The advanced technology enables the rider to save a course in the course catalogue and upload a photo of the course that can be saved and accessible for future use. It uses augmented reality to count distances between jumps and converts them instantly into strides. “It’s proven to be very versatile,” Carolina said. The app is for all levels - pros and up and coming riders who need a little extra help and guidance. “You take your phone and put it adjacent to your chest, you walk the course, and then once complete it inserts a photo of the course you just walked and it registers all the numbers you recorded and it even works when you are on a horse.” Many times professionals will use it when they are at home setting up courses for students or themselves. “Overall it is very simple to use – it’s as simple as one, two, three,” she explained.
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Available on the Apple App store for a one-time fee you can download and it comes complete with tutorials that offer a visual representation of how to use it in addition to providing more technical information. “It was a surprise for my family and trainers because it was a tangible representation of everything I’ve been working for the past four years,” she shared.
“People need this in the sport but the conversion and how it is done, really hasn’t worked out.” She then set out to meet with trainers and other professionals in the industry to come up with a plan and document her ideas.Īs she entered her senior year, Carolina launched the app late last year (2018). “In creating the app I looked at how myself and other riders walked the course – from trying to figure out the strides and distances to aid in a solid round - is the line long or short? And then in some cases you walk it and then forget.” When Carolina was a freshman in high school she started doing extensive research to come to the conclusion that there was no product out there that converted steps into strides.
So it is no surprise she came up with an app called WalkPro. The Tech Equestrian had the pleasure of interviewing her at the recent Longines Masters of New York in late April to find out more about her exciting new app.Ĭarolina is an inspiring equestrian entrepreneur and is on a quest to make the sport more tech-friendly thanks to her mindset of always looking for ways to improve her ride in addition to expanding her mind. Being a high school student and a young successful Grand Prix rider is demanding but you would never know it from speaking with 18-year-old Carolina Villanueva Suarez who was first placed in the saddle at the age of 3.
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