connected with the Portuguese based Brazilian rider Joao Victor Marcari Oliva who offered him the ride on his 10-year old Westfalian Feel Good VO (by Franziskus x Dimension x Parforce) The pair made its CDI debut on 9 - 10 April at the CDI Abrantes They posted 67.065% in the Grand Prix and 66.234% in the Special “I accepted this challenge. I am happy to represent Brazil and to have the support of the Oliva family who entrusted me with a horse with the qualities of Feel Good," Nuno told Adestramento Brasil Nuno is based at Sylvain Massa’s Academy in Arruda dos Vinhos Photo © Rui Pedro Godinho Renting a house is becoming increasingly difficult which is why the municipality of Arruda dos Vinhos is promoting a program to help young people between the ages of 18 and 35 News reports often appear about the difficulty of renting a house Arruda dos Vinhos City Council is promoting a Youth Rental Support Program According to information quoted by the Público newspaper the regulation was recently published in the Diário da República and aims to help young people pay their rent at a time when there is little to offer and the prices charged in large urban centers are unaffordable for many Located 35 km from the capital, a journey of around 30 to 40 minutes by car, this town in the district of Lisbon thus aims to “contribute to the settlement attraction and autonomy of young people in the municipality [of Arruda dos Vinhos]“ To apply for the Youth Rental Support Program It should be noted that this support will be granted for a period of one year and may be renewed for a maximum of three consecutive applications the measure covers typologies from t0 to t5 depending on the value of the rent and the type For those interested in finding out more about this program it’s best to contact the Arruda dos Vinhos municipality The top Lusitano breeding stallion Rubi AR has been retired from stud at age 23 following a small health scare on 20 October 2020 He is by Batial out of He-Xila (by Xaquiro) The bay stallion was acquired by the Luxembourg based French lawyer Christine Jacoberger in 2009 Rubi first appeared in the international spotlight at the 2004 World Young Horse Championships in Verden where he finished 23rd in the consolation finals He made the transition to Prix St Georges level in 2006 and to Grand Prix level one year later finishing second and third at the Portuguese Championships in 2007 His big international break through came in 2010 winning the Grand Prix classes at the CDI in Comporta and Vidauban and ranking well in Wiesbaden At the 2012 Olympic GamesThe stallion was a member of the Portuguese team at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Kentucky and won the Portuguese Championships in the autumn that year He went on to represent Portugal at the 2011 and 2013 European Championships and at the 2012 Olympic Games in London where he wrote history for his breed by qualifying for the Kur to Music Finals and placing 16th He reclaimed the National Title one month later Rubi was retired from competition sport at age 16 in the spring of 2014 His last international show was the 2013 European Dressage Championships Rubi AR became a foundation for Lusitano dressage horse breeding Never before did one Lusitano sire produced so many internationally competed dressage horses His most famous offspring is Maria Caetano's Coroado (by Rubi AR x Xaquiro) who was the first Lusitano ever to score 80% in the Kur to Music at the 2018 and 2019 World Cup qualifier in Mechelen Rubi AR ranked 31st in the WBFSH Dressage Sire Rankings amongst warmblood colleagues He was also the first stallion to ever enter the WBFSH Dressage Sire Ranking Top 50 Contributing to this incredible ranking in 2019 were Portuguese Grand Prix team horses Coroado and Maria Caetano's Fenix de Tineo (by Rubi AR x Oheide) Other successful Rubi offspring from young horse level to national Grand Prix include Gavião dos Cedros (Alejandro Asencio) Portuguese youth team horses Douro AR (Yoann Pinto) and Ca (Mateus Abecassis) Irano da Estribeira (French 2020 Young Horse bronze medal winner under Charlotte Chalvignac) as well as Jururu do Seixo and Imperador dos Cedros Christine Jacoberger on Rubi AR at the Golega Horse FairOwner Christine Jacoberger decided to retire Rubi AR from his stud duties after a small health scare yesterday This was enough of a signal for Christine and her husband Marc to decide to retire Rubi from stud "Ruby AR scared us with a little cardiac alert We think it is the signal that we have to stop letting him cover," Jacoberger told Eurodressage For us just to imagine that something can happen to him fatally was enough to make this decision he is a member of our family and we always tried to make the best decisions for him." High quality frozen semen is still availablle Desde 1995 que o Lidl não abria tantas lojas num só dia em Portugal foram inaugurados mais seis supermercados da cadeia alemã que representam um investimento de 27 milhões de euros Estas aberturas fazem parte do processo de expansão a retalhista opera 267 espaços de norte a sul do País Os novos supermercados ficam em Vila Nova de Gaia Têm entre 1100 e 1400 metros quadrados e seguem a mais recente linha da cadeia Todas as lojas usam iluminação LED e algumas contam com carregamento para veículos elétricos encontram-se máquinas para sumo de laranja e até de sumo de romã espremido na hora Existe ainda zona de padaria com máquina de corte de pão A grande maioria dos espaços foram construído de raiz Outros nasceram da adaptação de antigos edifícios Fica no local de uma antiga loja icónica no concelho A fachada foi preservada assim como algumas das portas e janelas No início do mês, a cadeia alemã anunciou a abertura das primeiras lojas no arquipélago da Madeira Este plano de expansão representam um investimento de 100 milhões de euros Serão criados mais de 150 postos de trabalho A entrada na ilha irá também permitir a introdução de produtos da região na rede internacional da marca The 16-year old Lusitano licensed stallion competed his last show the 2013 European Championships in Herning "We have decided to grant our horse Rubi AR a well-deserved retirement," Rubi's owner Christine Jacoberger initially stated "Rubi AR has represented Portugal and the Lusitano breed during 10 long years of an exemplary and unique career We want to thank Gonçalo Carvalho for the fantastic sporting achievements he realized with Rubi AR which will stay in our memory forever." Rubi is born in 1998 and bred by Coudelaria de Alter The bay stallion was acquired by the Luxembourg based French Jacoberger in 2009 and the horse was trained from novice to FEI level by Gonçalo Carvalho The combination first appeared in the limelight in 2004 at the World Young Horse Championships in Verden where they finished 23rd in the consolation finals They made the transition to Prix St Georges level in 2006 and to Grand Prix level one year later Their big international break through came in 2010 They were members of the Portuguese team at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Kentucky and won the Nationals in the autumn that year In 2011 they competed at the European Championships in Rotterdam and in 2012 they make it to the Olympic Games in London where they booked a career highlight by qualifying for the Kur to Music Finals and placing 16th in it They reclaimed their National Title one month later Their last competition year together was in 2013 with the 2013 European Championships in Herning being their last show The pair was ranked 19th on the FEI World Dressage Ranking in January 2013 Rubi received a "holiday" which has now been extended into full retirement from sport Rubi AR will dedicate himself to his breeding career," Jacoberger stated "We believe it is better for a horse to finish his carrier with dignity at his best level and state of health and with the memories of his best results of 2012," Jacoberger told Eurodressage and we want him to stay fit and happy for this He will continue to train and make artistic presentations at stallions shows but without the pressure of the competition and also without having to make big journeys to travel by truck from Portugal to do competitions This horse gave us such great emotions and we are sure we made the good decision