{"id":64,"date":"2026-02-26T12:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:09:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/es\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Acerca de"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4xyx0-389658f42b672a5187caa162a43c0d77\">\n.avia-section.av-4xyx0-389658f42b672a5187caa162a43c0d77{\nbackground-color:#ebe8de;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-4xyx0-389658f42b672a5187caa162a43c0d77 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom av-height-custom  container_wrap fullsize'   data-av_minimum_height_px='480'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' style='height:480px'><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-64'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4p104-b22627dc524d64294c42cc0e203ea6cf av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#1e1b2e;\nfont-size:68px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:68px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#1e1b2e;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mm4qh47q-c4c8d5ae3fd8bd98100f5119bdb177a5 av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Acerca de<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-s5ec-282ebfacd1e7484b58ec5110907cd9db main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-64'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-7ih0c-acf8f7080b801d683f00934fb1a88747 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div'     ><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-6wc0o-f98761ec73ecb1ac1ca2e9287812772b av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mmysogro-5f7c0c36f09896bdcff0c19c9b8a3cbd'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>La visi\u00f3n de Ant\u00f3nio Sim\u00f5es<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"intro\">Para Ant\u00f3nio Sim\u00f5es, los caballos siempre han formado parte de su vida. Creci\u00f3 en la granja de su padre, en Portugal, rodeado de caballos, aunque entonces no eran lusitanos, sino mestizos. La verdadera pasi\u00f3n lleg\u00f3 m\u00e1s tarde, hace unos 25 a\u00f1os, cuando Ant\u00f3nio se enamor\u00f3 de la conducci\u00f3n de carruajes. En ese momento tom\u00f3 una decisi\u00f3n audaz: crear una yeguada dedicada a la cr\u00eda deportiva de lusitanos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Desde el principio, Ant\u00f3nio combin\u00f3 la cr\u00eda con la competici\u00f3n. Cre\u00f3 un equipo para competir al m\u00e1s alto nivel en enganches internacionales y contrat\u00f3 al famoso F\u00e9lix Brasseur como conductor y jefe del proyecto deportivo. Aunque la mayor\u00eda de la gente asociaba a los lusitanos con las corridas de toros o la equitaci\u00f3n tradicional portuguesa, Ant\u00f3nio cre\u00eda que pod\u00edan destacar en un \u00e1mbito completamente distinto. Esa convicci\u00f3n se convirti\u00f3 en la base de Caballos de Figueiras.<\/p>\n<h2>Construir la yeguada<\/h2>\n<p>Las primeras yeguas proced\u00edan de Jos\u00e9 Henriques Casguinha, que fueron la base de la yeguada. La idea de Ant\u00f3nio era clara: crear una yeguada que produjera lusitanos de verdadera calidad deportiva. La nutrici\u00f3n era la piedra angular de su programa; los potros volv\u00edan a casa con uno, dos y tres a\u00f1os y eran criados y acondicionados cuidadosamente. Todos los caballos j\u00f3venes, incluidas las yeguas, se somet\u00edan a pruebas con silla a los tres a\u00f1os. El objetivo era sencillo pero ambicioso: desarrollar aires correctos y el\u00e1sticos: paso, trote y galope. Ant\u00f3nio calcula que 95% de sus caballos alcanzaron este nivel.<\/p>\n<p>En Figueiras, ning\u00fan caballo fue juzgado \u00fanicamente por sus papeles o su aspecto. Cada uno fue evaluado en el deporte, ya sea<\/p>\n<p>a caballo o con arn\u00e9s. \u201cQuer\u00eda decisiones reales, no sue\u00f1os\u201d, explica Ant\u00f3nio.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-64w20-1739fc0dea0e64cb72245ae14d7e2c76 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_two_fifth  flex_column_div'     ><\/div><div class='flex_column_table av-5uodw-a1df86c5ba63df0f9bfcb0cbb350eba1 sc-av_two_fifth av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5uodw-a1df86c5ba63df0f9bfcb0cbb350eba1\">\n.flex_column.av-5uodw-a1df86c5ba63df0f9bfcb0cbb350eba1{\nwidth:35.2%;\nmargin-left:0;\n}\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-5uodw-a1df86c5ba63df0f9bfcb0cbb350eba1 .av-flex-placeholder{\nwidth:8%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-5uodw-a1df86c5ba63df0f9bfcb0cbb350eba1 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-591j0-aac960d53ca6003e4b78261fa2df9929\">\n.avia-image-container.av-591j0-aac960d53ca6003e4b78261fa2df9929 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-591j0-aac960d53ca6003e4b78261fa2df9929 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-591j0-aac960d53ca6003e4b78261fa2df9929 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-9  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-374 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-374 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1.jpeg\" alt='' title='7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1'  height=\"600\" width=\"900\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/horsesoffigueiras.bonsaidev.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7d636ceafeb78bff0462a9585e88b2b8_1-705x470.jpeg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4oni0-c4f41325e782c05573e822a760e1ef00\">\n.flex_column.av-4oni0-c4f41325e782c05573e822a760e1ef00{\nwidth:56.8%;\nmargin-left:0;\n}\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-4oni0-c4f41325e782c05573e822a760e1ef00 .av-flex-placeholder{\nwidth:8%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4oni0-c4f41325e782c05573e822a760e1ef00 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_two_fifth  el_before_av_two_fifth  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mmysoztl-1f8143d3e294ca1acdfe1ef39e3dd404'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>El avance - Campe\u00f3n del Mundo en Aquisgr\u00e1n<\/h2>\n<p>A\u00f1os de dedicaci\u00f3n dieron sus frutos en 2006, cuando el equipo lusitano de Ant\u00f3nio gan\u00f3 el Campeonato del Mundo de Enganches en Aquisgr\u00e1n. Fue un logro hist\u00f3rico, la prueba de que los lusitanos pod\u00edan competir y ganar en la escena mundial en una disciplina que iba mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de su uso tradicional.<\/p>\n<p>Tras ese \u00e9xito, Ant\u00f3nio cambi\u00f3 de objetivo. Hab\u00eda conseguido todo lo que quer\u00eda en la conducci\u00f3n de carruajes; ahora su ambici\u00f3n se dirig\u00eda a producir caballos de doma de alto nivel. Para poner a prueba su visi\u00f3n, invit\u00f3 al entrenador profesional Jan Bemelmans a evaluar sus caballos. La cuesti\u00f3n estaba clara: \u00bfera realista el sue\u00f1o de Ant\u00f3nio de tener lusitanos en la doma de alto nivel, o s\u00f3lo un deseo?<\/p>\n<p>Bemelmans qued\u00f3 inmediatamente cautivado por la yegua Batuta y acept\u00f3 entrenarla durante dos a\u00f1os. Los resultados convencieron a todos: Los lusitanos de Figueiras pod\u00edan brillar en la doma cl\u00e1sica. Era el comienzo de un nuevo cap\u00edtulo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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Caballos que llegaron a competir internacionalmente, muchos con jinetes ol\u00edmpicos, \u00a1y algunos vendidos por m\u00e1s de un mill\u00f3n de euros!<em><u>\u00a0 <\/u><\/em>Hoy en d\u00eda, Horses of Figueiras es reconocida mundialmente como una de las yeguadas que ayudaron a modernizar el Lusitano. A trav\u00e9s de su visi\u00f3n, persistencia y est\u00e1ndares inflexibles, Ant\u00f3nio Sim\u00f5es ha dejado una marca permanente en la historia de la raza.<\/p>\n<p>Para Ant\u00f3nio, la misi\u00f3n siempre ha sido sencilla: \u201cCr\u00edo para el deporte, para la calidad\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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