Dr. Cesar Parra is a successful dressage rider,
trainer and judge who got his big start in Colombia before moving to the United
States to compete on international circuits. Now as a citizen of the USAhe has
won several championship titles up through Grand Prix level, the Samsung Cup
and numerous other world-renown competitions as well as the proprietorship of
his own training facility, Piaffe-Performance. Much of his accomplishments can
be credited to friends and mentors that helped him along the way as he educated
and trained himself in his favorite subject.
For his formal education, Dr. Cesar Parra attended
Colegio Odontologico, Harvard University and Boston University, where he earned
his Master’s Degree in Science of Dentistry Languages. In 1996 he took the
Official FEI Dressage Judges Course by Eric Lette. The next year, he enrolled
in a course from the Colombian National Federation that was conducted by Wojtek
Markowski, and then took two workshops for judges conducted by Mariette
Withages. He attended the USDF Trainers Conference in 2002, the North American
Trainers Club in 2003; the ESDCTA Trainers, Judges and Competitors Symposium in
2005 with Linda Zang; the USDF Trainers Conference in 2006 with Hubertus
Schmidt; and the USDF Trainers Conference 2013.
Dr. Cesar Parra now has active affiliations with The
International Dressage Trainer Club, the International Dressage Riders Club,
The United States Dressage Federation and the United States Equestrian
Federation. He is known among his students for being an incredible trainer who
has brought many young people to victory as well as helped coach them on
maintaining a healthy and happy horse.
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