Do you know the story about my ticket for Jumping Amsterdam? Well, I just lost it 🫣
Turns out, I’m not allowed to ride in the 1.35m class because we’ve already competed in a 1.40m. Several riders saw my post on social media and reached out to the secretary about it 😅
So, if you don’t see me in the ring tomorrow, that’s why. No hard feelings, just a little bit disappointed, as I had checked the online schedule and rules beforehand and the KNHS also gave the green light to the organization.
Wishing all the riders the best of luck! Enjoy the ride at this truly amazing show 🥰🤩👌🏻 Oh and don’t forget to visit the event, because it’s one of the BEST in Europe 🔥🔥🔥
Nice Mogwai WS 🤭
Since two weeks my 7.5yo gelding has a new trick (sound on 📢)
I always try to slow down my (young) horses with my voice and minimal hand pressure, and try to keep them in a straight line.
Almost 4yo Dilata (cantering over these poles for the first time here) was super motivated, but managed to stop JUST before the grass border, without pulling her in her mouth 😂😅😂😅😂 Thank you sweety 😍
#younghorsetraining
He keeps doing it… 😂
#pacmanWS #stallion #loosejumping
When I first started riding ponies, we didn’t have the budget to spend a lot of money. I began with the wild, green youngsters and broke them in myself—even as a kid. When I began with horses, the same approach applied. I always aimed to find horses priced under €7,000, which meant I ended up buying 2.5-year-olds and waiting until they were old enough to start training.
At 18, when I began working for an equestrian newspaper, I decided it was safer to have others break in my horses. Reducing the risk of injury became a priority—something I’m sure my employer appreciated 😅
For many years, I left that part of training to others.
However…, the offspring of Lily WS (George Clooney x Johnson x Scandic) seem practically born saddle-broken! I was the first to sit on Pac-Man WS (Secret) and started Replay WS (Jovian) myself as well. Now it looks like I’m going to do Ritzy WS (Secret) also, and Sandbox WS (Kjento) in the future.
There’s nothing more beautiful like working with horses that put their trust in you 🥰🥰 #proudKWPNbreeder
#Ditdoenpaarden #equestrian #twohearts #horses #kwpn #dressage #wendyscholten #wendyscholtenhorses #ritzyws
I haven’t trained a lot with other trainers, but if I have the chance I always try to be like a sponge 🧽 —absorbing and experimenting with anything they (try to) teach me.
Over the years, I’ve developed more or less my own way of riding. I started as a dressage rider and jumped my first 1.10m class at the age of 26 (back then, I thought this would be my maximum level forever!) 🤭
Since then, I’ve tried to learn as much as I can from professionals—by observing them, talking to them and occasionally training with them when I had the opportunity.
One of those trainers is Albert Voorn, the Olympic silver medalist from Sydney, who taught me to bring even more lightness to my riding. Today, I asked Ramon to set up the ‘Albert Voorn training course.’ This course works perfectly in a small indoor arena and offers endless jumping possibilities. You can jump as many fences as you like, and the setup encourages you to maintain a steady rhythm and focus on your turns.
Take a screenshot of the sketch and give it a try yourself 👍🏻
Oh, and this was also a good opportunity for me to try my brand new Biarritz O saddle from @devoucoux_nl_official for the first time ☺️
#AlbertVoorn #trainingcourse #coursedesign #horsetraining #mogwaiws #eldoradovandezeshoek
She jumps exactly the same under saddle as during loose jumping. What a beautiful technique and lots of carefulness 🥰
Dilata vd Holsteinerhoeve Z (Di Cantero van ter Hulst Z)
Last week we did 5 jumps, today 6. In my opinion that’s enough for a young horse like her 🥰
#horsetraining #equestrian #twohearts #horses #showjumping #wendyscholten #wendyscholtenhorses #hunterjumper
Another Pac-Man WS appreciation post 😂
4yo dressage stallion by Secret x George Clooney but also a stunning hunter prospect 🥰
Love the sound of a steady footing 🥰 Ramon worked to hard to improve the footing indoor and outdoor at the new facility and it definitely works 👌🏻
Soon we’ll have a few new fences as well ☺️👍🏻
And today I received an email from @devoucoux_europe_official that the 2nd saddle is on their way. A different (more classic) model than the one the video (Chiberta Enara)… Can’t wait to ride with that one too!
#equestrian #twohearts #horses #kwpn #showjumping #wendyscholten #wendyscholtenhorses #mogwaiws #eldoradovandezeshoek
When you start breeding with your dressage mare because you like her so much and a couple of years later you have 4 offspring of her at the stables!!!
Here with her 3,5yo daughters (born via embryotransfer).
Proof I have the bravest Eldorado in the world 🤩 7yo Mogwai WS looooooved this SHOW class at Indoor Luttenberg and jumped clear tonight!
He was so brave. Rode him on a soft D-ring without martingale and he listened very well. A little hesitation at the end but he saved our ass 🤣 What a fun, what a horse 😍
Showjumping & dressage rider and marketeer of horse auctions ☺️
