David started riding horses at a very young age. With his first pay check and much effort he purchased his first horse "Marqués", his second father, Kiko, allowed him to keep the horse in his house, so that he could ride it when he came home from school. Little by little he realised that this was his passion, and, when he was a teenager, he rode at his first equestrian centre together with his cousin on the outskirts of his beloved town of Porto do Son. At that time they organised horse riding, provided meals and drinks at a centre called Equitur. At this time, given his abilities in horse handling, they offered him the opportunity to join the teachers at the Porto do Son Institute, teaching horse riding within the physical sports activities course. Since then he has combined his sporting career with his working life as a teacher for more than 20
years... how time flies!