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José Antonio García Mena He has signed a Plenary in the Spanish Classic Dress Championship held in the The chains of the chains. Three tests, three medals For the Andalusian rider.

In Camarma de Estheruelas the best national binomials were cited. José Antonio García Mena presented himself with two horses that are faithful reflection of his way of understanding the domica: as a sincere conversation between horse and rider. “Loriot” It is an elegant 9 -year -old black kwpn owned by Miguel Noguera. With him, Mena participated in the national criterium and showed that the maturity of the horse is well above his age. With firm and harmonious trancos, it placed among the best in the two qualifiers. In the final, corresponding to the intermediate Kür, signed a remarkable test to achieve bronze with 75,115 percent.

“It’s honest, worker, careful … the truth is that it is a pleasure to work with him. I hope we can spend many years,” says Miguel Noguera.

If there was a horse that stood out it was “Lis Gladiator”the imposing 14 -year -old Lusitano owned by Lourdes Ariza. With him, Mena has woven a very remarkable international season.

In the Grand Prix, García Mena and “Gladiator” achieved an average of 72,913 percent to achieve the first individual position and ensure team bronze with green FAH. He shared training with Alejandro Sánchez del Barco, Fatima García-Gullón and Emma Andersen Soderberg. In the Special Grand Prix, it won an average of 73,745 percent. And the third medal came in the musical test “His Kür” with “A New Day”, a choreography based on the epic soundtrack of the movie “Gladiator”. The final central line was the culminating moment and earned him 76,770 percent.

Accompanied by his family, his wife Lina and his children, Carla and Marcos, García Mena commented: “I am very satisfied because it has been a very complete contest for the horse three days. The notes are there and I think that for us they have been a record.”

“I have all the world’s confidence in José. I am very happy and proud … she is a good rider, a good person, worker, honest, simple. He has forty thousand qualities,” says Lourdes Ariza. “The horse is at a spectacular moment. It gives us many satisfactions and I really enjoy when I see them together,” says the owner. “Having won 35 binomials is an odyssey. It is one of the most important things that José has done with this horse. I can only congratulate the entire team of José for the good conditions in which he is` `gladiator. ‘

And beyond the results and medals, the fundamental characteristic of José Antonio García Mena is his humility. No one has given him anything. He has built everything based on patience, work and an almost mystical vocation. He grew up seeing Don Álvaro Domecq ride, since his parents worked at his home. It has also become one of the great major prize horses trainers in Spain. He has the gift of reading each horse, finding his language, and getting his best version.