
Carlos Torrell has many happy and pleasant memories of a childhood which he spent in Barcelona, the city where he has remained almost uninterruptedly his entire life. Only seldom has he left it for extended periods of time.
Carlos complements his work as a professional horseman with horse-training activities in his Dressage School and teaches numerous clinics, both in Spain and abroad, especially in the United States, a country which he loves and visits whenever he can.
A typical day in the life of Carlos tends to start very early, at 6:30 a.m. By the time most of us get out of bed, he has already been riding the horses he keeps in his stables for quite a while, especially during summer, as one needs to make the most of the cool mornings to avoid tiring out the horses in the midday heat, something Torrell is especially attentive to. He carries on training the horses almost uninterruptedly until 2:30 pm, takes a break to eat lunch and rest, and gets back to work. At 4 pm he starts training his pupils. He often runs behind schedule, since despite knowing what time to start, he never knows exactly when the session is going to finish. In addition to all this, Carlos usually supervises the work of his co-workers, makes sure that the next day’s session is organised, and reads and answers emails and telephone calls he hasn’t been able to respond to during the day.
Carlos Torrell is very clear in terms of the qualities a horse must have to be ideally suited for Classic Dressage: "flexibility, elasticity, a good weight to power ratio, three long, high gaits and, above all, the ability to learn and work well with the horseman. All of this is essential; in addition, it is necessary to build an empathetic relationship with the horse to help us communicate with him".
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