World Dressage Masters Guide 2016

WORLD 

DRESSAGE 

MASTERS 

GUIDE 

2016

World Dressage Masters Guide 

CONTENT 

08 WDM event overview 

17 Foreword VIAN Group 

19 Petrie 

22 WDM NextGen 

28 WDM Promotional 

34 China’s Heilan Equestrian Club 

38 Wall of fame 

41 Auction4Good 

44 WDM Prize money ranking 

48 Benjamin & Jessica 

54 Silvia Rizzo 

58 Global Dressage Analytics 

64 Tommie Visser 

67 Jiva Hill Resort 

70 Katrina Wüst 

72 Christine Stibi 

76 Iris & Diana Porsche 

P 19-21 

Find out how the elegant Petrie boots are 

made! Read the article and learn how it is 

done step by step. 

P 64-65 

Tommie and Vingino are back! The Grand 

Prix rider tells about their journey back to 

the top of dressage. 

P 48-51 

Benjamin Werndl is the brother and trainer 

of Jessica von Bredow-Werndl. He explains 

about their unique cooperation. 

P 72-73 

Christine Stibi builds bridges between the 

Middle-East and Europe. How does she do 

that and what is her drive?

EXECUTIVE 

2016 

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Dear dressage friends 

We have the honor and the pleasure to present to you the 

2016 WDM Guide. WDM goes into its ninth consecutive 

season, an Olympic season, where many of the world’s elite 

riders will focus on the 2016 Rio Games. Main reason why the first 

WDM show in Lier (Belgium) will be a very exciting one. WDM Lier 

is one of the last shows to qualify for the Olympics. So pay attention. 

WDM will again guarantee top dressage shows together 

with its show organisers. This goes for the riders but also for 

their grooms, visitors, media and sponsors. Talking about 

which, a special thank you goes to VIAN GROUP, that for 

the second year in a row will be the title sponsor of WDM. 

Without their support it would be impossible to stage WDM. 

In WDM’s mission statement it says that innovation and cooperation 

are key for a sustainable future of dressage. Since 2008 WDM has 

‘Rethought Dressage’ in line with the current recommendations 

of the IOC. We sincerely hope that our efforts will contribute 

to maintain the Olympic status of our sport in many years to 

come. One of our innovation endeavours is WDM’s cooperation 

with Global Dressage Analytics. WDM together with dr. David 

Stickland and his fellow shareholder Akiko Yamazaki truly believe 

in the use of data in our sport. The Dutch KNHS is one of the 

early adopters of GDA’s services. In our Guide you can read why. 

At the start of WDM in 2008, the prize money gap between show 

jumping and dressage was ever growing. Prize money is important 

to every professional rider. That is why we have published the WDM 

Prize Money Ranking for riders and horses in this year’s guide. 

Contributing to a further internationalisation of dressage is of 

the utmost importance to WDM. We have found some interesting 

developments in so called emerging regions and countries, like 

Indonesia, China, South-Africa and the Middle-East. They all have 

a long way to go but maybe, just maybe, WDM can help to speed 

up the process. 

‘Rethink Dressage’ is also about ethics and horsemanship. These are 

subjects that are well addressed by Dressage4Good Foundation that 

was founded by WDM to spearpoint non-commercial issues that 

are important for our sport. We invite you to consider becoming a 

member of D4G Foundation and contribute to their work not only 

through your membership but also with your suggestions to improve 

the attractiveness and the accessibility of dressage. 

We hope you will enjoy our 2016 Guide and the WDM shows, and 

of course the Rio Olympics this Summer. May the best rider win. 

John van de Laar & Camil Smeulders 

FOUNDERS & MANAGING DIRECTORS WDM 

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WDM - NEXTGEN - PROMOTIONAL 

WDM is built on innovation and co-operation. The dressage 

stakeholders working together to secure a sustainable future for 

their sport. High ethical standards captured in a code of conduct to 

secure the welfare of the horse. Within a framework of excellence 

WDM features 5* riders, horses and judges at some of the world’s 

best shows. 

In 2010 WDM initiated the WDM Youth Challenge together with 

the Jiva Hill resort. Staging an U25 class with a tailored sports 

format at WDM shows guarantees perfect conditions for young GP 

riders. Because it was so successful, WDM has decided to create 

a fast lane for talented young dressage riders within the WDM 

framework by gradually adding junior and young rider classes. 

promotional show 

Internationalisation of dressage is a cornerstone of the WDM 

philosophy. More and more nations are welcomed to our sport. To 

connect to these emerging nations WDM will support upcoming 

shows with its expertise and sponsorships. 

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3 - 6 March 2016 

Lier - Belgium 

AzelHof Horse Events guarantees wonderful equestrian sport. The AzelHof 

arena is located between Antwerpen and Brussels. Along with an outstanding 

competition arena, there are stands, a VIP hospitality area and excellent 

conditions for riders. Come and visit our competition and have a good time! 

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5 - 8 May 2016 

Prangins - Switzerland 

Following the success of our very first WDM NextGen competition Under 25 in 

2015, Ecurie Ted Jonker is proud to be hosting the second edition. To complete 

this exciting dressage weekend, national classes at all levels including a Freestyle 

Cup competition, will be held. The scenery of mountains and lakeside provides 

a unique setting in a fun and friendly atmosphere for all to enjoy! 

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WDM WIESBADEN 


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Wiesbaden - Germany 

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The International Wiesbadener PfingstTurnier is not only a top class show with 

many equestrian disciplines in front of the magnificent Castle of Biebrich. The 

Wiesbadener PfingstTurnier is a long-running tradition and for its many guests it 

is a very special kind of feeling. In 2016 it celebrates its première with the WDM 

and at the same time the 80th (!) birthday of the show.

WDM GENEVA 

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8 - 11 December 2016 

Geneva - Switzerland 

Dressage is making its comeback to the 56 th edition of Concours Hippique 

International (CHI) de Genève after having been away for 15 years. The CHI 

Geneva will this year integrate the World Dressage Masters. The show will 

host three competitions: a Grand Prix, qualifier for all participants, a Grand Prix 

Special and a Freestyle to Music, the apotheosis of all dressage competitions. 

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WDM MECHELEN 

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26 - 30 December 2016 

Mechelen - Belgium 

Jumping Mechelen will host their 36th edition in December. They always attract 

an incredibly enthusiastic crowd. The edition in 2015 was a spectacular one: 

Patrik Kittel and Delaunay won the VIAN Group WDM Freestyle to Music. This 

confirmed the value of the World Dressage Masters that will be part of Jumping 

Mechelen for the fourth consecutive time in December 2016. 

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Dressage performed by real masters is an amazing show 

that touches feelings of everyone, both professionals 

and the audience. Unfortunately, there are few of 

events where the world’s best riders compete together.World 

Dressage Masters is a circuit of 5 star events, which are of 

the highest level. Having made our feasible contribution to 

organising shows of such level, we hope that more and more 

competitions will take place in the world. In this way, top riders 

will meet and please the audience with their performances. 

Moreover, World Dressage Masters holds dressage events 

for young riders in the U25 category and encourages young 

ambitious organising committees to make their first steps to 

organise competitions in the whole world. All these events 

help dressage to gain popularity worldwide. We really hope 

that our part in this project will be beneficial for everyone who 

loves this discipline and wants to see its future development. 

Mykhaylo Parkhomchuk 

DIRECTOR VIAN GROUP 

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NEXT GENERATION 


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WDM NextGen offers 

future stars a podium 

In 2010 WDM initiated the WDM Youth Challenge, the predecessor 

of WDM NextGen, together with the Jiva Hill Resort owned by the 

Lundin Family. Staging an U25 class with a tailored sports format at 

a selection of WDM shows gave young Grand Prix riders a chance to 

compete under perfect conditions. At shows where the top seniors 

compete the future stars of our sport needed a podium. 

In 2015 NextGen became part of 

the Dressage4Good Foundation 

which was initiated by World Dressage 

Masters (WDM) together with several 

dressage stakeholders and dressage 

families. One of WDM´s missions is to 

develop new stars. Not an easy mission 

but we like to believe that over the last 

8 years WDM has become synonymous 

for positive and open innovation. 

To build a strong foundation under 

the future of dressage WDM started 

the Dressage4Good Foundation that 

works on numerous not for profit 

projects like youth development, 

research, knowledge transfer and 

internationalisation. 

Through the years several NextGen 

participants successfully made the 

switch to the seniors. Good examples 

are Danielle Heijkoop, Jessica von 

Bredow-Werndl and Jorinde Verwimp 

who competed in the NextGen classes 

and had the chance to gain experience 

at a 5* setting to prepare themselves for 

the Big Tour. 

Because riders loved it and the first 

results were there, WDM has decided 

to create a fast lane for talented young 

dressage riders within the WDM sports 

framework by gradually adding junior 

and young rider classes to the program. 

This is why the WDM Youth Challenge 

was rebranded to WDM NextGen. 

JORINDE 

VERWIMP 

JILL 

HUYBREGTS 

DIANA 

PORSCHE


1How did you start your equestrian career? 

I started as a baby so to say. My dad always took me with 

him on his horses. I rode just for fun until I was 10 years 

old. After that I started competing at some small regional 

shows and when I was 11 years old I went competing at FEI 

level with my pony Tonkawa. That was the moment that I 

knew I wanted to become a professional dressage rider. 

Jorinde Verwimp 


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2When and where did you compete for the first time in 

a WDM NextGen competition and what was the result? 

I rode my first WDM NextGen U25 competition in 

Mechelen in 2014 and I won both tests, the Intermediate 

II and Grand Prix, with 73% and 75%. It was a great 

experience for me and my horse Tiamo to compete at such a 

big show. 

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Why are WDM NextGen competitions important to 

you? 

I think it’s great that they also organised the U25 classes 

because I gained a lot of experience at these high level and 

super nice shows. There are not so many big shows for 

dressage riders U25. It also made the transition to the real 

Grand Prix easier for me. 

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Wat is your goal for the future? 

My goal is trying to qualify for this year’s Olympic 

Games in Rio de Janeiro. We are pretty close to an 

individual starting place but we still need to show some more 

good results at the last few qualifying events, one of them will 

be WDM Lier in Belgium. 

Date of birth: November 10 th 1994 

Place of residence: Wiekevorst, Belgium 

Education: Athletics Sports College 

Trainer: Anky van Grunsven & Sjef Janssen 

Horse: Tiamo (Lester x Hemmingway) 

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I started my equestrian career, as so many others, at the 

local riding school. When I was six years old my father 

bought me my first own pony, a 21-year-old pony called 

Ronald. He was really big, 1.56m and I couldn’t even saddle 

him on my own. He had competed at Z-level and had a 

very good character, he taught me a lot. After a while it was 

obvious that Ronald was getting old so my parents gave me 

the sensitive three-year-old Soleil. I trained her up to Z-level 

through my own blood, sweat and tears. Next was EventZ 

Armani, a young Welsh stallion and a dream. We became 

National Champion three times. At age 15 we started to look 

for a horse and found EventZ Zamacho Z, aka Macho, in 

a nearby village. A three-year-old stallion who had covered 

some mares and was just saddle-broken. He was a bit crazy 

and in the beginning, for instance, he just did not understand 

that he had to go straight after a volte. He is now 12-yearsold 

and I am 22. We are on the U25 shortlist and successful 

in Grand Prix for seniors. It has not been easy, Macho is very 

sensitive, but he is my ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ horse and I would 

not change him for anything in the world. 


Jill Huybregts 

Date of birth: July 31st 1993 

Place of residence: Drunen, The Netherlands 

Education: Fontys College Child and Education 

Trainer: Karin Retera 

Horse: EventZ Zamacho Z (Rousseau x Ros) 



The first time I competed in a WDM NextGen class was 

in Munich at the big equestrian event “Pferd International” 

in 2015. I felt honoured that I was allowed to be at such a big 

show. I competed for a relatively short time in the U25. The 

WDM in Munich went beyond my wildest dream, I won all 

three WDM NextGen classes with Zamacho with great scores 

and super prizes! 

3 


you? 

The WDM NexGen competitions are important to me 

because these classes give young Grand Prix riders the chance 

to gain experience at Grand Prix level in a 5 star entourage. 

4 


My goal for the future is to keep developing myself and 

Zamacho at Grand Prix level as well as possible and to 

seize a spot on the senior shortlist. 

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I grew up on a farm and I always had horses around me. 

When I was five my father bought me my first own pony 

called Lady. With her I rode just for fun until I was 12-yearsold. 

After that I got a 13-year-old dressage pony named 

Quatro. With him I competed in some national M-Level 

events since 2012. By the end of 2012 I began training with 

Dieter Laugks. He found the horse Florencia and from this 

point forward everything went very quickly. Since then I 

have competed three times at the European Championships 

for juniors and Young Riders. We bought my U25 horse Di 

Sandro in December 2014 and not even half a year later I 

won my first NextGen Grand Prix! Di Sandro is a very special 

horse; he forces me to be 100 % concentrated. When I am 

completely focused he gives everything. I would not change 

him for anything in the world. 



I rode my first WDM NextGen U25 competition in 

Vidauban in 2015, where I won two silver medals. My dream 

show was the WDM NextGen U25 show in Prangins. I won 

all three: the Intermediaire II, the U25 Grand Prix and the 

Freestyle with nearly 75%. I was very proud of my horse 

because this was our third international show together. 

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you? 

The WDM NextGen competitions are important for me 

because they give me the chance to get experience at this high 

level and that makes the transition to real Grand Prix easier. 

Date of birth: March 3rd 1996 

Place of residence: Salzburg, Austria 

Education: High school 

Trainer: Dieter Laugks 

Horse: Di Sandro (De Niro x Sandro) 

Diana Porsche 

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My goal for the future is to qualify for the U25 

Championships 2016 and become a better and better 

rider. 


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DRESSAGE DEVELOPMENTS WORLDWIDE 

For Europe may be the cradle of dressage, 

but this doesn’t mean dressage is not 

enjoyed in other parts of the world as 

well. The popularity of the sport is still 

increasing and has been picked up by 

several dressage-minded pioneers on 

various continents. WDM spoke with three 

local insiders on how dressage is evolving 

in their part of the world. 

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DRESSAGE 

GOOD 

ECURIE 

TED JONKER

Asia 

Mohammad Hossein Golhassani 

WDM Asia representative 

questrian sports are rapidly developing in the Asian 

“Eregion. There are good sponsors, riders and facilities. 

Now, the biggest problems are the level of education and the 

lack of experience at international level. In the WDM we 

would like to put more emphasis on the competitions, and the 

educational and training programs so the Asian countries are 

capable of reaching a higher level in the sport. 


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ASIA 

would 

In the Asian regions the level of dressage still leaves room for 

improvement. The average level would be Prix St George, 

although a few riders have already accomplished a higher level. 

The lack of competitions and also the fact that there are limited 

coaches available made us decide to try to improve these weak 

points. 

The horses used for dressage are of various backgrounds. Of 

course the German, Dutch and Belgian warmbloods are much 

used, but also regional breeds like the Arabian, Turkoman and 

Kaspian horse can be found at competitions. 

The level of dressage in Europe and America is still of a much 

higher level than anywhere else in the world. If we could 

increase the level of education and knowledge in our part of 

the world and organise more competitions the level of dressage 

in Asia would increase and therefore the sport of dressage 

become more internationally orientated. 

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INDONESIA


Indonesia 

Hartanto Sutardja 

Sponsor 

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bout ten years ago we got involved in the horse world. 

“AMy son (picture right), who is now fourteen, developed 

a love for horses and thus we started looking for suitable horses 

for him in Europe. The equestrian sport is still considered an 

elite sport. Especially dressage is still only practiced on a very 

small scale. To promote the equestrian sport in Indonesia I 

sponsor one of the biggest horse shows. 

We use horses from Europe, because in Indonesia we only have 

native pony breeds and thoroughbreds from the racetracks. We 

have no breeding of any name yet. My son’s horse is the only 

approved stallion in the country and we still lack mares. At 

the moment we don’ t have any Grand Prix riders yet. My son 

now competes at Prix St George level and a few older riders 

compete at Inter I level. Our aim is to have an Indonesian 

dressage team participating at the Asian Games which will be 

held in Indonesia in 2018. 

At the moment it is possible to receive tuition on a regular 

basis, since a Portuguese horse-minded family moved over to 

Indonesia. Still one Indonesian rider has decided to remain in 

Germany to train until the Asian Games. 

Hay is imported from Australia. We have a local vet and farriers 

with common knowledge The farriers and veterinary specialist 

come once every three months from Portugal. My family is 

crazy about horses, otherwise we would not go to this length. 

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ressage is still developing in South Africa. A few 

“Dyears ago Prix St George was top of the bill, now 

we have around ten people who compete at Grand Prix 

level and around 40 Small Tour combinations. For us, 

that’s a lot! The dressage scene erupted many years ago. 

Then we only had thoroughbreds from the racetrack 

and it was impossible to ride Grand Prix with them. 

Then German people moved over to South Africa and 

they brought their own horses with them. That really 

opened our eyes! 

Nowadays, the horses we use for dressage are mostly 

imported from the Netherlands and Germany. 

There are still not many breeders of sport horses 

here. To increase our level and knowledge of the 

sport, development courses are organised where 

FEI judges and dressage coaches fly in to offer 

tuition, through this our local coaches are becoming 

experienced in the correct way of going in dressage. 

What makes it difficult for South African riders to 

connect with the world’s dressage top is the fact that it 

is extremely expensive to export your horse. Due to the 

African Horse Sickness, all horses meant for export must 

be quarantined for a very lengthy amount of time. This 

makes competing abroad almost impossible. 

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As a result some South African riders have decided 

that they’d rather purchase and stable their horses 

permanently in Europe so they themselves can be based 

in, or fly to Europe every month to compete. At the 

moment South Africa failed to qualify for the Olympics 

as team, but we do have an individual spot and we are 

still trying to obtain a second one. 

South Africa 

Ingeborg Sanne 

Dressage rider, coach 

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In Jiangyin, a two-and-a-half hour drive south east of 

Shanghai, the Heilan Equestrian Club offers its visitors a 

unique equestrian experience. Every weekend the audience 

is presented an exceptional show which is best described 

as a mix of equestrian cultures of China and Europe. Behind 

the scenes several foreign trainers share their knowledge 

to constantly improve the Chinese riders. 

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HEILAN EQUESTRIAN CLUB 

China’s biggest international centre of sport and leisure 


Multiple Olympic dressage rider Imke 

Schellekens-Bartels has close ties to the 

Heilan Equestrian Club in China. 

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Dutch international dressage rider Imke 

Schellekens-Bartels has close ties to the 

Heilan equestrians. “A few years ago 

I was introduced to the Heilan crew 

by Dutch vet Joop Loomans who has 

an equestrian clinic at Heilan”, Imke explains. In the 

first few years of the contact Imke went to the Chinese 

equestrian centre up to four times a year to coach the 

Heilan riders. “Now instructors related to our Academy 

permanently reside in Heilan. My family and I now 

visit Heilan for special congresses through which people 

can expand their knowledge on all things equestrian.” 

For those who have never been there it is almost 

impossible to grasp the extensiveness of the premises. 

“There are several indoor and outdoor arenas and there 

is an eventing course”, Imke explains. “Furthermore 

there are several hotels, from three to five stars, on the 

compound and a private horse clinic which is led by Joop 

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Loomans.” The most recent addition to the Heilan complex 

is a real life horse museum for which 60 horses and ponies 

of different breeds were collected from all over the world. 

The Heilan Equestrian Centre offers work to 400 people. 

“There are 150 riders, both male and female”, Imke tells 

us. “Every Saturday evening a show is held in the big indoor 

arena which is an enlarged copy of the Spanish Riding 

School of Vienna.” The spectators are offered a show which 

combines a Frisian-Andalusian carousel, ridden entirely by 

the lady riders, with impressive horse stunts performed by 

the male riders. “Around 300 horses are stabled at Heilan”, 

Imke continues. “60 Frisians, 60 Andalusians and 40 chestnut 

riding horses, most of them of Hanovarian breeding. The 

riding horses are only ridden by the men and it is our aim 

to improve their riding.” The men, in turn, teach the ladies. 


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Heilan is owned by Zhou Jianping, a successful Chinese 

businessman who uses the equestrian centre as a place to 

receive his customers and as his hobby. With the Heilan 

Equestrian Centre he wants to contribute to China’s 

equestrian history. “The ultimate goal is to participate 

at the Asian Games with a dressage and eventing team”, 

Imke says. “The average level is now Prix St George, 

but these riders lack experience and therefore still 

benefit from guidance at, for example, competitions.” 

To gain more experience the Chinese riders also frequently 

visit the Netherlands to train at eventing rider Martin Lips’ 

yard. From there they also compete at eventing competitions. 

Imke is positive about what has already been accomplished 

in the last few years. “You should bear in mind that the 

Chinese culture is very different from ours. They find it hard 

to make mistakes, but you can’t learn to ride properly without 

making them! Slowly but steadily they’ve learned to accept 

that and it has made coaching them so much more fruitful!” 

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Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, Kristina Sprehe, Steffen Peters 

Inna Logutenkova 

Kristina Sprehe 

Morgan Barbançon Mestre 

D. Porsche, C. Ulla Calvignac Salzgeber & P. Afanasieva 

Terhi Stegards, Patrik Kittel & Tommie Visser 

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Auction4Good 

AUCTION OF YOUNG DRESSAGE HORSES 

Auction4Good is an auction that guarantees a strong collection of young, talented dressage 

horses. One of the unique characteristics of this auction is that it was held in combination 

with the World Dressage Masters in Roosendaal in December 2015. 

It is not without reason that the World Dressage Masters is chosen as 

a platform for the dressage auction Auction4Good. One could consider 

a prominent equestrian competition and an auction of young, talented 

dressage horses to be a golden opportunity. The competitors, as well 

as the World Dressage Masters’ public, are known to be true dressage 

fans. As a result the right public is in the right place and that makes the 

World Dressage Masters the perfect platform for an auction of talented 

dressage horses. That is also reflected in the worldwide interest that was 

shown in countries from Canada to China. This interest is not unjustified, the 

dressage horses that are included in the collection are chosen with much 

expertise. Head of the selection committee Cors den Engelsen Heemskerk 

about the collection: “The horses have to match up to the level of the World 

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Dressage Masters otherwise there is no point in organising an auction 

here. The strength of our auction is the transparency between vendor 

and purchaser. All horses are radiologically approved and have the 

potential to reach the top.” 

The idea behind the auction is to organise an evening where people 

have the opportunity to buy or sell quality dressage horses in a beautiful 

setting and where nobody lacks anything. In order to guarantee quality, 

many experts contribute to the auction. Examples include auctioneer 

Dirk Zagens, and Grand Prix rider Laurens van Lieren who provides the 

commentary for the evening. As well as promising young horses, such as 

offspring from the stallions Charmeur and Lord Leatherdale for example, 

“They have the potential 

to reach the top!” 

the collection of the 2015 première included an 11-year-old black Grand 

Prix stallion. The talented Edison, a son of Glock’s Johnson TN who is 

performing superbly under Hans Peter Minderhoud, changed owner for 

the tidy sum of €82.000,-. The average sales price per horse/pony was 

€42.781,25,-. Cors: “There is always room for improvement but we are 

very satisfied with the quality of the auction. We can speak of a very 

successful first edition and are already looking forward to the next one.” 

That the World Dressage Masters is an ideal platform for Auction4Good 

is reflected in the sale of the 4-year-old pony stallion Amalia’s Claus. This 

beautiful pony was sold to an ambitious Swedish pony rider. She was 

there with her parents because she was competing in the international 

pony classes of the World Dressage Masters in Roosendaal. A perfect 

combination of the right location and the right horses in the right 

atmosphere. 

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PARAPAARD 

As the name suggests, Auction4Good supports a charity. 

One percent of the total proceeds was donated to 

Sportfonds ParaPaard, a fund that supports riding schools 

and foundations that enable people with a handicap to 

ride horses. Sportfonds ParaPaard’s Marielle Wiegmans 

was presented with a generous cheque at the end of the 

evening. Marielle Wiegmans: “This generous sum of 

money enables us to help a large number of organisations 

and clubs that are committed to recreational riding for the 

less able-bodied. It was definitely a successful evening!” 

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In it to win it! 

THE WDM PRIZE MONEY RANKING 

In 2008 the World Dressage Masters was launched to promote, professionalise and support the dressage sport 

world-wide. One of the spearheads was to improve the prize money for dressage competitions which was very 

low compared to show jumping competitions. After 31 shows in eight years WDM has distributed an enormous 

amount between 3 and 4 million Euros in prize money. In total over 270 riders from 26 nations competed in the 

WDM events in the past eight years. 

What does the ranking of best-earning 

riders in WDM look like? We have 

aggregated all winnings of all the WDM 

shows and found that it is Sweden’s 

Patrik Kittel, who leads the chart. He 

won a dazzling € 218.563 including the 

Nürnberger Versicherungen Best of 4 

Bonus of € 25,000, which he won in 

2015. Patrik Kittel made his WDM debut 

in Falsterbo in 2010 with Kohlpharmas 

Florett As. In 2011 he won both the 

Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle in 

Falsterbo with Watermill Scandic. He 

won the Grand Prix Freestyle in Falsterbo 

in 2012 and in Vidauban in 2014, both 

with Scandic and in Falsterbo he saddled 

Deja and won both the Grand Prix and 

the Grand Prix Freestyle. Last December 

he won the Grand Prix Freestyle with 

his new talented young horse Delaunay. 

Number two in the rankings is another 

Swedish rider, Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven, 

who received a total of € 199.058. She 

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Rider (2008-2015) Country Prize money 

1 Patrik Kittel * SWE € 218.563,- 

2 Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven ** SWE € 199.058,- 

3 Anky van Grunsven NED € 118.550,- 

4 Isabell Werth GER € 112.880,- 

5 Ulla Salzgeber * GER € 111.000,- 

6 Adelinde Cornelissen NED € 98.600,- 

7 Anja Plönzke * GER € 96.637,- 

8 Steffen Peters USA € 88.582,- 

9 Valentina Truppa ITA € 84.787,- 

10 Edward Gal * NED € 83.470,- 

11 Patrick van der Meer NED € 55.516,- 

12 Michal Rapcewics POL € 45.506,- 

13 Victoria Max-Theurer AUT € 44.915,- 

14 Ashley Holzer CAN € 43.770,- 

15 Tommie Visser NED € 43.100,- 

16 Nadine Capellmann GER € 40.800,- 

17 Jeroen Devroe BEL € 39.556,- 

18 Hans Peter Minderhoud NED € 37.280,- 

19 Helen Langehanenberg GER € 35.600,- 

20 Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein DEN € 34.000,- 

21 Minna Telde SWE € 33.800,- 

22 Carl Hester GBR € 32.800,- 

23 Kyra Kyrklund FIN € 29.850,- 

24 Danielle Heijkoop NED € 28.700,- 

25 Catherine Haddad-Staller USA € 26.947,- 

* inclusive winning the Nürnberger Versicherungen Best of Four competition bonus 

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won the Nürnberger Versicherungen 

Best of 4 Bonus of € 25,000 twice. She 

competed with two horses over the years: 

Don Aurelio and Favourit. In 2013 she won 

in Palm Beach and Falsterbo and in 2014 

she won first prize in Munich. In third 

place we find multiple Olympic, World and 

European Champion Anky van Grunsven 

of The Netherlands. She competed with 

Painted Black and Salinero and won a total 

of € 118.550. She won in 2008 (Painted 

Black) and 2009 (Salinero) in Cannes and 

in 2010 in Palm Beach with Salinero. 

GOLDEN BOY WATERMILL SCANDIC 

Patrik Kittel’s Watermill Scandic HBC 

is heading the ranking of the horses. 

The approved KWPN stallion earned € 

138,903 for his rider and co-owner Jan- 

Willem Greve. Jerich Parzival of Adelinde 

Cornelissen is ranked second with € 98,600 

followed by Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven’s 

Don Aurielo with € 94,600. 

WDM is on the right track and will keep 

improving and innovating the dressage 

sport. It is important to expand the number 

of shows and partners to develop the 

beautiful sport of dressage. WDM and its 

partners will invest their knowledge and 

experience in the future. 

Horse (2008-2015) Rider Prize money 

1 Watermill Scandic HBC Patrik Kittel €138.903,- 

2 Jerich Parzival Adelinde Cornelissen € 98.600,- 

3 Don Auriello Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven € 94.108,- 

4 Le Mont d’Or Anja Plönzke € 71.637,- 

5 Herzruf’s Erbe Ulla Salzgeber € 68.300,- 

6 Eremo del Castegno Valentina Truppa € 62.737,- 

7 Ravel Steffen Peters € 62.700,- 

8 IPS Painted Black Anky van Grunsven € 60.350,- 

9 Salinero Anky van Grunsven € 58.200,- 

10 Favourit Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven € 54.950,- 

11 Randon Michal Rapcewics € 44.906,- 

12 El Santo Isabell Werth € 44.700,- 

13 Pop Art Ashley Holzer € 43.770,- 

14 Hippique’s Vingino Tommie Visser € 42.800,- 

15 Moorlands Totilas Edward Gal € 39.600,- 

16 Augustin Victoria Max-Theurer € 36.700,- 

17 Damon Hill NRW Helen Langehanenberg € 35.600,- 

18 Satchmo Isabell Werth € 31.780,- 

19 Max Kyra Kyrklund € 29.850,- 

20 Uzzo Patrick van der Meer € 29.466,- 

21 Kingsley Siro Danielle Heijkoop € 28.700,- 

22 Digby Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein € 26.800,- 

23 Zippo Patrick van der Meer € 26.050,- 

24 Legolas 92 Steffen Peters € 25.882,- 

25 Fabriano Renate Vogelsang € 23.650,- 


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The perfect team 

BENJAMIN WERNDL & JESSICA VON BREDOW-WERNDL 

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The past few years Jessica von Bredow- 

Werndl changed, almost overnight, from 

Germany’s up-and-coming star to a fixed asset 

in the nations team at multiple championships. 

At last year’s European Championships for 

example, her performance contributed to 

the German team bronze. As always success 

never stands on its own, and Jessica’s is not an 

exception. A special role is played by her older 

brother Benjamin whom WDM talked with at 

Jumping Amsterdam. 

we don’t come from a horsey 

background”, Benjamin Werndl starts, 

“Originally 

“An aunt bred ponies and that’s how we 

became involved with horses. To be honest I was the 

success-loving child and actually preferred football and 

skiing to horses whereas Jessica was the pony-mad girl. 

And I guess I just got used to them!” 

Benjamin and Jessica were both successful with ponies 

and, later on, with horses. “We were four times together in 

the same team for the European Championships for Young 

Riders”, Benjamin recalls. In 2005 Jessica and Benjamin 

even took home the individual gold and silver medals. 

“Obviously, Jessica won”, Benjamin laughs, “But of course 

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I behaved like a perfect gentleman!” Nowadays Benjamin 

still competes himself. “But I also like coaching people”, 

he says, “I feel comfortable on the side lines. And I know 

it is dangerous to compare yourself with your extremely 

successful sister. Jessie and I, we work as a team. Her 

success is also my success: if she wins I win as well.” 

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“At the moment it’s Jessica’s turn in the limelight”, he 

continues, “I’m also a good sportsman and I know I have 

the abilities to perform at top level. But I have to wait for 

my time to come. I have to be patient until that one good 

horse comes along.” 

About fifty percent of the horses at Aubenhausen are 

owned by the Werndl family, the other half belong to 

various owners all of with whom they have very beneficial 

relationships. One owner has had a very special role in the 

success the Werndl family has enjoyed the past few years. 

In 2012 Swiss O-judge Beatrice Bürchler-Keller entrusted 

her horse Unee BB to Jessica’ s hands, then still a young 

rider. “She is very important to us”, says Benjamin. “We’ve 

known her for a very long time and she had confidence 

in our abilities. Now we have about ten of her horses in 

training.” 

The average working day at Aubenhausen starts early in 

the morning with personal exercise. “A few times a week 

Jessie and I run a few kilometres to stay fit. After breakfast 

we ride five to eight horses each. In the afternoon we take 

some time off to go hiking. Then it is time for the horses 

to be turned out. We think it’ s important that horses leave 

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their stable a few times a day. It’ s just not good to lock them up for 22 hours 

a day.” Aubenhausen has forty loose boxes. “And thus forty meadows for the 

horses to enjoy some free time”, Benjamin says, “They are taken out all year 

round, except when the ground is frozen.” 

Each competition horse is trained four to five times a week. “Our philosophy 

is that high performance is not always training at a high level. We think it 

is important to create a relationship with a horse. They are more than just 

sport partners”, Benjamin explains. “We have been lucky to have had some 

very good trainers, like Stefan Münch, Klaus Balkenholl and Isabell Werth and 

nowadays we work together with our main coach Jonny Hilberath and for 

piaffe-passage work with Andreas Hausberger of the Spanish Riding School.” 

As a brother and sister living and working on the same premises, Benjamin and 

Jessica of course often train their horses together. “It’s not that we constantly 

keep an eye on each other’s riding”, Benjamin says, “At our level you do need 

your own space to develop your own philosophy.” 

They do differ in their approach, Benjamin acknowledges. “I’m more of a 

thinker, whereas Jessie acts more out of her feeling. I can explain the theory; 

Jessie is the genius. I can help her think; she helps me gain feeling.” Benjamin’s 

face again breaks into a smile. “Sure we sometimes argue! We are just normal 

people. But that never lasts long!” 

At international competitions where Jessica is riding, Benjamin can often be 

found on the side-lines, supporting his sister. “At competitions, when I do not 

have to ride, Jessica needs me a bit more. Then I act more like one of her 

trainers. But at home she really doesn’t need someone to watch every step 

she takes. And neither do I!” 

In Chiemsee last year Jessica made a surprise performance demonstrating 

her dressage test with Unee BB without a saddle. The video made of this 

performance went viral on social media. “Oh, we often do that”, Benjamin 

reacts, “But not always in public. Jessica is passionate about it. Not only does 

it bring diversity to your horse’s daily routine, but it is also a test if your horse 

is truly straight. If your horse can’t do one-time changes with you on his bare 

back, he is just not straight.” 

Getting the best out of each horse and keeping it happy is Benjamin’s and 

Jessica’s main goal. “I can really see us doing this the coming thirty years”, 

Benjamin says with certainty in his voice. “The greatest thing to do is to develop 

young horses and do it in a way that it is enjoyable for them too. To teach a 

horse what he is capable of makes him proud. And it makes us proud too.” 

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Equestrian fashion queen 

SILVIA RIZZO 

Silvia Rizzo, a well-known rider and admired by Fashion King Valentino: “Besides the results, the 

elegance and happiness of my horse are important. I stand out in my own way, which is being 

fashionable with happy horses.” Not only is she a fashion icon with her own clothing line, she also 

attends the biggest events like the WDM with her all-time favorite Lusitano sweetheart Sal. 

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Silvia: “I like bringing a breath of fresh air in the conservative 

clothes that are common in the dressage world.” Bold as she 

is, Silvia decided to do it her way and started to wear fashionable 

clothes: “In my opinion, the dressage world is too conservative. I 

like to stand out and I think that everyone in the equestrian world 

should have a personal identity.” She is loved by the audience and 

they always react ‘really, really well’, as Silvia describes: “Besides 

receiving a lot of messages and e-mails from fans, I also receive 

many positive replies from other riders about my clothes. Even if 

I don’t win, I stand out for something different.” In 2015 she was 

awarded for her sense of style with the Chi E’ Chi Award , during 

the Milan fashion week, in the Sport Category for being Italy’s 

brightest ambassador of elegance and style in the international 

sport world for 2015. 


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ITALIAN FASHION KING VALENTINO 

One of Silvia’s most eye-catching fashion items was the Silver 

Mirror Helmet, a shiny helmet with the Italian flag displayed on 

it. “I came up with the idea for the helmet when I thought of my 

favorite fairy tale Snow white.” She was intrigued by the fairy tale, 

and especially by the part of “mirror, mirror on the wall”. The 

idea for the helmet was born and became the pièce de résistance. 

One of the fans of the helmet was no-one less than Fashion King 

Valentino. When the topic of Valentino turns up, she gets a glow 

on her face and starts to smile. Silvia: “I could not believe that I 

was invited to the VIP area of the sultan, where Valentino was 

sitting. He was attracted by my elegance and called me divine! 

You can understand that I was in Seventh Heaven!” 

As Valentino already mentioned, one of the things that is 

important for Silvia as to when it comes to clothes is elegance. 

To the question why she launched her own clothing line (Stylish 

Rider) and shop (Hof Marabunta), she answers that she missed 

something in the market. Silvia: “I really like fashion, colourful 

things and elegance. I combined these things and developed 

something new and fashionable.” 

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“PEOPLE LIKE MY PUBLIC ATTITUDE” 

Not only is she a real fashion trendsetter, she is the leader in the 

dressage world when it comes to engagement with her fans. For 

Silvia, connecting with her fans is really important: “When I ride, 

I can really feel that the public is standing next to me and that 

they enjoy what I do. It is a great support.” She receives a lot of 

e-mails and messages on Facebook from fans with questions about 

their outfits and horses: “They really like my public attitude and 

are grateful that I can give them suggestions about their clothes.” 

She takes a breath and tells her opinion on the topic of how to 

increase the popularity of the dressage sport: “More involvement 

with the public is necessary. People need to be involved with the 

riders and horses to create a connection with the public.” She is 

very positive when it comes to public involvement at the WDM: 

“The World Dressage Masters always has great shows. It is a 

public show, and it always attracts a lot of people of all levels.“ 

“When I ride, I can really feel 

that the public is standing next to 

me and that they enjoy what I do. 

It is a great support.” 

SIL & SAL: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 

Besides a clothing line and shop, she also has goals with her 

beloved horse Sal. The answer Silvia gives to the question what 

dressage goals she has, shows the love she has for her horse: “One 

of my dreams is to keep enjoying riding my horse, Sal. When 

I met Sal, it was love at first sight. Thanks to him I am able to 

attend the biggest events in the world. I am so grateful to him!” 

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They were already successful in the past, a silver medal at the 

European Championships in Gent amongst other things, and 

they keep going strong. Silvia: “I now only choose the exclusive 

events I really like, and I will definitely attend a few World 

Dressage Masters events.” Sil & Sal make a great combination 

and are very unique. Not only does Silvia stand out as a fashion 

trendsetter, Sal also stands out as the first Lusitano in the Ranking 

of the World Breeding Federation of Sport Horses in 2014. 

When it comes to her country of origin, Italy, there are not many 

big dressage events. This is exactly the reason why she moved 

to Germany in 2006. In Germany she had the possibility to 

develop herself and enter into the real dressage world. Silvia: 

“In Italy there was not a real dressage world. However, it would 

be fantastic to have a World Dressage Masters event in Rome! It 

would attract a lot of people and involve a lot of sponsors. And 

ofcourse I would attend!’ 


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Global Dressage Analytics 

ANALYSING JUDGE DECISIONS 

WITH DAVID STICKLAND 

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The sport of Dressage depends crucially 

on the education and knowledge of its 

judges, on their ability to analyse the 

performance before them, to measure 

it against the scale of training and to 

assign the correct score. This they 

must do, observing multiple facets 

of each movement and pace in a few 

seconds, sign their name at the end of 

the test and then move on to the next 

competitor. The rider has the analysis 

from the judge, the public sees the 

winners and the ranking, but the judge 

gets very little constructive feedback 

or why their scores differ from their 

colleagues or from the public perception 

or what was good and bad. In the world 

of Dressage we talk frequently of ways 

to improve judging, of ways to build a 

code of points, all of these have their 

place and may come to fruition, in the 

meantime Global Dressage Analytics 

is working with the Dutch Equestrian 

Federation, KNHS, to give their judges 

feedback that can help them to analyse 

and improve their own performance. 

David Stickland


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For the last two years Global Dressage Analytics 

(GDA) has been working with the Dutch Equestrian 

Federation (KNHS) to develop a dashboard able to 

give Dressage judges a way to monitor their judging, 

compare with their peers and generally get feedback 

to help them become 

the better judges. 

The dashboards also 

allow the federation to 

monitor their judging 

corps to help them 

develop educational 

programs and to identify 

the judges who are ready 

for promotion or those 

who need more help. At the Global Dressage Forum in 

October 2015 GDA and KNHS gave a well-received 

presentation on how this works and how it will be further 

extended over the coming years. 

For any given performance the judges can of course 

have different analysis and give different scores. They 

Global Dressage Analytics 

helps dressage judges to 

become better judges 

can have different views due to their different positions; 

one may see a resistance that the other misses or counts 

as less important. So, while the public, or the rider, may 

concentrate on a score difference and pose questions, 

GDA instead looks at the ensemble of scores each 

judge makes, are they 

on average higher or 

lower, what is the spread 

in their differences, do 

they use the same range 

of scores for each figure 

type, do they arrive at 

the same final score by 

the same route through 

a test, do they arrive at 

the same ranking as their colleagues, etc. By measuring 

these parameters and comparing them with those of 

their colleagues over many competitions then GDA 

can give the judges an objective measure of how they 

compare with those colleagues. By then giving them 

ways to locate test-sheets that show these differences and 

to reanalyse them after the event they get the possibility 

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to review their scoring and perhaps approach the next event differently. 

GDA gives the federation a dashboard where they can get an overview 

of these parameters for all their judges, they can see how they compare 

for different judge grades, they can can concentrate just on judges of 

a certain grade, or over a certain time period, they can sort, filter, use 

graphical tools and see what is getting better or worse with time. The 

federation can decide that some judges could profit from working with 

a mentor, and identify which judges would be the best mentors or the 

best judges to use in a championship. 

Each judge also has their own dashboard where they can see their own 

statistics and how they compare with their colleagues. They can tunnel 

into the data for individual events or tests. Obviously this 

is most useful when the dashboard details are filled very 

soon after the event, within days at most, perhaps in the 

longer term within hours. In the GDA dashboard judges 

have numerical and graphical tools to help them find the 

problematic events and to visualise the score sheets in new 

ways. The goal here is not to pass judgement on what the 

judge has done for any particular ride, but to present to 

them the maximum of information so that they can draw 

their own conclusions, or enter into discussion with their 

colleagues where necessary. 

In international competitions there are typically 5 or 

more judges, although at the younger rider levels 3 judges 

are often used, when in these cases a simple indicator of a 

potential issue is when one judge differs from the average 

of their colleagues for a particular figure. But in national 

competitions there are frequently two judges, or even one. 

For the single judge events GDA has plans to help them 

based on judging trends but these are not yet deployed, 

but already for the two-judge events in KNHS subtop 

level GDA has implemented the dashboard. For any given 

judgement of course it is impossible, without reviewing video analysis, 

to decide who was the most correct in the case of a difference, but over 

a period of time the analysis can show that one set of judges is mostly 

in agreement, while another set are mostly in disagreement with their 

colleagues. So as well as the statistical measures we track also which 

pairs of judges tend to agree or disagree and this goes into the mix. 

KNHS and its judges have been somewhat the guinea pigs testing the 

ideas and the system, all the signs are that this type of tool can help 

Federations in their judge education and promotion tasks and can start 

to give judges themselves more tools to build their own competences. 

GDA would be very happy to discuss with other federations how to 

make these tools available to their own judges. 

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FIGURE 1 

Here a Judge can compare their Score Consistency Factor (SCF) with those of all other judges. SCF 

is a measure of the spread between this judge’s scores and the other judges they work with. This is 

typically about 2% - in statistical terms this means that about 2/3 of the time they will be within 2% of 

the other judge, and about 1/3 of the time outside that range. 

FIGURE 2 

For the same judge as in the previous figure, now we show not the spread in sores, but the Mean 

Difference, so while this judge has a good spread (1.97%) they do judge a little lower than their 

colleagues on average (0.75% lower), so they might want to try being slightly more generous…. 

FIGURE 3 

Drilling down into the data the judge can see exactly where in a given test they differed most from 

their colleague judge. (in this case an 8 and a 6 for the same figure) But in this case the judge at H can 

also see that they are lower than their colleague by about 1 point for every figure in the test. 

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“Vingino is an advanced-level Ravensburger puzzle” 

TOMMIE VISSER 


“Just lots of practice. “ That is what Tommie owes his success to. Tommie: “The fact that we managed to get things 

sorted with Vingino in such a short space of time certainly contributed to the success.” As never before, he dances 

around the arena with his impressive athlete. He is a well-known face at WDM competitions, where he rides for all he 

is worth. WDM asked Tommie about his current and future stars. 

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I did not think I would succeed in getting so far again with 

Vingino so quickly” says Tommie about their rapid inclusion in the 

“Initially 

Olympic Team. Tommie: “The swift bond is thanks to the fact that we 

have known each other for four years already, a horse doesn’t just forget that.” 

That there is a bond between them is obvious and the dream pair is better 

than ever. In 2015, they had successes at the WDM competitions in Mechelen, 

Lier and Roosendaal. Vingino is a horse with many qualities: “When Vingino 

enters the arena, a real horse enters the arena. Furthermore, he has a very 

good walk, piaffe and pirouette. I feel that we are no way near the max. Once 

the general base is better, then a few percentage points more can definitely be 

achieved.” 

RAVENSBURGER PUZZLE 

In addition to the convincing performances 

with Vingino, he also regularly appears in “When Vingino enters the arena, 

the ring with the KWPN-approved stallion 

Bojengel. He has ridden this star since the a real horse enters the arena.” 

beginning of 2015: “We have a good set 

of Small Tour competitions behind us. At 

the moment I am keeping him at home in 

order to train him on further for the Grand Prix. Bojengel’s character is much 

easier than Vingino’s. As a result I expect the training to progress much faster 

than the four years it took with Vingino. “Training Vingino was definitely an 

advanced-level Ravensburger puzzle!” 

Despite the fact that all competitions are planned around Rio, Tommie 

is certain that he will compete in a few WDM competitions. “One of the 

reasons that I participate in the WDM competitions is the prize money. This 

is quite unique in the dressage sport. The WDM competitions also have a 

great atmosphere and are beautifully organised. It is just a good series of 

competitions to ride in.” 

BOREDOM IS IMPOSSIBLE 

As well as Vingino and Bojengel the Retie-based rider has several more 

talented horses on the yard. Together with Rob van Puijenbroek he lives 

at Stoeterij de Begijnhoeve, where all the 

horses are stabled. One of Tommie’s future 

stars is the 6-year-old stallion Mac CL 

(Gribaldi x Havidoff), a horse owned by 

Cor van der Linden and Joop van Uytert: 

“ I have very high expectations of this 

stallion in the Grand Prix. I am currently 

training him at home until he reaches Small 

Tour-level, and we also have several stallion 

shows lined up. Furthermore they also have 

Heros (Vivaldi x Havidoff), a four-year-old stallion approved by the BWP. The 

4-year-old stallion Hilltop (Chagall x Tuschinski), who has been selected for 

the performance test, is also one of the talents. Tommie: “We have no time 

to get bored!” 

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Furthermore, the love for horses and 

equestrian sports is evident throughout 

the family. Ian’s wife Virginia Lundin 

enjoys the Jiva Hill Stables and competes 

at the higher dressage levels. “Hopefully 

the World Dressage Masters in Geneva 

can inspire many and promote our beloved 

sport.” 

Jiva Hill 

Crozet, France 

Close to Geneva, the Jiva Hill Resort 

features a 98-acre private estate, 

magnificently situated at the foothills 

of the Jura Mountains facing the majestic 

Mont Blanc. Jiva Hill Park Hotel and 

Resort was developed as a unique place to 

combine luxury and relaxation with many 

outdoor activities, such as golf, tennis and 

water skiing. Equestrian sport has always 

been very important to several Lundin 

family members, including Virginia who 

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Deluxe rooms or Junior suits 

Sleep like never before 

The Jiva Hill Resort offers 23 Deluxe rooms, 4 corner Deluxe rooms and 6 Junior suites. 

With their deep carpet, adorned with subtle shades of beige or brown glossy leather 

and plush throws, decorated with original paintings and equipped with the very latest 

technologies, all the rooms and Junior Suites offer a truly luxurious setting. 

The Shamwari restaurant 

Gastronomic cuisine revisited between tradition and avant-gardism 

After learning with Pierre Kofmann and Michel Roux Junior and managing the restaurant 

of the very prestigious Longueville Manor on Jersey Island, Emmanuel Ollivier becomes 

the Chef of the Shamwari restaurant at Jiva Hill Resort in September 2011. Quality and 

freshness are at the heart of his concens. 

Equestrian sport 

Give your horse a holiday too 

The equestrian barn of Jiva Hill, that was build in 2005, contains 27 stables, a 20 x 60 

indoor and ourdoor arena. But also a longing ring with a diameter of 18 meters and a 

galop track of 300 meters. All this is established on 98 acres of land. You and your horse 

can enjoy the fantactic nature the Mont-Blanc has to offer. 

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childhood: “Dressage was the logical evolution and was inspired by a friend 

whose sensitivity and inspiration as a horse trainer and dressage coach opened 

windows onto what beautiful movement horses are capable of when in harmony 

with their riders.” Hence, Jiva Hill Stables was initially designed and built for 

dressage and this year it celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Virginia Lundin 

has been riding for more than two decades 

and over the years, the facility has enabled 

further enhancement and successful dressage 

at competitive levels. 

It is not the first time that the Lundin family 

supports the World Dressage Masters. 

Previously it has contributed to the founding of 

the WDM NextGen, called the Jiva Hill Youth 

Challenge at the time. Virginia Lundin says about the family’s efforts: “It is great 

to be able to give something back to dressage, a sport that has given our family 

so much pleasure. Moreover, the quality organisation of the World Dressage 

Masters creates the ideal circumstances to give riders the best chances of 

competing at the highest levels of dressage. Quite simply, the WDM promotes 

the sport and provides opportunities and support for the young riders who are 

the future of dressage.” Like before, the Lundin family puts special emphasis on 

the future talent class ‘Under 25’. Ian Lundin explains: “Any competitive sport 

is fascinating to watch at the highest level. Out of all the equestrian disciplines, 

“It is great to be able to give 

something back to dressage, a 

sport that has given our family 

so much pleasure.” 

dressage may be less accessible and is perhaps less attractive to young riders 

than say show jumping. By providing high level competition experience to 

young dressage riders, it will increase the interest in the sport and help raise 

the standard for future generations of riders. We love the idea to support young 

people, we do the same in other sports. The success and a good experience 

in the past partnership with WDM NextGen 

gave us the confidence to come together once 

again.” 

Virginia Lundin adds: “Jiva Hill’s proximity and 

access to Geneva, along with its collaboration 

with World Dressage Masters seem an ideal 

combination to compliment the World Cup Show 

Jumping at Palexpo. It is a fantastic opportunity 

for Geneva and Switzerland as a whole to have another high level dressage 

competition. This clearly adds something special to the agenda of our region. With 

a lot of talented dressage riders gathering in one place, it may inspire more people. 

Dressage is not as well-known yet in our area as it is in Germany or the 

Netherlands, thus this competition is the perfect chance to promote the sports 

and educate and appeal to people. It should be a real treat for spectators to 

experience such beauty and grace along with the athleticism of high level 

dressage.” 

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Katrina Wüst 

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FEI 5* JUDGE AND RENOWNED JUDGE EDUCATOR 

German FEI 5* judge and renowned judge educator Katrina Wüst is one of the most respected judges worldwide. 

Dressage has developed a lot over the years, but as Katrina points out the judges’ main task has not changed since 

the beginning of our sport and has always proven to be a tricky challenge: “Finding the right winner.” 

Having taken part in the jury of 

multiple World Cup Finals, European 

Championships and being a world 

authority on Freestyle design, Katrina Wüst 

is named a leading trainer of judges and 

a true dressage guru. Prior to her switch 

to judging, Katrina was a dedicated and 

successful dressage rider herself. Inspired 

by both her experiences as a rider and 

a judge, she is an impassioned advocate 

for fairness and transparency in dressage; 

while simultaneously aiming for detailed, 

decisive, yet empathetic and knowledgeable 

judging. Active as a judge since the early 

90s, Katrina has carefully watched the 

developments and innovations in dressage 

over the past decades: “A key innovation in 

dressage was the introduction of the Kür, 

one year prior to the Olympic Games of 

Atlanta. In one fell swoop, it made dressage 

popular amongst a tremendous number of 

spectators. However, in general, dressage 

has not developed due to innovations per se. 

In the past 10-15 years it has rather made 

huge steps forward through significant 

improvements in both the breeding of 

talented horses and the quality of riding. 

Nowadays the top horses hardly make any 

major mistakes in the Grand Prix tests,” she 

points out. 

Katrina’s own innovation is a more recent 

addition to the select list of noteworthy 

innovations in the history of dressage. 

Together with Daniel Goehlen, Katrina 

has developed a degree of difficulty for 

the dressage sport. Her inspiration was the 

desire for transparency and equal judging. 

She explains: “We wanted to find a system 

that makes the judging of the degree of 

difficulty in Freestyle presentations more 

transparent and ensures that the assessment 

of the various difficulties is the same for 

each rider, depending on the quality of 

the execution.” Katrina continues: “We 

hope that it can contribute towards various 

aspects of and parties involved in dressage. 

First of all, fairness for the riders and 

transparency for the spectators. Secondly, 

results that can be announced much faster, 

directly after the rider has left the arena. 

And finally, better information for the 

media, including TV commentators.” 

It is a hot topic that sparks a lot of discussion 

amongst dressage fans: will our beloved 

sport remain an Olympic Sport in the 

future? Katrina is confident that it will, with 

a side note that the current formula may 

need a few tweaks. She argues: “Genuine, 

good dressage is not a traditional sport 

with the corresponding focus on faster – 

higher - wider, but emphasizes on beauty 

and harmony. Skilled, horse-friendly riding 

must be paramount and shown by each 

and every competitor to maintain the 

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enthusiasm of the spectators. This – as well as the fact that men 

and women compete against each other in the same classes – should 

bring the International Olympic Committee to stick to our sport. 

In addition to the internal aspects of the sport, the public could 

be attracted even more by good TV commentators and analysts, 

preferably having been top riders themselves in dressage or such as 

in other sports. Maybe a different format could be helpful. Still, in 

general I am very positive that our sport will survive as an Olympic 

discipline. Fortunately, various organisations and people never cease 

to make an effort to develop dressage further. The World Dressage 

Masters also plays a significant role in this, as it supports a lot of 

important international shows and thereby helps to make the 

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“I am very positive that 

our sport will survive as an 

Olympic discipline.” 

With the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro coming up, 2016 

promises to be an exciting year, revolving all around sports. Katrina 

has great expectations of the dressage sport in Brazil: “The quality 

of dressage is permanently increasing, more and more new talented 

combinations will grow into the sport. This was already obvious at 

the European Championships in Aachen last year, where we had 

a thrilling competition. Unfortunately, Brazil is not such a horse 

country as England and the spectators might not be as enthusiastic 

as the Brits were in London 2012. Nonetheless, dressage lovers will 

be in for a treat if we look at the vast number of skilled riders and 

good horses. The challenges for the jury will be the same as always: 

to find the right winner and a correct overall placing, even if the 

results are not totally in line at all times,” Katrina concludes. 

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Christine Stibi 


“SPORT HAS THE POWER TO INSPIRE” 

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Just over ten years ago, Christine Stibi started her 

company ‘Office for German – Qatar Relations & 

German – UAE Relations’. Her goal is to bring both 

parts of the world together, not only on business 

or sports level, but especially on social and cultural 

level, focusing on the next generation too. One of 

the projects developed by Stibi was the Qatari 

partnership with one of Germany’s most wonderful 

horse shows the “Wiesbadener Pfingstturnier”. 

With the World Dressage Masters to be held in 

Wiesbaden, dressage could get more interest from 

the Middle East as well. 

lived in the UAE from 1995 until 2005”, tells Christine Stibi, 

“I who is originally from the countryside near Wiesbaden and 

Mainz. “I have always been closely involved with organising 

horse shows and the cities Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, 

Ajman and Doha feel like my second homes.” By starting her 

consultancy office for German and UAE and Qatar relations, 

Stibi tried to build bridges. “In my opinion, there is a lack 

of direct connecting opportunities and face to face contact. 

That is something I try to create, I try to create match-making 

meetings between people from Europe and the Middle East 

and to create new meaningful projects adding new values.” 

QATAR AND WIESBADENER PFINGSTTURNIER 

One of the ideas that came up to Christine Stibi, was to create 

a partnership between Qatar and Wiesbadener Pfingstturnier. 

“I believe that sport has the power to inspire people. The 

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last two years have been an overwhelming success for both Qatar and 

Germany. With the partnership in Wiesbaden, we have created a lot of 

positive news. The partnership already pays off, especially on a social 

level”, Stibi states. “At Wiesbadener Pfingstturnier, we created a Qatari 

exhibition village where German people got to discover the Arabic world. 

There is Arabic food, Arabic history, boat makers, perfume, just name 

it. This Qatari cultural village has become one of the highlights of the 

Wiesbadener Pfingstturnier as well as the initiated Qatar ‘Q&A’ Briefings, 

so called ‘Marhaba’- Lounge with the mission to create direct dialog.” 

DRESSAGE IN MIDDLE EAST 

A new highlight to this year’s edition of the Wiesbadener Pfingstturnier 

will be the World Dressage Masters. Currently, the main focus in the 

Middle East is on the sport of show jumping, but Christine Stibi has 

good hopes for dressage too. “Again in Wiesbaden riders from the whole 

Arabic region will compete and I am sure they will also be invited to see 

the World Dressage Masters. If one or two riders from the Middle East 

will get really passionate about dressage and will develop a strong vision 

with for instance the Olympic Games as a goal, everything is possible.” 

If a star rises, dressage will be able to grow, Stibi thinks. 

“Life is always in development. In the last years, the main focus has just 

not been on dressage. But by getting awareness through for example 

the World Dressage Masters Series, something could happen very 

quickly in a positive way.” 

FRIENDSHIP-TRIPS 

During the last years, Christine Stibi has brought a lot of her contacts 

from the Middle East to Europe, with the partnership of Wiesbaden and 

Qatar as one of her projects. But for the next years, Stibi also wants to 

bring Europeans to the Middle East. “My newest project is to organise 

so called friendship-trips between Europe and the Middle East. I would 

like Europeans to see the wonderful premium cultural events they have in 

the Arabic region, not only involving equestrian events. I think the main 

problem sometimes can be that people do not know each other. They 

need to meet more, so they have better understanding and positive things 

can grow from this. Cultural events and sports can really be helpful by 

creating this”, Christine Stibi states. “It is time to get to know each other!” 


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Porsche 

a world of 

horsepowers 

The Porsche family is a big name in the 

world of horsepowers. They are not 

only famous for their cars, the 19-year 

old Diana Porsche is an up-and-coming 

star in the dressage world. She is 

currently successful in dressage ‘Under 

25’ and competes at WDM events. 

Diana’s love for horses was already 

discovered when she was a toddler. 

Her mother Iris: “Diana received her 

first horse as a Christmas gift from 

her father at the age of five. It was the best 

Christmas present of her life!” When Diana 

grew older she became interested in dressage 

and is now competing at big dressage events 

with her horse Di Sandro (De Niro x Sandro). 

Iris: “It was certainly a very challenging task 

for such a young rider to take part in the 

WDM, and of course an honor to start for the 

Austrian team. For Diana it was an interesting 

experience to attend such a well-established 

international event.” Diana has the full support 

of her family, especially from her mother Iris: 

“I assist my daughter with organisational 

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PORSCHE FAMILY 

matters and I always accompany Diana when 

she attends tournaments. When a competition 

did not turn out well or something like that, I am 

there for her. We have a very close relationship.” 

Diana has a dedicated trainer in Dieter Laugks. 

He is her trainer since the end of 2012. Iris: “We 

are very happy that we found a coach like Dieter. 

He challenges and encourages Diana to get closer 

to achieving her dream. Because of Dieter’s 

own tournament experience, he has the ability 

and practical knowledge to support Diana with 

tranquility and routine. He makes it possible for 

Diana to optimally perform in dressage competitions 

and allows horse and rider to evolve together.” 

HORSES ARE THE BEST TEACHERS 

Iris is involved in equestrian sport for young 

people: “In times like these it is important to 

support young people who dedicate themselves 

to this beautiful work. Diana once said that 

horses are her most important teachers. Horses 

teach you patience, responsibility, discipline and 

honesty. When you are not honest with horses, 

you cannot expect them to be honest. In addition, 

they teach one how to deal with failures and envy. 

In what other kind of job do you learn all that?” 

Diana Porsche 

together with Di Sandro 

Iris Porsche 

Diana’s mother and biggest supprter 

Iris Porsche Hotel 

the 5* hotel in Mondsee 

house in Mondsee from my husband for our 15th 

wedding anniversary 8 years ago, I immediately 

knew that it should become a cozy, elegant 

hideaway. My aim was that guests should feel like 

home and at the same time do not have to give up 

luxury and high quality service. For my hotel team 

it is important to take care of our guest’s wishes 

on a very individual level and high standard. It 

also shows that guest appreciate that service, since 

we have many regular guests staying at my hotel.” 


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IRIS PORSCHE HOTEL 

Besides supporting Diana in her sportive career, Iris 

is the owner of Iris Porsche Hotel in the Austrian 

city of Mondsee. “It was not necessarily my dream”, 

says Iris about her five star hotel. “When I got the 

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