Sportpferde Jens Baackmann

The team at Jens Baackmann carefully trains young and talented horses. The jumping, hunter and equitation horses all have extensive jumping experience and have also debuted at competitions. Jens Baackmann, a rider and a >>trainer, is highly successful in show jumping at national and international levels. 

Dressur- und Ausbildungsstall Balkenhol

Klaus Balkenhol, multiple Olympic and World Champion in dressage, as well as an international trainer, runs a dressage and training stable. His daughter Anabel is also a >>trainer. Their philosophy is to train without pressure and coercion, to foster and promote the natural disposition of horses in traditional dressage training, and to always give priority to the needs of the horse. >> to website

Blanken - Verkauf und Ausbildung von Dressur- und Springpferden

Stefan Blanken trains young horses to make successful appearances at competitions and championship events, with the annual highlights being the State and National Championships. He also specializes in preparing stallions and warmbloods for licensing inspections and auctions. In all his work with young horses he sets great store by the use of traditional training techniques. >> to website

Sport and Training Stable, Martin Fink

Martin Fink, a successful show jumping and eventing rider up to the Advanced Class, runs a riding and sales stables in Warendorf. The focus of the Pferdewirtschaftsmeister’s work is in training sports horses up to the highest class. In addition to concentrated support, the horses are also regularly trained on the DOKR grounds, a factor which contributes to the animals’ broad training. Martin Fink is can also be booked as a trainer at German Horse Center. >> to website

Weidenhof Gaus

Corinna Gaus, Pferdewirtschaftsmeisterin, trains sport horses reared by herself and by other breeders up to the advanced class, in accordance with the classic principles of riding. She has been very successful as a rider at the top level of the sport and qualified for the final of the Nuremberg Cup, for example, with Shakespeare in Love, the Weidenhof Gaus stallion. The horses and new offspring from the stables are in demand internationally and are now in training at top riders such as Courtney King-Dye and Steffen Peters. >>to website

Sportstall Lutz Gripshöver 

The Gripshöver family has been breeding horses and training them for the upper classes of equestrian sport for decades. Approximately 20 foals are reared each year at the Gripshöver stables. Lutz Gripshöver, an international Nations’ Cup rider, places particular value on traditional training methods and giving the horses plenty of time to develop. When training the young horses, Lutz Gripshöver is ably assisted by Pferdewirtschaftsmeister Oliver Schaal. >> to website

Sportpferde Felix and Toni Haßmann

Felix Haßmann, one of the top 10 German show jumpers, and his brother Toni, a 3-time winner of the Hamburg Derby, are both internationally successful riders. In terms of selecting and training horses, they have many years of experience and great expertise. Only the very best show jumping horses meet their demands and are selected for further training, which is carried out in their typically gentle fashion. Some of these excellently trained show jumpers are available for sale.
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Oldenburger Hengststation Höffmann
 

The Höffmann family business, with its optimized breeding program, set itself the aim of training and selling talented sport horses with flawless personalities for show jumping and dressage, and it has been doing so for more than three decades.
During a sustained period of training the focus is on peace and tranquility as the basis for creating a long and trouble-free career as a “sporting partner”.
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Hengsthaltung Kathmann

Hengsthaltung Kathmann is a stud farm with a long tradition of breeding Oldenburg horses, and played a key role in establishing competitive equestrian sport in the Weser-Ems region in Germany. In addition to keeping breeding stallions and running an insemination center, the stud farm focuses on the breeding, training, competitive presentation and sale of talented dressage horses. Customers around the world appreciate the good breeding their horses have received in Holtrup. In a relaxing environment, the young and committed team at the stud farm devotes plenty of time to customers and finding just the right horse for their requirements. >> to website

Sportpferde Klatte

The sale of horses of all ages and abilities has been a great strength of the organization for more than 50 years. The name Klatte is a prime international address. Top riders across the world ride horses from these stables, ranging from talented young horses to highly-experienced sporting horses that are successful in the advanced class >> to website

Hof Kröckel

The Winzer-Kröckel family has devoted itself for many years to the breeding and rearing of Hanoverian horses. The breeding has produced show jumping and dressage horses up to the advanced class as well as participants at German Federal Championships and Hanoverian Show Jumping Championships in Verden. The horses are acquired by purchasers from around the world and appear at the Verden Elite Auction. The equestrian facility was again awarded five stars by the German National Equestrian Federation in 2010. >> to website

Ausbildungsstall Langehanenberg

Helen and Sebastian Langehanenberg, who can both be booked as >>trainers, train their horses from the beginning to the advanced class. The young trainers are renowned for their fine riding style and have learned their trade from experts such as Klaus Balkenhol, Ingrid Klimke and Heike Kemmer. Their horses participate successfully at national and international dressage competitions.  >> to website

Gestüt Ligges

The name Ligges has a prominent place in German show jumping history: Fritz Ligges, participant in the Olympic Games on several occasions, medal winner, judge, national trainer, breeder and founder of the stud farm bearing his name, has always had the breeding of great sport horses as his aim. This ambition and dedication still characterizes the work of the stud farm, which is now run very successfully by Fritz’s son Kai and his family. The stallion station has top sires, such as Cornet Obloensky, provides excellent breeding and training of young horses, and offers high quality sport horses for sale. >> to website

Lüneburg Stables

The Lüneburg family has been breeding top quality Holsteiner horses for over 40 years. Great thought is given to the selection of broodmares, which have often been successful right up to the advanced classes. The horses that are bred therefore have great jumping talent, rideability and a good attitude to work, as well as resilience and good health. This is fostered by the provision of care that is tailored to the type of horse and results in healthy sport horses with durability and longevity. These are given sound basic training by Rasmus Lüneburg’s team before being introduced to equestrian sport. >> to website

Sportpferde Merschformann

This long-established center for sport horse training and trading is run by brothers Frank and Markus Merschformann, both of whom are certified Pferdewirtschaftsmeister and very successful show jumping riders. Markus is one of Germany’s top 20 show jumpers. Frank focuses on the initial training of young horses and Markus is responsible for the advanced training of mature sport horses. Thanks to the brothers’ professional approach, the Merschformann sport horses receive a very solid training for long-term success right through to the highest classes, thereby making things easy for amateur and competitive riders alike. >> to website

Hengststation Jens Meyer

The breeding of true to type and healthy horses with strong characters, outstanding movement potential, top jumping skills and optimal riding qualities is the ultimate goal of the work at the stud farm. This includes focusing on a healthy rearing environment and early life combined with classical training. Horses from this center feature quite often in positive headlines about top sport up to Olympic level. The successful stallions from here include His Highness, Herzensdieb and Damsey.  >> to website

Hof Rabeler - Pferdezucht und Reitsportanlage

In 2008, Hof Rabeler was honored by the Fédération Equestre Nationale (FN) and awarded 5 stars for breeding, rearing and training. The success of their horses such as 3 sons of the mare Cortina were successful at the National Championships, and the mare Ronda-Ra was a highly placed finalist at the German Championships and successful up to Intermediaire I, gold and bronze medal levels at the German Foal Championships. Many licensed stallions, elite auction horses and foals from this center have already been sold worldwide. >> to website

Gestüt Rahmannshof - Sales, Training, Breeding and Stabling

The Rahmannshof Stud Farm has been breeding successful sport horses for 30 years, and horses bred and trained at Rahmannshof perform at the very top levels of international equestrian sport. For example, Rahmannshof’s Bogeno was victorious in the opening jumping at the CHIO Aachen World Equestrian Festival in 2012. The concept used by Thomas Blass and Ulla von Bormann focuses on a correct and solid basic training coupled with patience, plenty of time and a calm environment in order to provide the best possible conditions for the development of show jumpers. An annual auction of sport horses is held at the Essen Stud in Germany. >> to website

Schmid Urspring - Pferdezucht, Aufzucht, Ausbildung

The Schmid family have bred and reared horses in Urspring since 1799. The business has modern rearing conditions with its 40 hectares of pastures providing ideal surroundings for keeping herds of horses. The training focuses primarily on eventing - the horses are introduced to the open country as soon as possible in order to provide optimal training conditions for calm and well-balanced sporting partners. Horses from the Schmid family qualify every year for the Southern German Championships and the National Championships. Many of the horses bred and reared by Schmid are succesful in international show jumping and eventing competitions. >> to website

Ponyhof und Sportpferde Schleithoff

Franz Schulze Schleithoff, show jumper and double ‘Pferdewirtschaftsmeister’, runs a riding school and stables for competition horses. Pupils from around the world are trained in the riding school and provided with assistance at competitions. In addition, Franz trains talented horses in his competition stables and prepares them for successful appearances in show jumping competitions up to the advanced class.. >> to website

Schwartze Hof - Spring- und Sportpferde

Schwartze Hof provides ideal conditions for the breeding and training of horses. The Baumgart family is well known for its success in breeding and for the sporting success of the horses it has trained, which take part in all levels of competition right up to the international elite classes.  Bettina and Philipp Baumgart are responsible for training the show jumping horses. They afford particular importance to a solid but also caring and careful training of the horses.  >> to website