World Dressage Masters Guide 2016
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<strong>2016</strong><br />
WDM GUIDE<br />
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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