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Jan André Schulze Niehues

Jan André Schulze Niehues was probably born with a connection to equestrian sport. One look at his parents’ riding facility in Warendorf/Freckenhorst in Westphalia soon made it clear to him: hurdles are more than just obstacles, they are challenges. And he is facing them with increasing success: his faultless rides in Steinhagen led the Münster native straight to the CHIO 2016 in Aachen. He is now making a name for himself on “Benedikt” and “Credos Jumper” and confirms what they say: success is something that happens when you follow your goals!

Achievements:

  • 2017: Golden Riding Badge in show jumping
  • 2020: 10th place in the German Championships, 1st place in the Grand Prix of Harsum S***
  • 2021: 1st place in the CSI*** Championships of Samorin, 5th place in the final of the German Championships

Lara Weber

Lara Weber has been stationed at the Bundeswehr Sports School in Warendorf as a sports soldier since 2016. In the same year, she celebrated 2nd place in the Grand Prix (S***) at the Salutfestival in Aachen with Chocolate Daisy and thus third place in the overall standings of the German Indoor Championships.

In 2017, she won the silver medal at the Westphalian Young Rider Championships, celebrated her greatest success to date with Christdorn and was also accepted into the show jumping perspective group in the same year.

In her first year in the “senior” camp in 2019, Lara became Westphalian Champion and received her Golden Riding Badge. At the K+K Cup at the beginning of 2020, she placed in the S**** jumping competition with her top horse Bien Aimee de la Lionne.

Successes:

  • 2021: Westphalian Senior Championships 2nd place, won S** several times, placed S** and S***, placed internationally up to CSI2*

Jérôme Robiné

Jérôme Robiné comes from a family of riders and breeders and rode his first cross-country test at the age of 12. He took all the levels offered to young eventing riders on their way to the top. He was a 4-time Hessen champion, won medals at the German Youth Championships and successfully took part in the Preis der Besten several times. In 2014, at the age of 16, he was called up to a European Championship team for the first time and immediately won team silver and individual bronze in Bishop Burton (GB). This was followed by four more appearances at European Championships in the Junior and Young Rider camps, where he won a total of two gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

Since 2016, Jérôme has been stationed as a sports soldier at the Bundeswehr Sports School in Warendorf and was accepted into the eventing perspective group in 2017.

In 2018 and 2019, he won the U25 sponsorship prize in the CIC4** in Wiesbaden with home-bred horses.

In 2020, he was accepted into the senior national squad for the first time.

With his top horses Black Ice and Brave Heart, he wants to build on his successes and successfully started the 2021 season in Radolfzell.

Successes:

  • 2021: Winner in the overall standings of the U25 Eventing Promotion Prize, 5th place in the Nations Cup Arville (Belgium), 6th place in the final of the 6-year-old Bundeschampionat, participation in the CHIO in Aachen

Elmar Lesch

Elmar Lesch’s training and show stable in Bavendorf, Lower Saxony, is renowned far beyond the borders of Germany for the purchase and sale of thoroughbred eventing horses from all German breeding areas as well as the sporting promotion of riders and horses to the highest level. Elmar Lesch launched an auction exclusively for German elite eventing horses, the only one of its kind in Germany to date, which gave decisive impetus to the marketing of German eventing horses between 2005 and 2016. In 2010, a sales day for eventing horses was held for the first time at Elmar Lesch’s riding facility, which has been a fixture in the calendar every spring ever since.

As a successful rider, trainer and coach, Elmar Lesch has been present on the international show jumping scene for over 30 years and is professionally involved in the marketing of sport horses. As one of the first professional riders in Germany, he successfully focused on eventing back in the early 1990s: he twice represented the German colors at European Championships, became German runner-up and recorded victories in international sport up to CCI3*. At the Bundeschampionat, he rode young horses to the title several times.

Maike Morbach

Maike Morbach feels equally at home as a sports judge and on horseback. She has dedicated herself to training Icelandic horses since her youth. Today she works as an independent IPZV trainer A and as a squad trainer and trains horses and riders up to the highest classes. Her greatest concern: a versatile and careful training in every respect.

  • 2009: 3rd place DIM and DZ runner-up in the pass race
  • Since 2009: Self-employment
  • 2010: IPZV young horse trainer, IPZV API examiner
  • 2011: IPZV Trainer A
  • 2017: IPZV sport judge A
  • Since 2017: Cadre trainer for the Weser-Ems state association
  • 2019: Collaboration on the textbook “Pferdeführerschein” (FN-Verlag)
  • 2021/2022: on the way to becoming a master of horse management
  • 2022: Master of horse management

Gianna Regenbrecht

Gianna’s spinal cord was severely injured in a riding accident 8 years ago (2014), resulting in paraplegia from the second lumbar vertebra.

However, the accident did not change her love of horses and equestrian sports, so it was clear to Gianna from the outset that she wanted to ride again. Starting with hippotherapy, a form of therapy on horseback, she gradually found her way back into the saddle.

A year later, Selma & Gianna entered para-dressage sport and were runners-up at the German Championships in 2019. This was followed by inclusion in the national junior squad and their first international competitions.

Selma and Gianna were successful at national and international competitions last year (2021) and are therefore in the national para-dressage squad for the third year in a row this year. Gianna has also had a young hopeful under the saddle since this year. She is lucky that her trainer Claudia Mense has made one of her home-bred horses available to Gianna. The now 6-year-old Ben is set to follow in Selma’s footsteps one day. Gianna’s greatest success so far has been to become German runner-up. In 2021, Selma & Gianna finished fourth internationally, but were able to win almost all competitions nationally. Gianna’s biggest goal: the Paralympics in Paris 2024!

Alina Schrader

Born in Hamburg, Alina has been riding for most of her life and has remained involved in equestrian sport thanks to her horse-loving mother.

Starting with the riding competition with her first own pony, through participation in the German Young Rider Championships as part of the DJM in Zeiskam with her first large horse, to the German Champion title in 2022 in the U25 Grand Prix class. Over the years, Alina and her successful mare Paola OLD have won bronze in the Young Riders class at the 2018 State Championships HH/SH, as well as several placings in the advanced class and a 3rd place at the Youth Challenge in Verden. On their way into the Grand Prix sport, the pair were able to collect placings and victories at advanced (S*) level for the first time in 2020 and thus take part in the selection course for the 2021 Piaff Förderpreis for Schleswig-Holstein. Thanks to their successful qualification, the pair were allowed to compete in the stages of the Piaff Förderpreis, where they achieved further placings at advanced (S*) level. Thanks to their performance, they were allowed to take part in the final of the Piaff-Förderpreis in Kronberg in December 2021. There they were able to celebrate their greatest success with 3rd place in the final. In 2022, they achieved two 4th places in Mannheim as part of the Piaff-Förderpreis, before winning gold and silver at the German Championships in Balve in the U25 Grand Prix and the U25 Grand Prix Freestyle. But Alina was also able to win the U25 Derby with horse change in Hamburg in 2022 with her just 7-year-old young horse Flavio. Thanks to her success with Paola OLD, Alina was called up to the prospective national squad for the first time in 2022.

Florian Wanner

Florian Grimm stands for continuous and targeted training of young horses. Florian competes at international level with horses he has bred and trained himself and can boast major successes such as a victory at the championships in Babenhausen.

Florian trains at his own ultra-modern riding facility in idyllic Spraitbach and therefore has ideal conditions for the training and further education of young and experienced sport horses (www.pferde-erholungszentrum.com).

True to the motto “a sensible training of every horse is the be-all and end-all of every success”, Florian gives his horses enough time for training and also allows every young show jumper to complete dressage training.

Raphaelle Borgmann

Raphaëlle Reber is a successful dressage rider.

We at Kavalkade got to know her through our photo stallion “Eurodressage” at Hof Borgmann.

Successes:

  • 2014 Training with Thomas Wagner, followed by the first advanced (S) level victories
  • 2012 – 2014 Victories and placings in the L, M and S categories
  • 2011 Moved to Germany – Pferdesport Wintermühle GmbH
  • 2010 Passed exam as a rider, then self-employed as a trainer and sport rider
  • 2006 – 2011 Numerous victories and placings at L and M level, various S placings
  • 2006 Regional Swiss Champion
  • 2000 Participation in Swiss Championships, dressage ponies (4th place)