World Dressage Masters Guide 2016
By Equine MERC
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HEILAN EQUESTRIAN CLUB<br />
China’s biggest international centre of sport and leisure<br />
<strong>2016</strong><br />
Multiple Olympic dressage rider Imke<br />
Schellekens-Bartels has close ties to the<br />
Heilan Equestrian Club in China.<br />
WDM GUIDE<br />
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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