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Chatting With Maria Eleni Tourkomani
At just twenty-one years old, Greek dressage rider Maria Eleni Tourkomani has already built an impressive international résumé. A four-time Balkan Champion across Children, Young Rider and...
Favourite Things: Emma Thomas
I’ve taken artistic licence not a real horse, but I choose Sleipner – Odins horse, he was the greatest of all horses able to transcend dimensions and the cosmos between the living and the dead. He...
Inside Team Bloomfields
Sharon Howe sits down with Helen Moody, co-owner of Bloomfields Horseboxes with her husband, Dean Moody, to talk about the story behind the business, the partnership at its heart and what comes next...
Chatting With Emma Thomas
Emma Thomas is the woman behind Esperanza Dressage in Surrey, a training yard she has run alongside her partner, James Smith, for the past twenty-two years. With a particular passion for Spanish...
Favourite Things: Tara Yen Wee
I must say that my own horses are already my dream horses to ride, but if I had to pick one outside of them, I think it would have probably been Valegro.My favourite drink is a Shirley temple!The...
Chatting with Rowi Pille
Rowi Pille is a twenty-one-year-old dressage rider from Julianadorp in the Netherlands, who combines competing at Small Tour with her physiotherapy studies in Amsterdam. Much of her time is spent at...
Favourite Things: Bettina Kendlbacher
I would love to ride Glamourdale, Jameson RS2, Proud James and Opoque.Aperol Spritz and for a cocktail I love to have a White Russian Brela in Croatia (it’s close to Markaska) and the south of...
Chatting with Tara Yen Wee
Tara Yen Wee is a twenty-three-year-old dressage rider from Singapore who combines riding and competing with studying medicine at the National University of Singapore, where she is currently in her...
Favourite things: Vicky Walling
Camille Carrier Bergeron’s Finnländerin. I've been following their journey for a longtime and think she's a super cool mare- a powerhouse but smart and sensitive too. A vanilla oat latte - hot in...
Chatting with Alexandra Morgan
Alexandra Morgan is an FEI Canadian Dressage rider based out of Kingston Ontario. Thirty-year-old Alexandra manages a private farm with Dutch Driving horses in addition to teaching. "I also teach...
Favourite Things: Ameera Singh Pasrich
I really like Proud James or Donkey BossAny CDI lol preferably in ItalyTo Kill a MockingbirdBlack and buckskinCoffee Frappuccino all the way! With EXTRA SHOTS. Or black coffeeKlaus BalkenholMy...
Chatting with Federica Sileoni
Federica Sileoni is an Italian international para dressage rider and Paralympian. The twenty-eight year-old recently moved back to the Marche region of central Italy having spent many years away in...
Favourite Things: Marta Robitschek
The horse I’ve always dreamed of riding is Valegro.My favourite shop is Pinol, Madrid. I’m not sponsored, I really like it!Violeta by Isabel Allende.I love Tracy Chapman.I’m Italian, of course...
Chatting with Vicky Walling
Vicky Walling is a lifelong equestrian, FEI dressage rider and trainer who has dedicated her career to the development of dressage through extensive experience as a working student and assistant...
Favourite Things: Diana Borovyk
For sure Dalera and Zonik Plus.Iceland or JapanOur two French bulldogs- Hermes and Lakshmi, they are my mascots and they travel with me to competitions.I part with things quite easily, but my most...
Chatting with Bettina Kendlbacher
Bettina Kendlbacher is an Austrian based Grand Prix dressage rider. Bettina and her husband have a dressage stable with approximately fifty horses, students and clients, and a breeding stable called...
Favourite Things: Jennifer Harnett
Anywhere sunny and relaxing.A matcha latte with oat milkTwo dogs — a Podenco and a Malinois.My loved ones, my dogs and my horsesTo continue competing at the highest level and keep improving as a...
Chatting with Diana Borovyk
Diana Borovyk is a professional Grand Prix dressage rider from Ukraine. Based at Berezan Horse Sport Club in Berezan, she trains, competes, and works with horses on a daily basis. Diana has a...
Favourite Things: Romy Veldman
Mclaren OLD NOPT or Blue Hors ZackHomeJumping Amsterdam and Olympics of course!I don’t know… probably Anne Loosveld’s podcast “The Winners Mindset”Fresh Mint tea and a cookie!Whew tough one! I think...
Chatting With Ameera Singh Pasrich
Ameera Singh Pasrich is a dressage rider based in Germany. Ameera has been riding since she was about two years old when her father first put his daughter on a horse. Ameera's journey began as a...
Favourite Things: Ellie Hamilton
Sophie Wells' Rio or Becky Moody’s JagerBombLove Lucy SpragganBoth!I have an accountancy degree, but work in marketingExploring the countryside with Piggy and stopping off at our local pub for a...
Team behind the rider: Sabrina Hidiroglou
Sabrina Hidiroglou combines her experience of being a dressage rider alongside her business as a rider focussed yoga teacher helping equestrians move better, feel stronger, and become more effective...
Chatting with Mick van der Kort
Mick van der Kort is a nineteen-year-old international dressage rider from the Netherlands. His horses are based in Lisserbroek, at Sportstal Dijckhoeve (near Schiphol and the bulbfields). ...
Favourite Things: Lia Koudouni
I love riding stallions because of their temperament. I wish I had written Totilas. One of the best horses of all times and a really special character and type. Sorry for how he ended. I really...
Chatting With Jennifer Harnett
Jennifer Harnett is an Irish international high-performance Grand Prix dressage rider. Based just outside Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Jennifer trains and compete horses at various stages of their...
Favourite Things: Anna Guseynova
Honestly my dream horses are my horses - Abe, Lauda, Flagship and G Star But out of love and curiosity to dressage I would love to feel the flying changes with Cosmo from Sönke Rothenberger. Trot...
Chatting with Javier Guillén Callejas
Javier Guillén Callejas is a twenty-two-year-old Spanish international dressage rider based in Zaragoza, Spain. The very busy Javier, combines riding and judging with completing his degree in...
Favourite Things: Andrea Baliarda
I would love to ride the beautiful Spanish boys: Poeta de Susaeta and Romero de Trujillo and as for warmbloods I would love to ride Zonik Plus.I love Aloe Vera water with bits or a San pellegrino...
Team behind the rider: Sam Osborn
Sam Osborn is a British Dressage coach and Master NLP Practioner and Performance Mindset Coach based in Somerset. Sam, owner of Osborn Dressage works with riders of all ages and levels, from those...
Chatting with André Brás
Twenty-six year-old André Brás is a Portuguese dressage rider and trainer, originally from Faro, Algarve, Portugal. He is currently located near Lisbon, where he recently started his own project,...