World Dressage Masters Guide 2016

2016
Indonesia
Hartanto Sutardja
Sponsor
WDM GUIDE
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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