New Faces: Eliška Doležalová

She came and she conquered: On her first trip to the 2022 VWB Summer Show, Eliška Doležalová did not only win the VWB Einsteiger Western Horsemanship, but the deep Amateur class as well with her gelding RPV Genuine Mr Zip. We talked to the Czech native about her career, training and plans for the upcoming season.

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New Faces: Nadine Baumgärtel

In our series “New Faces“, we introduce people who are fairly new to the horse show industry. Nadine Baumgärtel was the 2021 APHA European Champion in Novice Amateur Hunter under Saddle and told us everything about her horse RR Hot N Special, her training and what advice she has for newcomers.

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New Faces: Janina Bartenstein

In our series „New Faces“, we introduce people who are fairly new to the international European show circuit. This time, we interviewed Janina Bartenstein who has had a banner season with her AQHA gelding Privat Dancer. They grey giant by Hotroddin Invitation and out of Absolutlycaptivating and Janina have been a team for roughly a year now and they were extremely successful at the ECQH and the Q21.

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New Faces: Luca Kempfer

In our series „New Faces“, we introduce people that are new to the Western Riding industry in Europe – whether they show on the AQHA, APHA, ApHC, VWB or EWU circuit or any other association. This time, we’d like to introduce Luca Kemper, an AQHA Youth competitor. We talked to her about the first steps in our industry, her horse and her plans.

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New Faces: Crazy Pony Inc

Our new series “New Faces” is intended to introduce people who are fairly new to our industry and to connect people. In this part, we’d like to introduce Crazy Pony Inc., a group of people that recently caught attention on Instagram because they started a contest in which they were looking for a show name for their new mare by The Rock. We talked to the people behind the “crazy” name.

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