Bettina Drummond Widely respected throughout the U.S. and Europe as a trainer and teacher in the French system of classical dressage, Ecuyer Bettina Drummond was seven years old when she was brought to Portugal to study with Nuno Oliviera, one of the 20th Century's greatest equestrian masters. Bettina spent the next 17 years in training with Mr Oliviera, becoming one of his leading students.
Along with Mr. Oliviera, Bettina has been both influnced and coached by some of Europe's finest equestrian trainers, among them General Durand, Ecuyer en Chef and Commandant of the French National Equestrian School in Saumur and Lieutenant Colonel Paolo Angioni of the Italian Cavalry. Bettina travels throughout the U.S. and Europe to teach and train in the French classical system, the goal of which is the attainment of absolute lightness with horse and rider in complete balance and harmony. It is this ultimate lightness in each horse that Bettina has pursued throughout her equestrian career. She is considered internationally as an expert on work-in-hand. And while she is one of the world's finest riders, trainers and breeders of Lusitano horses, she has excelled in working with horses of all breeds.
