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WORLD<br />
DRESSAGE<br />
MASTERS<br />
GUIDE<br />
<strong>2016</strong>
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />
CONTENT<br />
08 WDM event overview<br />
17 Foreword VIAN Group<br />
19 Petrie<br />
22 WDM NextGen<br />
28 WDM Promotional<br />
34 China’s Heilan Equestrian Club<br />
38 Wall of fame<br />
41 Auction4Good<br />
44 WDM Prize money ranking<br />
48 Benjamin & Jessica<br />
54 Silvia Rizzo<br />
58 Global <strong>Dressage</strong> Analytics<br />
64 Tommie Visser<br />
67 Jiva Hill Resort<br />
70 Katrina Wüst<br />
72 Christine Stibi<br />
76 Iris & Diana Porsche<br />
P 19-21<br />
Find out how the elegant Petrie boots are<br />
made! Read the article and learn how it is<br />
done step by step.<br />
P 64-65<br />
Tommie and Vingino are back! The Grand<br />
Prix rider tells about their journey back to<br />
the top of dressage.<br />
P 48-51<br />
Benjamin Werndl is the brother and trainer<br />
of Jessica von Bredow-Werndl. He explains<br />
about their unique cooperation.<br />
P 72-73<br />
Christine Stibi builds bridges between the<br />
Middle-East and Europe. How does she do<br />
that and what is her drive?
EXECUTIVE<br />
<strong>2016</strong><br />
WDM GUIDE<br />
Dear dressage friends<br />
We have the honor and the pleasure to present to you the<br />
<strong>2016</strong> WDM <strong>Guide</strong>. WDM goes into its ninth consecutive<br />
season, an Olympic season, where many of the world’s elite<br />
riders will focus on the <strong>2016</strong> Rio Games. Main reason why the first<br />
WDM show in Lier (Belgium) will be a very exciting one. WDM Lier<br />
is one of the last shows to qualify for the Olympics. So pay attention.<br />
WDM will again guarantee top dressage shows together<br />
with its show organisers. This goes for the riders but also for<br />
their grooms, visitors, media and sponsors. Talking about<br />
which, a special thank you goes to VIAN GROUP, that for<br />
the second year in a row will be the title sponsor of WDM.<br />
Without their support it would be impossible to stage WDM.<br />
In WDM’s mission statement it says that innovation and cooperation<br />
are key for a sustainable future of dressage. Since 2008 WDM has<br />
‘Rethought <strong>Dressage</strong>’ in line with the current recommendations<br />
of the IOC. We sincerely hope that our efforts will contribute<br />
to maintain the Olympic status of our sport in many years to<br />
come. One of our innovation endeavours is WDM’s cooperation<br />
with Global <strong>Dressage</strong> Analytics. WDM together with dr. David<br />
Stickland and his fellow shareholder Akiko Yamazaki truly believe<br />
in the use of data in our sport. The Dutch KNHS is one of the<br />
early adopters of GDA’s services. In our <strong>Guide</strong> you can read why.<br />
At the start of WDM in 2008, the prize money gap between show<br />
jumping and dressage was ever growing. Prize money is important<br />
to every professional rider. That is why we have published the WDM<br />
Prize Money Ranking for riders and horses in this year’s guide.<br />
Contributing to a further internationalisation of dressage is of<br />
the utmost importance to WDM. We have found some interesting<br />
developments in so called emerging regions and countries, like<br />
Indonesia, China, South-Africa and the Middle-East. They all have<br />
a long way to go but maybe, just maybe, WDM can help to speed<br />
up the process.<br />
‘Rethink <strong>Dressage</strong>’ is also about ethics and horsemanship. These are<br />
subjects that are well addressed by <strong>Dressage</strong>4Good Foundation that<br />
was founded by WDM to spearpoint non-commercial issues that<br />
are important for our sport. We invite you to consider becoming a<br />
member of D4G Foundation and contribute to their work not only<br />
through your membership but also with your suggestions to improve<br />
the attractiveness and the accessibility of dressage.<br />
We hope you will enjoy our <strong>2016</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> and the WDM shows, and<br />
of course the Rio Olympics this Summer. May the best rider win.<br />
John van de Laar & Camil Smeulders<br />
FOUNDERS & MANAGING DIRECTORS WDM<br />
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WDM - NEXTGEN - PROMOTIONAL<br />
WDM is built on innovation and co-operation. The dressage<br />
stakeholders working together to secure a sustainable future for<br />
their sport. High ethical standards captured in a code of conduct to<br />
secure the welfare of the horse. Within a framework of excellence<br />
WDM features 5* riders, horses and judges at some of the world’s<br />
best shows.<br />
In 2010 WDM initiated the WDM Youth Challenge together with<br />
the Jiva Hill resort. Staging an U25 class with a tailored sports<br />
format at WDM shows guarantees perfect conditions for young GP<br />
riders. Because it was so successful, WDM has decided to create<br />
a fast lane for talented young dressage riders within the WDM<br />
framework by gradually adding junior and young rider classes.<br />
promotional show<br />
Internationalisation of dressage is a cornerstone of the WDM<br />
philosophy. More and more nations are welcomed to our sport. To<br />
connect to these emerging nations WDM will support upcoming<br />
shows with its expertise and sponsorships.<br />
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WDM LIER<br />
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3 - 6 March <strong>2016</strong><br />
Lier - Belgium<br />
AzelHof Horse Events guarantees wonderful equestrian sport. The AzelHof<br />
arena is located between Antwerpen and Brussels. Along with an outstanding<br />
competition arena, there are stands, a VIP hospitality area and excellent<br />
conditions for riders. Come and visit our competition and have a good time!<br />
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WDM PRANGINS<br />
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5 - 8 May <strong>2016</strong><br />
Prangins - Switzerland<br />
Following the success of our very first WDM NextGen competition Under 25 in<br />
2015, Ecurie Ted Jonker is proud to be hosting the second edition. To complete<br />
this exciting dressage weekend, national classes at all levels including a Freestyle<br />
Cup competition, will be held. The scenery of mountains and lakeside provides<br />
a unique setting in a fun and friendly atmosphere for all to enjoy!<br />
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WDM WIESBADEN<br />
<strong>2016</strong><br />
www.pfingstturnier.org<br />
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13 - 16 May <strong>2016</strong><br />
Wiesbaden - Germany<br />
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The International Wiesbadener PfingstTurnier is not only a top class show with<br />
many equestrian disciplines in front of the magnificent Castle of Biebrich. The<br />
Wiesbadener PfingstTurnier is a long-running tradition and for its many guests it<br />
is a very special kind of feeling. In <strong>2016</strong> it celebrates its première with the WDM<br />
and at the same time the 80th (!) birthday of the show.
WDM GENEVA<br />
www.chi-geneve.ch<br />
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8 - 11 December <strong>2016</strong><br />
Geneva - Switzerland<br />
<strong>Dressage</strong> is making its comeback to the 56 th edition of Concours Hippique<br />
International (CHI) de Genève after having been away for 15 years. The CHI<br />
Geneva will this year integrate the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong>. The show will<br />
host three competitions: a Grand Prix, qualifier for all participants, a Grand Prix<br />
Special and a Freestyle to Music, the apotheosis of all dressage competitions.<br />
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WDM MECHELEN<br />
www.jumping-mechelen.com<br />
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26 - 30 December <strong>2016</strong><br />
Mechelen - Belgium<br />
Jumping Mechelen will host their 36th edition in December. They always attract<br />
an incredibly enthusiastic crowd. The edition in 2015 was a spectacular one:<br />
Patrik Kittel and Delaunay won the VIAN Group WDM Freestyle to Music. This<br />
confirmed the value of the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> that will be part of Jumping<br />
Mechelen for the fourth consecutive time in December <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
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GLOBAL DRESSAGE PROMOTION<br />
Our goal is to implement high level<br />
global events in order to develop<br />
dressage on an international scale.<br />
We organise events both in Ukraine<br />
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<strong>Dressage</strong> performed by real masters is an amazing show<br />
that touches feelings of everyone, both professionals<br />
and the audience. Unfortunately, there are few of<br />
events where the world’s best riders compete together.<strong>World</strong><br />
<strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> is a circuit of 5 star events, which are of<br />
the highest level. Having made our feasible contribution to<br />
organising shows of such level, we hope that more and more<br />
competitions will take place in the world. In this way, top riders<br />
will meet and please the audience with their performances.<br />
Moreover, <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> holds dressage events<br />
for young riders in the U25 category and encourages young<br />
ambitious organising committees to make their first steps to<br />
organise competitions in the whole world. All these events<br />
help dressage to gain popularity worldwide. We really hope<br />
that our part in this project will be beneficial for everyone who<br />
loves this discipline and wants to see its future development.<br />
Mykhaylo Parkhomchuk<br />
DIRECTOR VIAN GROUP<br />
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PREMIUM-QUALITY LEATHER<br />
Did you know that making a boot involves 280 different<br />
tasks? Most of these are performed manually. Once you have<br />
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imperfections. On the cutting table we then cut out the boot<br />
pattern using the rider’s exact measurements.<br />
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It is also important that the upper is a perfect fit.<br />
We receive the rider’s exact measurements and<br />
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NEXT GENERATION<br />
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WDM NextGen offers<br />
future stars a podium<br />
In 2010 WDM initiated the WDM Youth Challenge, the predecessor<br />
of WDM NextGen, together with the Jiva Hill Resort owned by the<br />
Lundin Family. Staging an U25 class with a tailored sports format at<br />
a selection of WDM shows gave young Grand Prix riders a chance to<br />
compete under perfect conditions. At shows where the top seniors<br />
compete the future stars of our sport needed a podium.<br />
In 2015 NextGen became part of<br />
the <strong>Dressage</strong>4Good Foundation<br />
which was initiated by <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong><br />
<strong>Masters</strong> (WDM) together with several<br />
dressage stakeholders and dressage<br />
families. One of WDM´s missions is to<br />
develop new stars. Not an easy mission<br />
but we like to believe that over the last<br />
8 years WDM has become synonymous<br />
for positive and open innovation.<br />
To build a strong foundation under<br />
the future of dressage WDM started<br />
the <strong>Dressage</strong>4Good Foundation that<br />
works on numerous not for profit<br />
projects like youth development,<br />
research, knowledge transfer and<br />
internationalisation.<br />
Through the years several NextGen<br />
participants successfully made the<br />
switch to the seniors. Good examples<br />
are Danielle Heijkoop, Jessica von<br />
Bredow-Werndl and Jorinde Verwimp<br />
who competed in the NextGen classes<br />
and had the chance to gain experience<br />
at a 5* setting to prepare themselves for<br />
the Big Tour.<br />
Because riders loved it and the first<br />
results were there, WDM has decided<br />
to create a fast lane for talented young<br />
dressage riders within the WDM sports<br />
framework by gradually adding junior<br />
and young rider classes to the program.<br />
This is why the WDM Youth Challenge<br />
was rebranded to WDM NextGen.<br />
JORINDE<br />
VERWIMP<br />
JILL<br />
HUYBREGTS<br />
DIANA<br />
PORSCHE
NEXT GENERATION<br />
1How did you start your equestrian career?<br />
I started as a baby so to say. My dad always took me with<br />
him on his horses. I rode just for fun until I was 10 years<br />
old. After that I started competing at some small regional<br />
shows and when I was 11 years old I went competing at FEI<br />
level with my pony Tonkawa. That was the moment that I<br />
knew I wanted to become a professional dressage rider.<br />
Jorinde Verwimp<br />
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2When and where did you compete for the first time in<br />
a WDM NextGen competition and what was the result?<br />
I rode my first WDM NextGen U25 competition in<br />
Mechelen in 2014 and I won both tests, the Intermediate<br />
II and Grand Prix, with 73% and 75%. It was a great<br />
experience for me and my horse Tiamo to compete at such a<br />
big show.<br />
3<br />
Why are WDM NextGen competitions important to<br />
you?<br />
I think it’s great that they also organised the U25 classes<br />
because I gained a lot of experience at these high level and<br />
super nice shows. There are not so many big shows for<br />
dressage riders U25. It also made the transition to the real<br />
Grand Prix easier for me.<br />
4<br />
Wat is your goal for the future?<br />
My goal is trying to qualify for this year’s Olympic<br />
Games in Rio de Janeiro. We are pretty close to an<br />
individual starting place but we still need to show some more<br />
good results at the last few qualifying events, one of them will<br />
be WDM Lier in Belgium.<br />
Date of birth: November 10 th 1994<br />
Place of residence: Wiekevorst, Belgium<br />
Education: Athletics Sports College<br />
Trainer: Anky van Grunsven & Sjef Janssen<br />
Horse: Tiamo (Lester x Hemmingway)<br />
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1How did you start your equestrian career?<br />
I started my equestrian career, as so many others, at the<br />
local riding school. When I was six years old my father<br />
bought me my first own pony, a 21-year-old pony called<br />
Ronald. He was really big, 1.56m and I couldn’t even saddle<br />
him on my own. He had competed at Z-level and had a<br />
very good character, he taught me a lot. After a while it was<br />
obvious that Ronald was getting old so my parents gave me<br />
the sensitive three-year-old Soleil. I trained her up to Z-level<br />
through my own blood, sweat and tears. Next was EventZ<br />
Armani, a young Welsh stallion and a dream. We became<br />
National Champion three times. At age 15 we started to look<br />
for a horse and found EventZ Zamacho Z, aka Macho, in<br />
a nearby village. A three-year-old stallion who had covered<br />
some mares and was just saddle-broken. He was a bit crazy<br />
and in the beginning, for instance, he just did not understand<br />
that he had to go straight after a volte. He is now 12-yearsold<br />
and I am 22. We are on the U25 shortlist and successful<br />
in Grand Prix for seniors. It has not been easy, Macho is very<br />
sensitive, but he is my ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ horse and I would<br />
not change him for anything in the world.<br />
NEXT GENERATION<br />
Jill Huybregts<br />
Date of birth: July 31st 1993<br />
Place of residence: Drunen, The Netherlands<br />
Education: Fontys College Child and Education<br />
Trainer: Karin Retera<br />
Horse: EventZ Zamacho Z (Rousseau x Ros)<br />
2When and where did you compete for the first time in<br />
a WDM NextGen competition and what was the result?<br />
The first time I competed in a WDM NextGen class was<br />
in Munich at the big equestrian event “Pferd International”<br />
in 2015. I felt honoured that I was allowed to be at such a big<br />
show. I competed for a relatively short time in the U25. The<br />
WDM in Munich went beyond my wildest dream, I won all<br />
three WDM NextGen classes with Zamacho with great scores<br />
and super prizes!<br />
3<br />
Why are WDM NextGen competitions important to<br />
you?<br />
The WDM NexGen competitions are important to me<br />
because these classes give young Grand Prix riders the chance<br />
to gain experience at Grand Prix level in a 5 star entourage.<br />
4<br />
Wat is your goal for the future?<br />
My goal for the future is to keep developing myself and<br />
Zamacho at Grand Prix level as well as possible and to<br />
seize a spot on the senior shortlist.<br />
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NEXT GENERATION<br />
1How did you start your equestrian career?<br />
I grew up on a farm and I always had horses around me.<br />
When I was five my father bought me my first own pony<br />
called Lady. With her I rode just for fun until I was 12-yearsold.<br />
After that I got a 13-year-old dressage pony named<br />
Quatro. With him I competed in some national M-Level<br />
events since 2012. By the end of 2012 I began training with<br />
Dieter Laugks. He found the horse Florencia and from this<br />
point forward everything went very quickly. Since then I<br />
have competed three times at the European Championships<br />
for juniors and Young Riders. We bought my U25 horse Di<br />
Sandro in December 2014 and not even half a year later I<br />
won my first NextGen Grand Prix! Di Sandro is a very special<br />
horse; he forces me to be 100 % concentrated. When I am<br />
completely focused he gives everything. I would not change<br />
him for anything in the world.<br />
2When and where did you compete for the first time in<br />
a WDM NextGen competition and what was the result?<br />
I rode my first WDM NextGen U25 competition in<br />
Vidauban in 2015, where I won two silver medals. My dream<br />
show was the WDM NextGen U25 show in Prangins. I won<br />
all three: the Intermediaire II, the U25 Grand Prix and the<br />
Freestyle with nearly 75%. I was very proud of my horse<br />
because this was our third international show together.<br />
3<br />
Why are WDM NextGen competitions important to<br />
you?<br />
The WDM NextGen competitions are important for me<br />
because they give me the chance to get experience at this high<br />
level and that makes the transition to real Grand Prix easier.<br />
Date of birth: March 3rd 1996<br />
Place of residence: Salzburg, Austria<br />
Education: High school<br />
Trainer: Dieter Laugks<br />
Horse: Di Sandro (De Niro x Sandro)<br />
Diana Porsche<br />
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Wat is your goal for the future?<br />
My goal for the future is to qualify for the U25<br />
Championships <strong>2016</strong> and become a better and better<br />
rider.<br />
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DRESSAGE DEVELOPMENTS WORLDWIDE<br />
For Europe may be the cradle of dressage,<br />
but this doesn’t mean dressage is not<br />
enjoyed in other parts of the world as<br />
well. The popularity of the sport is still<br />
increasing and has been picked up by<br />
several dressage-minded pioneers on<br />
various continents. WDM spoke with three<br />
local insiders on how dressage is evolving<br />
in their part of the world.<br />
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DRESSAGE<br />
GOOD<br />
ECURIE<br />
TED JONKER
Asia<br />
Mohammad Hossein Golhassani<br />
WDM Asia representative<br />
questrian sports are rapidly developing in the Asian<br />
“Eregion. There are good sponsors, riders and facilities.<br />
Now, the biggest problems are the level of education and the<br />
lack of experience at international level. In the WDM we<br />
would like to put more emphasis on the competitions, and the<br />
educational and training programs so the Asian countries are<br />
capable of reaching a higher level in the sport.<br />
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ASIA<br />
would<br />
In the Asian regions the level of dressage still leaves room for<br />
improvement. The average level would be Prix St George,<br />
although a few riders have already accomplished a higher level.<br />
The lack of competitions and also the fact that there are limited<br />
coaches available made us decide to try to improve these weak<br />
points.<br />
The horses used for dressage are of various backgrounds. Of<br />
course the German, Dutch and Belgian warmbloods are much<br />
used, but also regional breeds like the Arabian, Turkoman and<br />
Kaspian horse can be found at competitions.<br />
The level of dressage in Europe and America is still of a much<br />
higher level than anywhere else in the world. If we could<br />
increase the level of education and knowledge in our part of<br />
the world and organise more competitions the level of dressage<br />
in Asia would increase and therefore the sport of dressage<br />
become more internationally orientated.<br />
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INDONESIA
<strong>2016</strong><br />
Indonesia<br />
Hartanto Sutardja<br />
Sponsor<br />
WDM GUIDE<br />
bout ten years ago we got involved in the horse world.<br />
“AMy son (picture right), who is now fourteen, developed<br />
a love for horses and thus we started looking for suitable horses<br />
for him in Europe. The equestrian sport is still considered an<br />
elite sport. Especially dressage is still only practiced on a very<br />
small scale. To promote the equestrian sport in Indonesia I<br />
sponsor one of the biggest horse shows.<br />
We use horses from Europe, because in Indonesia we only have<br />
native pony breeds and thoroughbreds from the racetracks. We<br />
have no breeding of any name yet. My son’s horse is the only<br />
approved stallion in the country and we still lack mares. At<br />
the moment we don’ t have any Grand Prix riders yet. My son<br />
now competes at Prix St George level and a few older riders<br />
compete at Inter I level. Our aim is to have an Indonesian<br />
dressage team participating at the Asian Games which will be<br />
held in Indonesia in 2018.<br />
At the moment it is possible to receive tuition on a regular<br />
basis, since a Portuguese horse-minded family moved over to<br />
Indonesia. Still one Indonesian rider has decided to remain in<br />
Germany to train until the Asian Games.<br />
Hay is imported from Australia. We have a local vet and farriers<br />
with common knowledge The farriers and veterinary specialist<br />
come once every three months from Portugal. My family is<br />
crazy about horses, otherwise we would not go to this length.<br />
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ressage is still developing in South Africa. A few<br />
“Dyears ago Prix St George was top of the bill, now<br />
we have around ten people who compete at Grand Prix<br />
level and around 40 Small Tour combinations. For us,<br />
that’s a lot! The dressage scene erupted many years ago.<br />
Then we only had thoroughbreds from the racetrack<br />
and it was impossible to ride Grand Prix with them.<br />
Then German people moved over to South Africa and<br />
they brought their own horses with them. That really<br />
opened our eyes!<br />
Nowadays, the horses we use for dressage are mostly<br />
imported from the Netherlands and Germany.<br />
There are still not many breeders of sport horses<br />
here. To increase our level and knowledge of the<br />
sport, development courses are organised where<br />
FEI judges and dressage coaches fly in to offer<br />
tuition, through this our local coaches are becoming<br />
experienced in the correct way of going in dressage.<br />
What makes it difficult for South African riders to<br />
connect with the world’s dressage top is the fact that it<br />
is extremely expensive to export your horse. Due to the<br />
African Horse Sickness, all horses meant for export must<br />
be quarantined for a very lengthy amount of time. This<br />
makes competing abroad almost impossible.<br />
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As a result some South African riders have decided<br />
that they’d rather purchase and stable their horses<br />
permanently in Europe so they themselves can be based<br />
in, or fly to Europe every month to compete. At the<br />
moment South Africa failed to qualify for the Olympics<br />
as team, but we do have an individual spot and we are<br />
still trying to obtain a second one.<br />
South Africa<br />
Ingeborg Sanne<br />
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In Jiangyin, a two-and-a-half hour drive south east of<br />
Shanghai, the Heilan Equestrian Club offers its visitors a<br />
unique equestrian experience. Every weekend the audience<br />
is presented an exceptional show which is best described<br />
as a mix of equestrian cultures of China and Europe. Behind<br />
the scenes several foreign trainers share their knowledge<br />
to constantly improve the Chinese riders.<br />
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HEILAN EQUESTRIAN CLUB<br />
China’s biggest international centre of sport and leisure<br />
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Multiple Olympic dressage rider Imke<br />
Schellekens-Bartels has close ties to the<br />
Heilan Equestrian Club in China.<br />
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Dutch international dressage rider Imke<br />
Schellekens-Bartels has close ties to the<br />
Heilan equestrians. “A few years ago<br />
I was introduced to the Heilan crew<br />
by Dutch vet Joop Loomans who has<br />
an equestrian clinic at Heilan”, Imke explains. In the<br />
first few years of the contact Imke went to the Chinese<br />
equestrian centre up to four times a year to coach the<br />
Heilan riders. “Now instructors related to our Academy<br />
permanently reside in Heilan. My family and I now<br />
visit Heilan for special congresses through which people<br />
can expand their knowledge on all things equestrian.”<br />
For those who have never been there it is almost<br />
impossible to grasp the extensiveness of the premises.<br />
“There are several indoor and outdoor arenas and there<br />
is an eventing course”, Imke explains. “Furthermore<br />
there are several hotels, from three to five stars, on the<br />
compound and a private horse clinic which is led by Joop<br />
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Loomans.” The most recent addition to the Heilan complex<br />
is a real life horse museum for which 60 horses and ponies<br />
of different breeds were collected from all over the world.<br />
The Heilan Equestrian Centre offers work to 400 people.<br />
“There are 150 riders, both male and female”, Imke tells<br />
us. “Every Saturday evening a show is held in the big indoor<br />
arena which is an enlarged copy of the Spanish Riding<br />
School of Vienna.” The spectators are offered a show which<br />
combines a Frisian-Andalusian carousel, ridden entirely by<br />
the lady riders, with impressive horse stunts performed by<br />
the male riders. “Around 300 horses are stabled at Heilan”,<br />
Imke continues. “60 Frisians, 60 Andalusians and 40 chestnut<br />
riding horses, most of them of Hanovarian breeding. The<br />
riding horses are only ridden by the men and it is our aim<br />
to improve their riding.” The men, in turn, teach the ladies.<br />
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Heilan is owned by Zhou Jianping, a successful Chinese<br />
businessman who uses the equestrian centre as a place to<br />
receive his customers and as his hobby. With the Heilan<br />
Equestrian Centre he wants to contribute to China’s<br />
equestrian history. “The ultimate goal is to participate<br />
at the Asian Games with a dressage and eventing team”,<br />
Imke says. “The average level is now Prix St George,<br />
but these riders lack experience and therefore still<br />
benefit from guidance at, for example, competitions.”<br />
To gain more experience the Chinese riders also frequently<br />
visit the Netherlands to train at eventing rider Martin Lips’<br />
yard. From there they also compete at eventing competitions.<br />
Imke is positive about what has already been accomplished<br />
in the last few years. “You should bear in mind that the<br />
Chinese culture is very different from ours. They find it hard<br />
to make mistakes, but you can’t learn to ride properly without<br />
making them! Slowly but steadily they’ve learned to accept<br />
that and it has made coaching them so much more fruitful!”<br />
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Morgan Barbançon Mestre<br />
Diederik van Silfhout<br />
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Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, Kristina Sprehe, Steffen Peters<br />
Inna Logutenkova<br />
Kristina Sprehe<br />
Morgan Barbançon Mestre<br />
D. Porsche, C. Ulla Calvignac Salzgeber & P. Afanasieva<br />
Terhi Stegards, Patrik Kittel & Tommie Visser<br />
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Auction4Good<br />
AUCTION OF YOUNG DRESSAGE HORSES<br />
Auction4Good is an auction that guarantees a strong collection of young, talented dressage<br />
horses. One of the unique characteristics of this auction is that it was held in combination<br />
with the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> in Roosendaal in December 2015.<br />
It is not without reason that the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> is chosen as<br />
a platform for the dressage auction Auction4Good. One could consider<br />
a prominent equestrian competition and an auction of young, talented<br />
dressage horses to be a golden opportunity. The competitors, as well<br />
as the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong>’ public, are known to be true dressage<br />
fans. As a result the right public is in the right place and that makes the<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> the perfect platform for an auction of talented<br />
dressage horses. That is also reflected in the worldwide interest that was<br />
shown in countries from Canada to China. This interest is not unjustified, the<br />
dressage horses that are included in the collection are chosen with much<br />
expertise. Head of the selection committee Cors den Engelsen Heemskerk<br />
about the collection: “The horses have to match up to the level of the <strong>World</strong><br />
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<strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> otherwise there is no point in organising an auction<br />
here. The strength of our auction is the transparency between vendor<br />
and purchaser. All horses are radiologically approved and have the<br />
potential to reach the top.”<br />
The idea behind the auction is to organise an evening where people<br />
have the opportunity to buy or sell quality dressage horses in a beautiful<br />
setting and where nobody lacks anything. In order to guarantee quality,<br />
many experts contribute to the auction. Examples include auctioneer<br />
Dirk Zagens, and Grand Prix rider Laurens van Lieren who provides the<br />
commentary for the evening. As well as promising young horses, such as<br />
offspring from the stallions Charmeur and Lord Leatherdale for example,<br />
“They have the potential<br />
to reach the top!”<br />
the collection of the 2015 première included an 11-year-old black Grand<br />
Prix stallion. The talented Edison, a son of Glock’s Johnson TN who is<br />
performing superbly under Hans Peter Minderhoud, changed owner for<br />
the tidy sum of €82.000,-. The average sales price per horse/pony was<br />
€42.781,25,-. Cors: “There is always room for improvement but we are<br />
very satisfied with the quality of the auction. We can speak of a very<br />
successful first edition and are already looking forward to the next one.”<br />
That the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> is an ideal platform for Auction4Good<br />
is reflected in the sale of the 4-year-old pony stallion Amalia’s Claus. This<br />
beautiful pony was sold to an ambitious Swedish pony rider. She was<br />
there with her parents because she was competing in the international<br />
pony classes of the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> in Roosendaal. A perfect<br />
combination of the right location and the right horses in the right<br />
atmosphere.<br />
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PARAPAARD<br />
As the name suggests, Auction4Good supports a charity.<br />
One percent of the total proceeds was donated to<br />
Sportfonds ParaPaard, a fund that supports riding schools<br />
and foundations that enable people with a handicap to<br />
ride horses. Sportfonds ParaPaard’s Marielle Wiegmans<br />
was presented with a generous cheque at the end of the<br />
evening. Marielle Wiegmans: “This generous sum of<br />
money enables us to help a large number of organisations<br />
and clubs that are committed to recreational riding for the<br />
less able-bodied. It was definitely a successful evening!”<br />
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PRIZE MONEY<br />
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In it to win it!<br />
THE WDM PRIZE MONEY RANKING<br />
In 2008 the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> was launched to promote, professionalise and support the dressage sport<br />
world-wide. One of the spearheads was to improve the prize money for dressage competitions which was very<br />
low compared to show jumping competitions. After 31 shows in eight years WDM has distributed an enormous<br />
amount between 3 and 4 million Euros in prize money. In total over 270 riders from 26 nations competed in the<br />
WDM events in the past eight years.<br />
What does the ranking of best-earning<br />
riders in WDM look like? We have<br />
aggregated all winnings of all the WDM<br />
shows and found that it is Sweden’s<br />
Patrik Kittel, who leads the chart. He<br />
won a dazzling € 218.563 including the<br />
Nürnberger Versicherungen Best of 4<br />
Bonus of € 25,000, which he won in<br />
2015. Patrik Kittel made his WDM debut<br />
in Falsterbo in 2010 with Kohlpharmas<br />
Florett As. In 2011 he won both the<br />
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle in<br />
Falsterbo with Watermill Scandic. He<br />
won the Grand Prix Freestyle in Falsterbo<br />
in 2012 and in Vidauban in 2014, both<br />
with Scandic and in Falsterbo he saddled<br />
Deja and won both the Grand Prix and<br />
the Grand Prix Freestyle. Last December<br />
he won the Grand Prix Freestyle with<br />
his new talented young horse Delaunay.<br />
Number two in the rankings is another<br />
Swedish rider, Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven,<br />
who received a total of € 199.058. She<br />
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Rider (2008-2015) Country Prize money<br />
1 Patrik Kittel * SWE € 218.563,-<br />
2 Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven ** SWE € 199.058,-<br />
3 Anky van Grunsven NED € 118.550,-<br />
4 Isabell Werth GER € 112.880,-<br />
5 Ulla Salzgeber * GER € 111.000,-<br />
6 Adelinde Cornelissen NED € 98.600,-<br />
7 Anja Plönzke * GER € 96.637,-<br />
8 Steffen Peters USA € 88.582,-<br />
9 Valentina Truppa ITA € 84.787,-<br />
10 Edward Gal * NED € 83.470,-<br />
11 Patrick van der Meer NED € 55.516,-<br />
12 Michal Rapcewics POL € 45.506,-<br />
13 Victoria Max-Theurer AUT € 44.915,-<br />
14 Ashley Holzer CAN € 43.770,-<br />
15 Tommie Visser NED € 43.100,-<br />
16 Nadine Capellmann GER € 40.800,-<br />
17 Jeroen Devroe BEL € 39.556,-<br />
18 Hans Peter Minderhoud NED € 37.280,-<br />
19 Helen Langehanenberg GER € 35.600,-<br />
20 Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein DEN € 34.000,-<br />
21 Minna Telde SWE € 33.800,-<br />
22 Carl Hester GBR € 32.800,-<br />
23 Kyra Kyrklund FIN € 29.850,-<br />
24 Danielle Heijkoop NED € 28.700,-<br />
25 Catherine Haddad-Staller USA € 26.947,-<br />
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** inclusive winning the Nürnberger Versicherungen Best of Four competition bonus twice<br />
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won the Nürnberger Versicherungen<br />
Best of 4 Bonus of € 25,000 twice. She<br />
competed with two horses over the years:<br />
Don Aurelio and Favourit. In 2013 she won<br />
in Palm Beach and Falsterbo and in 2014<br />
she won first prize in Munich. In third<br />
place we find multiple Olympic, <strong>World</strong> and<br />
European Champion Anky van Grunsven<br />
of The Netherlands. She competed with<br />
Painted Black and Salinero and won a total<br />
of € 118.550. She won in 2008 (Painted<br />
Black) and 2009 (Salinero) in Cannes and<br />
in 2010 in Palm Beach with Salinero.<br />
GOLDEN BOY WATERMILL SCANDIC<br />
Patrik Kittel’s Watermill Scandic HBC<br />
is heading the ranking of the horses.<br />
The approved KWPN stallion earned €<br />
138,903 for his rider and co-owner Jan-<br />
Willem Greve. Jerich Parzival of Adelinde<br />
Cornelissen is ranked second with € 98,600<br />
followed by Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven’s<br />
Don Aurielo with € 94,600.<br />
WDM is on the right track and will keep<br />
improving and innovating the dressage<br />
sport. It is important to expand the number<br />
of shows and partners to develop the<br />
beautiful sport of dressage. WDM and its<br />
partners will invest their knowledge and<br />
experience in the future.<br />
Horse (2008-2015) Rider Prize money<br />
1 Watermill Scandic HBC Patrik Kittel €138.903,-<br />
2 Jerich Parzival Adelinde Cornelissen € 98.600,-<br />
3 Don Auriello Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven € 94.108,-<br />
4 Le Mont d’Or Anja Plönzke € 71.637,-<br />
5 Herzruf’s Erbe Ulla Salzgeber € 68.300,-<br />
6 Eremo del Castegno Valentina Truppa € 62.737,-<br />
7 Ravel Steffen Peters € 62.700,-<br />
8 IPS Painted Black Anky van Grunsven € 60.350,-<br />
9 Salinero Anky van Grunsven € 58.200,-<br />
10 Favourit Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven € 54.950,-<br />
11 Randon Michal Rapcewics € 44.906,-<br />
12 El Santo Isabell Werth € 44.700,-<br />
13 Pop Art Ashley Holzer € 43.770,-<br />
14 Hippique’s Vingino Tommie Visser € 42.800,-<br />
15 Moorlands Totilas Edward Gal € 39.600,-<br />
16 Augustin Victoria Max-Theurer € 36.700,-<br />
17 Damon Hill NRW Helen Langehanenberg € 35.600,-<br />
18 Satchmo Isabell Werth € 31.780,-<br />
19 Max Kyra Kyrklund € 29.850,-<br />
20 Uzzo Patrick van der Meer € 29.466,-<br />
21 Kingsley Siro Danielle Heijkoop € 28.700,-<br />
22 Digby Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein € 26.800,-<br />
23 Zippo Patrick van der Meer € 26.050,-<br />
24 Legolas 92 Steffen Peters € 25.882,-<br />
25 Fabriano Renate Vogelsang € 23.650,-<br />
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The perfect team<br />
BENJAMIN WERNDL & JESSICA VON BREDOW-WERNDL<br />
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The past few years Jessica von Bredow-<br />
Werndl changed, almost overnight, from<br />
Germany’s up-and-coming star to a fixed asset<br />
in the nations team at multiple championships.<br />
At last year’s European Championships for<br />
example, her performance contributed to<br />
the German team bronze. As always success<br />
never stands on its own, and Jessica’s is not an<br />
exception. A special role is played by her older<br />
brother Benjamin whom WDM talked with at<br />
Jumping Amsterdam.<br />
we don’t come from a horsey<br />
background”, Benjamin Werndl starts,<br />
“Originally<br />
“An aunt bred ponies and that’s how we<br />
became involved with horses. To be honest I was the<br />
success-loving child and actually preferred football and<br />
skiing to horses whereas Jessica was the pony-mad girl.<br />
And I guess I just got used to them!”<br />
Benjamin and Jessica were both successful with ponies<br />
and, later on, with horses. “We were four times together in<br />
the same team for the European Championships for Young<br />
Riders”, Benjamin recalls. In 2005 Jessica and Benjamin<br />
even took home the individual gold and silver medals.<br />
“Obviously, Jessica won”, Benjamin laughs, “But of course<br />
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I behaved like a perfect gentleman!” Nowadays Benjamin<br />
still competes himself. “But I also like coaching people”,<br />
he says, “I feel comfortable on the side lines. And I know<br />
it is dangerous to compare yourself with your extremely<br />
successful sister. Jessie and I, we work as a team. Her<br />
success is also my success: if she wins I win as well.”<br />
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“At the moment it’s Jessica’s turn in the limelight”, he<br />
continues, “I’m also a good sportsman and I know I have<br />
the abilities to perform at top level. But I have to wait for<br />
my time to come. I have to be patient until that one good<br />
horse comes along.”<br />
About fifty percent of the horses at Aubenhausen are<br />
owned by the Werndl family, the other half belong to<br />
various owners all of with whom they have very beneficial<br />
relationships. One owner has had a very special role in the<br />
success the Werndl family has enjoyed the past few years.<br />
In 2012 Swiss O-judge Beatrice Bürchler-Keller entrusted<br />
her horse Unee BB to Jessica’ s hands, then still a young<br />
rider. “She is very important to us”, says Benjamin. “We’ve<br />
known her for a very long time and she had confidence<br />
in our abilities. Now we have about ten of her horses in<br />
training.”<br />
The average working day at Aubenhausen starts early in<br />
the morning with personal exercise. “A few times a week<br />
Jessie and I run a few kilometres to stay fit. After breakfast<br />
we ride five to eight horses each. In the afternoon we take<br />
some time off to go hiking. Then it is time for the horses<br />
to be turned out. We think it’ s important that horses leave<br />
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their stable a few times a day. It’ s just not good to lock them up for 22 hours<br />
a day.” Aubenhausen has forty loose boxes. “And thus forty meadows for the<br />
horses to enjoy some free time”, Benjamin says, “They are taken out all year<br />
round, except when the ground is frozen.”<br />
Each competition horse is trained four to five times a week. “Our philosophy<br />
is that high performance is not always training at a high level. We think it<br />
is important to create a relationship with a horse. They are more than just<br />
sport partners”, Benjamin explains. “We have been lucky to have had some<br />
very good trainers, like Stefan Münch, Klaus Balkenholl and Isabell Werth and<br />
nowadays we work together with our main coach Jonny Hilberath and for<br />
piaffe-passage work with Andreas Hausberger of the Spanish Riding School.”<br />
As a brother and sister living and working on the same premises, Benjamin and<br />
Jessica of course often train their horses together. “It’s not that we constantly<br />
keep an eye on each other’s riding”, Benjamin says, “At our level you do need<br />
your own space to develop your own philosophy.”<br />
They do differ in their approach, Benjamin acknowledges. “I’m more of a<br />
thinker, whereas Jessie acts more out of her feeling. I can explain the theory;<br />
Jessie is the genius. I can help her think; she helps me gain feeling.” Benjamin’s<br />
face again breaks into a smile. “Sure we sometimes argue! We are just normal<br />
people. But that never lasts long!”<br />
At international competitions where Jessica is riding, Benjamin can often be<br />
found on the side-lines, supporting his sister. “At competitions, when I do not<br />
have to ride, Jessica needs me a bit more. Then I act more like one of her<br />
trainers. But at home she really doesn’t need someone to watch every step<br />
she takes. And neither do I!”<br />
In Chiemsee last year Jessica made a surprise performance demonstrating<br />
her dressage test with Unee BB without a saddle. The video made of this<br />
performance went viral on social media. “Oh, we often do that”, Benjamin<br />
reacts, “But not always in public. Jessica is passionate about it. Not only does<br />
it bring diversity to your horse’s daily routine, but it is also a test if your horse<br />
is truly straight. If your horse can’t do one-time changes with you on his bare<br />
back, he is just not straight.”<br />
Getting the best out of each horse and keeping it happy is Benjamin’s and<br />
Jessica’s main goal. “I can really see us doing this the coming thirty years”,<br />
Benjamin says with certainty in his voice. “The greatest thing to do is to develop<br />
young horses and do it in a way that it is enjoyable for them too. To teach a<br />
horse what he is capable of makes him proud. And it makes us proud too.”<br />
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Equestrian fashion queen<br />
SILVIA RIZZO<br />
Silvia Rizzo, a well-known rider and admired by Fashion King Valentino: “Besides the results, the<br />
elegance and happiness of my horse are important. I stand out in my own way, which is being<br />
fashionable with happy horses.” Not only is she a fashion icon with her own clothing line, she also<br />
attends the biggest events like the WDM with her all-time favorite Lusitano sweetheart Sal.<br />
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Silvia: “I like bringing a breath of fresh air in the conservative<br />
clothes that are common in the dressage world.” Bold as she<br />
is, Silvia decided to do it her way and started to wear fashionable<br />
clothes: “In my opinion, the dressage world is too conservative. I<br />
like to stand out and I think that everyone in the equestrian world<br />
should have a personal identity.” She is loved by the audience and<br />
they always react ‘really, really well’, as Silvia describes: “Besides<br />
receiving a lot of messages and e-mails from fans, I also receive<br />
many positive replies from other riders about my clothes. Even if<br />
I don’t win, I stand out for something different.” In 2015 she was<br />
awarded for her sense of style with the Chi E’ Chi Award , during<br />
the Milan fashion week, in the Sport Category for being Italy’s<br />
brightest ambassador of elegance and style in the international<br />
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ITALIAN FASHION KING VALENTINO<br />
One of Silvia’s most eye-catching fashion items was the Silver<br />
Mirror Helmet, a shiny helmet with the Italian flag displayed on<br />
it. “I came up with the idea for the helmet when I thought of my<br />
favorite fairy tale Snow white.” She was intrigued by the fairy tale,<br />
and especially by the part of “mirror, mirror on the wall”. The<br />
idea for the helmet was born and became the pièce de résistance.<br />
One of the fans of the helmet was no-one less than Fashion King<br />
Valentino. When the topic of Valentino turns up, she gets a glow<br />
on her face and starts to smile. Silvia: “I could not believe that I<br />
was invited to the VIP area of the sultan, where Valentino was<br />
sitting. He was attracted by my elegance and called me divine!<br />
You can understand that I was in Seventh Heaven!”<br />
As Valentino already mentioned, one of the things that is<br />
important for Silvia as to when it comes to clothes is elegance.<br />
To the question why she launched her own clothing line (Stylish<br />
Rider) and shop (Hof Marabunta), she answers that she missed<br />
something in the market. Silvia: “I really like fashion, colourful<br />
things and elegance. I combined these things and developed<br />
something new and fashionable.”<br />
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“PEOPLE LIKE MY PUBLIC ATTITUDE”<br />
Not only is she a real fashion trendsetter, she is the leader in the<br />
dressage world when it comes to engagement with her fans. For<br />
Silvia, connecting with her fans is really important: “When I ride,<br />
I can really feel that the public is standing next to me and that<br />
they enjoy what I do. It is a great support.” She receives a lot of<br />
e-mails and messages on Facebook from fans with questions about<br />
their outfits and horses: “They really like my public attitude and<br />
are grateful that I can give them suggestions about their clothes.”<br />
She takes a breath and tells her opinion on the topic of how to<br />
increase the popularity of the dressage sport: “More involvement<br />
with the public is necessary. People need to be involved with the<br />
riders and horses to create a connection with the public.” She is<br />
very positive when it comes to public involvement at the WDM:<br />
“The <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> always has great shows. It is a<br />
public show, and it always attracts a lot of people of all levels.“<br />
“When I ride, I can really feel<br />
that the public is standing next to<br />
me and that they enjoy what I do.<br />
It is a great support.”<br />
SIL & SAL: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT<br />
Besides a clothing line and shop, she also has goals with her<br />
beloved horse Sal. The answer Silvia gives to the question what<br />
dressage goals she has, shows the love she has for her horse: “One<br />
of my dreams is to keep enjoying riding my horse, Sal. When<br />
I met Sal, it was love at first sight. Thanks to him I am able to<br />
attend the biggest events in the world. I am so grateful to him!”<br />
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They were already successful in the past, a silver medal at the<br />
European Championships in Gent amongst other things, and<br />
they keep going strong. Silvia: “I now only choose the exclusive<br />
events I really like, and I will definitely attend a few <strong>World</strong><br />
<strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> events.” Sil & Sal make a great combination<br />
and are very unique. Not only does Silvia stand out as a fashion<br />
trendsetter, Sal also stands out as the first Lusitano in the Ranking<br />
of the <strong>World</strong> Breeding Federation of Sport Horses in 2014.<br />
When it comes to her country of origin, Italy, there are not many<br />
big dressage events. This is exactly the reason why she moved<br />
to Germany in 2006. In Germany she had the possibility to<br />
develop herself and enter into the real dressage world. Silvia:<br />
“In Italy there was not a real dressage world. However, it would<br />
be fantastic to have a <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> event in Rome! It<br />
would attract a lot of people and involve a lot of sponsors. And<br />
ofcourse I would attend!’<br />
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ANALYSING JUDGE DECISIONS<br />
WITH DAVID STICKLAND<br />
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The sport of <strong>Dressage</strong> depends crucially<br />
on the education and knowledge of its<br />
judges, on their ability to analyse the<br />
performance before them, to measure<br />
it against the scale of training and to<br />
assign the correct score. This they<br />
must do, observing multiple facets<br />
of each movement and pace in a few<br />
seconds, sign their name at the end of<br />
the test and then move on to the next<br />
competitor. The rider has the analysis<br />
from the judge, the public sees the<br />
winners and the ranking, but the judge<br />
gets very little constructive feedback<br />
or why their scores differ from their<br />
colleagues or from the public perception<br />
or what was good and bad. In the world<br />
of <strong>Dressage</strong> we talk frequently of ways<br />
to improve judging, of ways to build a<br />
code of points, all of these have their<br />
place and may come to fruition, in the<br />
meantime Global <strong>Dressage</strong> Analytics<br />
is working with the Dutch Equestrian<br />
Federation, KNHS, to give their judges<br />
feedback that can help them to analyse<br />
and improve their own performance.<br />
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For the last two years Global <strong>Dressage</strong> Analytics<br />
(GDA) has been working with the Dutch Equestrian<br />
Federation (KNHS) to develop a dashboard able to<br />
give <strong>Dressage</strong> judges a way to monitor their judging,<br />
compare with their peers and generally get feedback<br />
to help them become<br />
the better judges.<br />
The dashboards also<br />
allow the federation to<br />
monitor their judging<br />
corps to help them<br />
develop educational<br />
programs and to identify<br />
the judges who are ready<br />
for promotion or those<br />
who need more help. At the Global <strong>Dressage</strong> Forum in<br />
October 2015 GDA and KNHS gave a well-received<br />
presentation on how this works and how it will be further<br />
extended over the coming years.<br />
For any given performance the judges can of course<br />
have different analysis and give different scores. They<br />
Global <strong>Dressage</strong> Analytics<br />
helps dressage judges to<br />
become better judges<br />
can have different views due to their different positions;<br />
one may see a resistance that the other misses or counts<br />
as less important. So, while the public, or the rider, may<br />
concentrate on a score difference and pose questions,<br />
GDA instead looks at the ensemble of scores each<br />
judge makes, are they<br />
on average higher or<br />
lower, what is the spread<br />
in their differences, do<br />
they use the same range<br />
of scores for each figure<br />
type, do they arrive at<br />
the same final score by<br />
the same route through<br />
a test, do they arrive at<br />
the same ranking as their colleagues, etc. By measuring<br />
these parameters and comparing them with those of<br />
their colleagues over many competitions then GDA<br />
can give the judges an objective measure of how they<br />
compare with those colleagues. By then giving them<br />
ways to locate test-sheets that show these differences and<br />
to reanalyse them after the event they get the possibility<br />
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to review their scoring and perhaps approach the next event differently.<br />
GDA gives the federation a dashboard where they can get an overview<br />
of these parameters for all their judges, they can see how they compare<br />
for different judge grades, they can can concentrate just on judges of<br />
a certain grade, or over a certain time period, they can sort, filter, use<br />
graphical tools and see what is getting better or worse with time. The<br />
federation can decide that some judges could profit from working with<br />
a mentor, and identify which judges would be the best mentors or the<br />
best judges to use in a championship.<br />
Each judge also has their own dashboard where they can see their own<br />
statistics and how they compare with their colleagues. They can tunnel<br />
into the data for individual events or tests. Obviously this<br />
is most useful when the dashboard details are filled very<br />
soon after the event, within days at most, perhaps in the<br />
longer term within hours. In the GDA dashboard judges<br />
have numerical and graphical tools to help them find the<br />
problematic events and to visualise the score sheets in new<br />
ways. The goal here is not to pass judgement on what the<br />
judge has done for any particular ride, but to present to<br />
them the maximum of information so that they can draw<br />
their own conclusions, or enter into discussion with their<br />
colleagues where necessary.<br />
In international competitions there are typically 5 or<br />
more judges, although at the younger rider levels 3 judges<br />
are often used, when in these cases a simple indicator of a<br />
potential issue is when one judge differs from the average<br />
of their colleagues for a particular figure. But in national<br />
competitions there are frequently two judges, or even one.<br />
For the single judge events GDA has plans to help them<br />
based on judging trends but these are not yet deployed,<br />
but already for the two-judge events in KNHS subtop<br />
level GDA has implemented the dashboard. For any given<br />
judgement of course it is impossible, without reviewing video analysis,<br />
to decide who was the most correct in the case of a difference, but over<br />
a period of time the analysis can show that one set of judges is mostly<br />
in agreement, while another set are mostly in disagreement with their<br />
colleagues. So as well as the statistical measures we track also which<br />
pairs of judges tend to agree or disagree and this goes into the mix.<br />
KNHS and its judges have been somewhat the guinea pigs testing the<br />
ideas and the system, all the signs are that this type of tool can help<br />
Federations in their judge education and promotion tasks and can start<br />
to give judges themselves more tools to build their own competences.<br />
GDA would be very happy to discuss with other federations how to<br />
make these tools available to their own judges.<br />
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FIGURE 1<br />
Here a Judge can compare their Score Consistency Factor (SCF) with those of all other judges. SCF<br />
is a measure of the spread between this judge’s scores and the other judges they work with. This is<br />
typically about 2% - in statistical terms this means that about 2/3 of the time they will be within 2% of<br />
the other judge, and about 1/3 of the time outside that range.<br />
FIGURE 2<br />
For the same judge as in the previous figure, now we show not the spread in sores, but the Mean<br />
Difference, so while this judge has a good spread (1.97%) they do judge a little lower than their<br />
colleagues on average (0.75% lower), so they might want to try being slightly more generous….<br />
FIGURE 3<br />
Drilling down into the data the judge can see exactly where in a given test they differed most from<br />
their colleague judge. (in this case an 8 and a 6 for the same figure) But in this case the judge at H can<br />
also see that they are lower than their colleague by about 1 point for every figure in the test.<br />
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Figure 3<br />
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“Vingino is an advanced-level Ravensburger puzzle”<br />
TOMMIE VISSER<br />
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“Just lots of practice. “ That is what Tommie owes his success to. Tommie: “The fact that we managed to get things<br />
sorted with Vingino in such a short space of time certainly contributed to the success.” As never before, he dances<br />
around the arena with his impressive athlete. He is a well-known face at WDM competitions, where he rides for all he<br />
is worth. WDM asked Tommie about his current and future stars.<br />
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I did not think I would succeed in getting so far again with<br />
Vingino so quickly” says Tommie about their rapid inclusion in the<br />
“Initially<br />
Olympic Team. Tommie: “The swift bond is thanks to the fact that we<br />
have known each other for four years already, a horse doesn’t just forget that.”<br />
That there is a bond between them is obvious and the dream pair is better<br />
than ever. In 2015, they had successes at the WDM competitions in Mechelen,<br />
Lier and Roosendaal. Vingino is a horse with many qualities: “When Vingino<br />
enters the arena, a real horse enters the arena. Furthermore, he has a very<br />
good walk, piaffe and pirouette. I feel that we are no way near the max. Once<br />
the general base is better, then a few percentage points more can definitely be<br />
achieved.”<br />
RAVENSBURGER PUZZLE<br />
In addition to the convincing performances<br />
with Vingino, he also regularly appears in “When Vingino enters the arena,<br />
the ring with the KWPN-approved stallion<br />
Bojengel. He has ridden this star since the a real horse enters the arena.”<br />
beginning of 2015: “We have a good set<br />
of Small Tour competitions behind us. At<br />
the moment I am keeping him at home in<br />
order to train him on further for the Grand Prix. Bojengel’s character is much<br />
easier than Vingino’s. As a result I expect the training to progress much faster<br />
than the four years it took with Vingino. “Training Vingino was definitely an<br />
advanced-level Ravensburger puzzle!”<br />
Despite the fact that all competitions are planned around Rio, Tommie<br />
is certain that he will compete in a few WDM competitions. “One of the<br />
reasons that I participate in the WDM competitions is the prize money. This<br />
is quite unique in the dressage sport. The WDM competitions also have a<br />
great atmosphere and are beautifully organised. It is just a good series of<br />
competitions to ride in.”<br />
BOREDOM IS IMPOSSIBLE<br />
As well as Vingino and Bojengel the Retie-based rider has several more<br />
talented horses on the yard. Together with Rob van Puijenbroek he lives<br />
at Stoeterij de Begijnhoeve, where all the<br />
horses are stabled. One of Tommie’s future<br />
stars is the 6-year-old stallion Mac CL<br />
(Gribaldi x Havidoff), a horse owned by<br />
Cor van der Linden and Joop van Uytert:<br />
“ I have very high expectations of this<br />
stallion in the Grand Prix. I am currently<br />
training him at home until he reaches Small<br />
Tour-level, and we also have several stallion<br />
shows lined up. Furthermore they also have<br />
Heros (Vivaldi x Havidoff), a four-year-old stallion approved by the BWP. The<br />
4-year-old stallion Hilltop (Chagall x Tuschinski), who has been selected for<br />
the performance test, is also one of the talents. Tommie: “We have no time<br />
to get bored!”<br />
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The Lundin Family is passionate about<br />
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Furthermore, the love for horses and<br />
equestrian sports is evident throughout<br />
the family. Ian’s wife Virginia Lundin<br />
enjoys the Jiva Hill Stables and competes<br />
at the higher dressage levels. “Hopefully<br />
the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> in Geneva<br />
can inspire many and promote our beloved<br />
sport.”<br />
Jiva Hill<br />
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Close to Geneva, the Jiva Hill Resort<br />
features a 98-acre private estate,<br />
magnificently situated at the foothills<br />
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Resort was developed as a unique place to<br />
combine luxury and relaxation with many<br />
outdoor activities, such as golf, tennis and<br />
water skiing. Equestrian sport has always<br />
been very important to several Lundin<br />
family members, including Virginia who<br />
has had a passion for horses since her
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childhood: “<strong>Dressage</strong> was the logical evolution and was inspired by a friend<br />
whose sensitivity and inspiration as a horse trainer and dressage coach opened<br />
windows onto what beautiful movement horses are capable of when in harmony<br />
with their riders.” Hence, Jiva Hill Stables was initially designed and built for<br />
dressage and this year it celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Virginia Lundin<br />
has been riding for more than two decades<br />
and over the years, the facility has enabled<br />
further enhancement and successful dressage<br />
at competitive levels.<br />
It is not the first time that the Lundin family<br />
supports the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong>.<br />
Previously it has contributed to the founding of<br />
the WDM NextGen, called the Jiva Hill Youth<br />
Challenge at the time. Virginia Lundin says about the family’s efforts: “It is great<br />
to be able to give something back to dressage, a sport that has given our family<br />
so much pleasure. Moreover, the quality organisation of the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong><br />
<strong>Masters</strong> creates the ideal circumstances to give riders the best chances of<br />
competing at the highest levels of dressage. Quite simply, the WDM promotes<br />
the sport and provides opportunities and support for the young riders who are<br />
the future of dressage.” Like before, the Lundin family puts special emphasis on<br />
the future talent class ‘Under 25’. Ian Lundin explains: “Any competitive sport<br />
is fascinating to watch at the highest level. Out of all the equestrian disciplines,<br />
“It is great to be able to give<br />
something back to dressage, a<br />
sport that has given our family<br />
so much pleasure.”<br />
dressage may be less accessible and is perhaps less attractive to young riders<br />
than say show jumping. By providing high level competition experience to<br />
young dressage riders, it will increase the interest in the sport and help raise<br />
the standard for future generations of riders. We love the idea to support young<br />
people, we do the same in other sports. The success and a good experience<br />
in the past partnership with WDM NextGen<br />
gave us the confidence to come together once<br />
again.”<br />
Virginia Lundin adds: “Jiva Hill’s proximity and<br />
access to Geneva, along with its collaboration<br />
with <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> seem an ideal<br />
combination to compliment the <strong>World</strong> Cup Show<br />
Jumping at Palexpo. It is a fantastic opportunity<br />
for Geneva and Switzerland as a whole to have another high level dressage<br />
competition. This clearly adds something special to the agenda of our region. With<br />
a lot of talented dressage riders gathering in one place, it may inspire more people.<br />
<strong>Dressage</strong> is not as well-known yet in our area as it is in Germany or the<br />
Netherlands, thus this competition is the perfect chance to promote the sports<br />
and educate and appeal to people. It should be a real treat for spectators to<br />
experience such beauty and grace along with the athleticism of high level<br />
dressage.”<br />
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FEI 5* JUDGE AND RENOWNED JUDGE EDUCATOR<br />
German FEI 5* judge and renowned judge educator Katrina Wüst is one of the most respected judges worldwide.<br />
<strong>Dressage</strong> has developed a lot over the years, but as Katrina points out the judges’ main task has not changed since<br />
the beginning of our sport and has always proven to be a tricky challenge: “Finding the right winner.”<br />
Having taken part in the jury of<br />
multiple <strong>World</strong> Cup Finals, European<br />
Championships and being a world<br />
authority on Freestyle design, Katrina Wüst<br />
is named a leading trainer of judges and<br />
a true dressage guru. Prior to her switch<br />
to judging, Katrina was a dedicated and<br />
successful dressage rider herself. Inspired<br />
by both her experiences as a rider and<br />
a judge, she is an impassioned advocate<br />
for fairness and transparency in dressage;<br />
while simultaneously aiming for detailed,<br />
decisive, yet empathetic and knowledgeable<br />
judging. Active as a judge since the early<br />
90s, Katrina has carefully watched the<br />
developments and innovations in dressage<br />
over the past decades: “A key innovation in<br />
dressage was the introduction of the Kür,<br />
one year prior to the Olympic Games of<br />
Atlanta. In one fell swoop, it made dressage<br />
popular amongst a tremendous number of<br />
spectators. However, in general, dressage<br />
has not developed due to innovations per se.<br />
In the past 10-15 years it has rather made<br />
huge steps forward through significant<br />
improvements in both the breeding of<br />
talented horses and the quality of riding.<br />
Nowadays the top horses hardly make any<br />
major mistakes in the Grand Prix tests,” she<br />
points out.<br />
Katrina’s own innovation is a more recent<br />
addition to the select list of noteworthy<br />
innovations in the history of dressage.<br />
Together with Daniel Goehlen, Katrina<br />
has developed a degree of difficulty for<br />
the dressage sport. Her inspiration was the<br />
desire for transparency and equal judging.<br />
She explains: “We wanted to find a system<br />
that makes the judging of the degree of<br />
difficulty in Freestyle presentations more<br />
transparent and ensures that the assessment<br />
of the various difficulties is the same for<br />
each rider, depending on the quality of<br />
the execution.” Katrina continues: “We<br />
hope that it can contribute towards various<br />
aspects of and parties involved in dressage.<br />
First of all, fairness for the riders and<br />
transparency for the spectators. Secondly,<br />
results that can be announced much faster,<br />
directly after the rider has left the arena.<br />
And finally, better information for the<br />
media, including TV commentators.”<br />
It is a hot topic that sparks a lot of discussion<br />
amongst dressage fans: will our beloved<br />
sport remain an Olympic Sport in the<br />
future? Katrina is confident that it will, with<br />
a side note that the current formula may<br />
need a few tweaks. She argues: “Genuine,<br />
good dressage is not a traditional sport<br />
with the corresponding focus on faster –<br />
higher - wider, but emphasizes on beauty<br />
and harmony. Skilled, horse-friendly riding<br />
must be paramount and shown by each<br />
and every competitor to maintain the<br />
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enthusiasm of the spectators. This – as well as the fact that men<br />
and women compete against each other in the same classes – should<br />
bring the International Olympic Committee to stick to our sport.<br />
In addition to the internal aspects of the sport, the public could<br />
be attracted even more by good TV commentators and analysts,<br />
preferably having been top riders themselves in dressage or such as<br />
in other sports. Maybe a different format could be helpful. Still, in<br />
general I am very positive that our sport will survive as an Olympic<br />
discipline. Fortunately, various organisations and people never cease<br />
to make an effort to develop dressage further. The <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong><br />
<strong>Masters</strong> also plays a significant role in this, as it supports a lot of<br />
important international shows and thereby helps to make the<br />
dressage sport grow.”<br />
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“I am very positive that<br />
our sport will survive as an<br />
Olympic discipline.”<br />
With the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro coming up, <strong>2016</strong><br />
promises to be an exciting year, revolving all around sports. Katrina<br />
has great expectations of the dressage sport in Brazil: “The quality<br />
of dressage is permanently increasing, more and more new talented<br />
combinations will grow into the sport. This was already obvious at<br />
the European Championships in Aachen last year, where we had<br />
a thrilling competition. Unfortunately, Brazil is not such a horse<br />
country as England and the spectators might not be as enthusiastic<br />
as the Brits were in London 2012. Nonetheless, dressage lovers will<br />
be in for a treat if we look at the vast number of skilled riders and<br />
good horses. The challenges for the jury will be the same as always:<br />
to find the right winner and a correct overall placing, even if the<br />
results are not totally in line at all times,” Katrina concludes.<br />
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Christine Stibi<br />
<strong>2016</strong><br />
“SPORT HAS THE POWER TO INSPIRE”<br />
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Just over ten years ago, Christine Stibi started her<br />
company ‘Office for German – Qatar Relations &<br />
German – UAE Relations’. Her goal is to bring both<br />
parts of the world together, not only on business<br />
or sports level, but especially on social and cultural<br />
level, focusing on the next generation too. One of<br />
the projects developed by Stibi was the Qatari<br />
partnership with one of Germany’s most wonderful<br />
horse shows the “Wiesbadener Pfingstturnier”.<br />
With the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> to be held in<br />
Wiesbaden, dressage could get more interest from<br />
the Middle East as well.<br />
lived in the UAE from 1995 until 2005”, tells Christine Stibi,<br />
“I who is originally from the countryside near Wiesbaden and<br />
Mainz. “I have always been closely involved with organising<br />
horse shows and the cities Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah,<br />
Ajman and Doha feel like my second homes.” By starting her<br />
consultancy office for German and UAE and Qatar relations,<br />
Stibi tried to build bridges. “In my opinion, there is a lack<br />
of direct connecting opportunities and face to face contact.<br />
That is something I try to create, I try to create match-making<br />
meetings between people from Europe and the Middle East<br />
and to create new meaningful projects adding new values.”<br />
QATAR AND WIESBADENER PFINGSTTURNIER<br />
One of the ideas that came up to Christine Stibi, was to create<br />
a partnership between Qatar and Wiesbadener Pfingstturnier.<br />
“I believe that sport has the power to inspire people. The<br />
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last two years have been an overwhelming success for both Qatar and<br />
Germany. With the partnership in Wiesbaden, we have created a lot of<br />
positive news. The partnership already pays off, especially on a social<br />
level”, Stibi states. “At Wiesbadener Pfingstturnier, we created a Qatari<br />
exhibition village where German people got to discover the Arabic world.<br />
There is Arabic food, Arabic history, boat makers, perfume, just name<br />
it. This Qatari cultural village has become one of the highlights of the<br />
Wiesbadener Pfingstturnier as well as the initiated Qatar ‘Q&A’ Briefings,<br />
so called ‘Marhaba’- Lounge with the mission to create direct dialog.”<br />
DRESSAGE IN MIDDLE EAST<br />
A new highlight to this year’s edition of the Wiesbadener Pfingstturnier<br />
will be the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong>. Currently, the main focus in the<br />
Middle East is on the sport of show jumping, but Christine Stibi has<br />
good hopes for dressage too. “Again in Wiesbaden riders from the whole<br />
Arabic region will compete and I am sure they will also be invited to see<br />
the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong>. If one or two riders from the Middle East<br />
will get really passionate about dressage and will develop a strong vision<br />
with for instance the Olympic Games as a goal, everything is possible.”<br />
If a star rises, dressage will be able to grow, Stibi thinks.<br />
“Life is always in development. In the last years, the main focus has just<br />
not been on dressage. But by getting awareness through for example<br />
the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Dressage</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> Series, something could happen very<br />
quickly in a positive way.”<br />
FRIENDSHIP-TRIPS<br />
During the last years, Christine Stibi has brought a lot of her contacts<br />
from the Middle East to Europe, with the partnership of Wiesbaden and<br />
Qatar as one of her projects. But for the next years, Stibi also wants to<br />
bring Europeans to the Middle East. “My newest project is to organise<br />
so called friendship-trips between Europe and the Middle East. I would<br />
like Europeans to see the wonderful premium cultural events they have in<br />
the Arabic region, not only involving equestrian events. I think the main<br />
problem sometimes can be that people do not know each other. They<br />
need to meet more, so they have better understanding and positive things<br />
can grow from this. Cultural events and sports can really be helpful by<br />
creating this”, Christine Stibi states. “It is time to get to know each other!”<br />
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Porsche<br />
a world of<br />
horsepowers<br />
The Porsche family is a big name in the<br />
world of horsepowers. They are not<br />
only famous for their cars, the 19-year<br />
old Diana Porsche is an up-and-coming<br />
star in the dressage world. She is<br />
currently successful in dressage ‘Under<br />
25’ and competes at WDM events.<br />
Diana’s love for horses was already<br />
discovered when she was a toddler.<br />
Her mother Iris: “Diana received her<br />
first horse as a Christmas gift from<br />
her father at the age of five. It was the best<br />
Christmas present of her life!” When Diana<br />
grew older she became interested in dressage<br />
and is now competing at big dressage events<br />
with her horse Di Sandro (De Niro x Sandro).<br />
Iris: “It was certainly a very challenging task<br />
for such a young rider to take part in the<br />
WDM, and of course an honor to start for the<br />
Austrian team. For Diana it was an interesting<br />
experience to attend such a well-established<br />
international event.” Diana has the full support<br />
of her family, especially from her mother Iris:<br />
“I assist my daughter with organisational<br />
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PORSCHE FAMILY<br />
matters and I always accompany Diana when<br />
she attends tournaments. When a competition<br />
did not turn out well or something like that, I am<br />
there for her. We have a very close relationship.”<br />
Diana has a dedicated trainer in Dieter Laugks.<br />
He is her trainer since the end of 2012. Iris: “We<br />
are very happy that we found a coach like Dieter.<br />
He challenges and encourages Diana to get closer<br />
to achieving her dream. Because of Dieter’s<br />
own tournament experience, he has the ability<br />
and practical knowledge to support Diana with<br />
tranquility and routine. He makes it possible for<br />
Diana to optimally perform in dressage competitions<br />
and allows horse and rider to evolve together.”<br />
HORSES ARE THE BEST TEACHERS<br />
Iris is involved in equestrian sport for young<br />
people: “In times like these it is important to<br />
support young people who dedicate themselves<br />
to this beautiful work. Diana once said that<br />
horses are her most important teachers. Horses<br />
teach you patience, responsibility, discipline and<br />
honesty. When you are not honest with horses,<br />
you cannot expect them to be honest. In addition,<br />
they teach one how to deal with failures and envy.<br />
In what other kind of job do you learn all that?”<br />
Diana Porsche<br />
together with Di Sandro<br />
Iris Porsche<br />
Diana’s mother and biggest supprter<br />
Iris Porsche Hotel<br />
the 5* hotel in Mondsee<br />
house in Mondsee from my husband for our 15th<br />
wedding anniversary 8 years ago, I immediately<br />
knew that it should become a cozy, elegant<br />
hideaway. My aim was that guests should feel like<br />
home and at the same time do not have to give up<br />
luxury and high quality service. For my hotel team<br />
it is important to take care of our guest’s wishes<br />
on a very individual level and high standard. It<br />
also shows that guest appreciate that service, since<br />
we have many regular guests staying at my hotel.”<br />
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IRIS PORSCHE HOTEL<br />
Besides supporting Diana in her sportive career, Iris<br />
is the owner of Iris Porsche Hotel in the Austrian<br />
city of Mondsee. “It was not necessarily my dream”,<br />
says Iris about her five star hotel. “When I got the<br />
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