Fiona (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Fabulous time with lovely Lusitanos! 🙂 | The horses were highly trained and very responsive; the instructors often changes horses to help you improve your riding and learn/experience specific movements.
Instructors are very passionate about their horses and helping you get as much as you can from you tuition.
It was lovely to be as hands on with your horse as you wanted to be; grooming, tacking up etc.
A lovely bonus was to see how their breeding programme works; the day I arrived a foal was born!
Right from the instructors down to the groom/chef/cleaners, I felt like one of the family by the time I left. 🙂

Henriette Hvid (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) All the horses were well schooled, but some were better than others in gaits and agility. The boxes were a little small for some of the horses. The tack ranged from "good condition to easier worn." I was challenged on my riding skills that I can use on the horses at home in Denmark. This is not the last time I book a holiday with Rid & Rejs.

Graham who has been on 8 In The Saddle rides. Excellent | Instruction was brilliant. You often are asked to do things whilst riding, carry your hands at a certain height, sit on this or that seat bone, but not often are the effects of the aids explained in detail. George was excellent at doing this. I enjoyed his and Renato's lessons very much and look forward to a return visit.

Caroline who has been on 6 In The Saddle rides. Fantastic | Excellent

F (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Piaffes in Portugal | had wanted to go on a dressage holiday and it was certainly that. The dressage teaching, schoolmaster level of the horses and therefore the level of execution possible even for me was to a level that I have not been able to access at local riding schools.

Myrla (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Horses were excellent.

Golondrina (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Exactly what I wanted. | I was very impressed with the quality of the horses and their training and I was very pleased with how much I learned.

Dressage Fan who has been on 3 In The Saddle rides. Alcainca dressage | Excellent instructors and wonderful horses. Tack somewhat stiff - especially the reins which is difficult for people with small hands.

Caro (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Wonderful Horses and Instructors | It rained and was cold the whole stay, so we weren’t able to ride outside. Other than that I had a wonderful time there! I found one horse that I liked, and others that I didn’t like that much..

Fjord horse (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Good or Very Good

Portugal (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Amazing | Excellent

Frida Aasdol (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Great | Excellent

Regine (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Good or Very Good

Juliane (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Good or Very Good

Silje (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) It was good | Yes it did.

Gritte (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Exciting | Good or Very Good

Katrine (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Very good. | Excellent

Sigrid (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Fun | Yes, it was good. Maybe a little more variety of the exercises and horses.

Annette (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Classical dressage | Very good instruction, good accommodation and meals. A lovely setbup

Rockhopper who has been on 2 In The Saddle rides. Riding Portuguese style | All 3 instructors very good
Patient and gave me a chance to try new things

Caroline who has been on 6 In The Saddle rides. Learned a lot about Dressage | I needed to refresh my basic riding skills and learn basic introductory skills in dressage, these were all met.

Bodil (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) The horses were in small boxes after Danish conditions and did not get out in fields while we were there. The saddles were somewhat different, both newer Kentauer and very old Passions saddles. There were, however, generally used with gel saddle pads.

Pernille who has been on 2 In The Saddle rides. Alcainca - Portugal | Good or Very Good

Inny who has been on 5 In The Saddle rides. Good, with reservations | I've done this holiday twice before and this time I was surprised at how 'naughty' the horses were. There was quite a bit of spooking and bucking and one woman's horse reared up. I thought it was quite good fun really, but I can imagine not everyone would feel like that. [In The Saddle comment: We are sorry to hear that you had these experiences with the horses. This is unusual to hear and we will investigate this further with our partners.]

For the very last lesson I was put on the most fantastic, responsive horse ever and when I asked why I wasn't put on him before I was told that they didn't think I was capable!

George wasn't there. It was just Paolo and Renato that were teaching and their teaching style is mostly wait until something goes wrong and then shout. Neither of them liked to be questioned or challenged.

But, nevertheless, I got to do loads of riding, eat some lovely home-cooked food and meet some nice interesting people.

Trevor (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Excellent

Kat who has been on 2 In The Saddle rides. Alcainca | Had a very enjoyable experience learning the more advanced moves of dressage on school master horses. All of the horses I rode at Alcainca were well trained, safe but forward! Instruction was clear and easy to follow.