SPONSORED RIDERS

Evi started riding at the age of 3 and climbed on her first big warmblood horse at 6. She started her formal training at the Riding School of Rhupolding when she was 11.

Now 36, the German born Evi moved to Canada in 1988 where she was employed at the Knight & Dawn Stables in Quebec.

Evi together with her temperamental mare Lavina, became a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team in 1994. They represented Canada at the World Cup in Los Angeles in 1995. Evi also competed at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 and finished 4th in the 2000 World Championships for young horses.

Evi married TV-Producer Murray Shostak in 1994 and together they founded Good Tyme stables in St Adele, Quebec.

Strasser currently has 6 very talented horses that she trains and competes with. She trains all of her horses to Grand Prix herself. Highfliers of the team are Justin Tyme, Pryme Tyme and Quantum Tyme, whom she recently placed 3rd with at the Rolex World Cup Finals in Las Vegas.

Mette offers an unparalleled Dressage program at Mill Creek Equestrian Center in Topanga, California, where she has been based since 1992. Mette is from Sweden where she was twice a member of the Swedish National Dressage Team. She was the youngest rider ever allowed to enter Stromsolm, Sweden’s prestigious school for instructors, and eventually became the head dressage instructor there in 1980. She also has a University degree in Physical Education instruction. Mette’s teaching skills are highly sought-after; top Dressage riders from across Southern California often trailer their horses to Mill Creek just to take lessons with her. Mette’s expertise is also in great demand across the country, so she is often invited to teach Dressage Clinics at other riding facilities throughout the United States.

Mette won 1st place with "Basquewille", in the 2007 FEI $25,000 Grand Prix at the World Cup in Las Vegas and placed 3rd in the nation in the 5 year old young horse division with "Donnatello" in 2007. Mette is a very successful competitor and does very well with all her horses!

Born Swiss but now resides in Spain.

From age 14 to 18, Margaret was a member of the Swiss Junior Show Jumping   Team. She won a gold medal at the European Championships as well as a Silver and several more medals. At the age of 23 she got married and moved to Spain where she now resides with her husband and 2 children.  

Margaret competes both national and international.

She has 2 Spanish Champion Gold Medals, is a 4 time Champion of Cataluña and has 3 silver medals in the Catalonia Championships. Further she just recently got a bronze medal in the Spanish Championships. Margaret and her husband   have a training facility in Spain and trains and sell horses to top level show jumpers around the world.

Personal information: Nationality: Spanish

Birth date: 5th of April 1976

Birthplace: Badalona, Spain

Equestrian formation: 1992-1997 Trained with Olympic rider Luis Lucio.

1997-2004 Trained with Olympic rider Beatriz Ferrer-Salat

1998-2004 Trained with Jan Bemelmans who is in charge, selects and trains the Spanish International Dressage Team.

2004-2006 Competed and trained under supervision of Jan Bemelman.

Studies: Ingeniera Tecnica Superior

Competition Results:

• Subcampeona Cataluña 1992

• Participaciones internacionales como joven jinete

• Participaciones internacionales 2001

• Campeona de España Absoluta 2002

• Participaciones internacionales 2002 (nivel Gran Premio): CDI Sttutgart, CDI Milán, CDI Fingen, CDI Sahumar; CDI Sunshine Tour

• Participaciones internacionales 2003 (nivel Gran Premio)

• Participaciones internacionales 2004 (nivel Gran Premio): CDI Norten-Hardenberg, CDI Balve, CDI Milán, CDI Berna

• Campeonato de España Absoluto 2004: 4ª clasificada

• Criterium Campeonato de España: 1ª clasificada

• Final 6 Años Sunshine Tour 2005: 3ª clasificada,d.

Louise Haaga got her college degree at prestigious Stromsholm in Sweden where she has now worked for the last 9 years as a show jumping teacher and trainer. She currently trains over 100 students / week.

She is also the the coach for The Swedish Pony Show Jumping Team and is also a jumping course builder.

Louise competes actively throughout Europe and has taken over 10 horses all the way to Grand Prix Show Jumping. She is twice the winner of the Breeders Trophy and has several medals from the Swedish Championships throughout the years.

Charlotte started riding Dressage as a young girl and won several gold medals at the Swedish Championships as a junior rider. She later moved to Holland where she worked and trained with Dressage rider Rien Van Der Schaft and also spent another year training with the European Champion Dressage Rider Regina Moldan in Belgium.

Charlotte then finished her college education at Stromsholm in Sweden and currently works at Rappestads Riding Academy where she trains over 90 students / week.

She also trains and competes with her own horses. Her highest level horse is a Swedish Warmblood named Generalen. She has competed with him through Intermediere II. They have started competing Grand Prix this Spring.

Charlotte also has several young horses that she has started and they are all excellent Grand Prix Dressage prospects.

Christine has been riding for 30 years with an emphasis on dressage for the last 20. She grew up with horses competing at eventing and some show jumping.  Her foundation dressage background includes training for over 8 years with Lilo Fore, several years with Gerhard Politz and Major Anders Lindgren. More recently Christine has studied under Steffen Peters, Leslie Webb and Roger Seegert. She has also participated in clinics with such people as Guenter Seidel, Christine Stuckelberger, Conrad Schumacher, Lars Petersen.

Christine has trained eight horses to the F.E.I. levels, including her own previous mount Bravo to the Grand Prix level. She has earned her USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medals. Christine has competed over 30 horses through various levels in the past 18 years as a professional.  She has won numerous horse of the year awards at various levels from USDF and CDS. Currently she is competing 7 horses throughout the levels.  Christine also has students competing through the Prix St. George level with many awards and scores well over 70%.

Christine has also been invited to participate in events such as the USDF symposium with Steffen Peters and Elizabeth McMullen in 1998, the 1999 AHSA judges Forum, the 2001 and 2002 USDF Trainers Conference with Conrad Schumacher and the 2004 Lars Petersen clinic. She has also been invited to be an auction rider at the prestigious Elite Verden auction in Germany.

Cindy was born September 21st, 1984 in Quebec Canada. She has been riding for 15 years.

She began competing in 2000, both in show jumping and 1st level dressage. She won several championships in show jumping and qualified for the Quebec Equestrian Game to represent her region. After 2 years of showing in both disciplines she made the choice to switch to dressage full time.

Cindy is currently competing at Prix St-George with Ilios, a PRE approved Andalusian stallion. She trains with Armand Valkenborg who is a certified 3rd level dressage trainer.

Ellie Kennedy has completed the USDF Instructor Certification workshops, studied in Germany with Stefen Kieswetter and has shown through Second Level.   In 2003 Ellie competed as an amateur on her gelding La Paz and placed 5th for CDS Horse of the Year Training Level with 67.20% and 3rd for the ABIG Training Level Championships.  Ellie has also competed her Hanoverian mare Pik's Pandora and placed 1st in 2001 as ABIG Training Level Adult Amateur.