Groenvlei Perd en Ruiterpark, Groenvlei laan 14, Freestate, Bloemfontein (2025)

10/10/2025

End of a chapter~still writing the story

Lianri Fourie rode her first Sanesa Nationals in the newcomer’s division 13 years ago (she was 6 years old) at Misty Meadows on Marijani Royal Secret.

Dané Laubscher made her show debut in 2019 on Bridesdale Rainstorm.

Over the years they’ve been in many different FS Teams together, winning multiple team and individual championships, and today they both rode in their final Sanesa classes. They are matriculating in 2025

They capped their Sanesa career in style; winning the Jnr Medium 2, Advanced 3, Advanced Freestyle and all the PSG individual medals 🥇

Congratulations Lianri and Dané! We are incredibly proud of what you’ve achieved up to now and we cannot wait to share in the rest of the journey 🤍

(Side note on the 5th photo: the kid who learned how to ride on Triangular side reins, thus keeping her hands quiet, developing an independent seat and not learning to saw the pony on the bit in a pelham has won every single Youth Dressage title in South Africa multiple times right up to FEI PSG😉, maybe we can learn something from that)

08/10/2025

Sanesa Nationals
~ Day two~

Just wow🤍 so proud of the entire team

Lianri Fourie and Sanson won individual gold 🥇 in the FEI PSG Freestyle on 70%. This is the first time PSG was ridden at the Sanesa Nationals

Nieve Joy Armour and Mossandi Rockstar GPR won individual silver 🥈 in the Medium Freestyle. Roxy’s first individual medal at this level 😎 This despite the music stopping mid test (system failure) of course in true Nieve fashion, she just kept riding and produced a fantastic test

Zuri Wessels and Mystique Nayla rode a flawless freestyle to win the individual gold medal 🥇 in the PR elementary section. Their first National title in Elementary 💪😎

Lianri Fourie won the individual gold medal in the Advanced Freestyle on Mossandi Night of Jazz 🥇her second individual gold medal for the day 😎

Congratulations everyone!

07/10/2025

Sanesa Nationals 2025
~ Day 1 ~ Newcomer’s Challenge

What a great start to the show for Team GPR.

🥉Sloane Wiesner and Klein Prins GPR rode a lovely test with the biggest smile to win a bronze medal in the U9 Lead Rein Dressage.

Emma Jacobs and Layla GPR exceeded all our expectations when they won an individual gold and silver medal in the over 10 Lead Rein Dressage. Layla’s first-ever individual gold medal (of course Emma’s as well💪)

We had so much fun. The kids and ponies were amazing. The judges were so friendly and welcoming to the riders competing in their first big show. After the test, we took the kids to meet the FEI Steward at the warm-up arena to explain what a steward oversees at a National Championships. Overall, it was just a fantastic experience for these two Newcomers.

We can’t wait to see what the future holds for them and their special ponies💙

Congratulations Sloane, Emma, KP, and Layla 💪

21/09/2025

Callaho Bohemia

“The only guarantee, ever, is that things will go wrong. The only thing we can use to mitigate this is anticipation. Because the only variable we control completely is ourselves„

Control ourselves and our team. 💪

So extremely grateful to my entire team for the support at SA Champs. This might have been the most difficult SA’s I’ve done. A lot went catastrophically wrong😂 From having to withdraw 3 minutes before the Championships (after the most incredible warm-up ever) to winning a bronze medal with Bohemia in the Advanced Freestyle. It’s been a rollercoaster of a week, but I learned a great deal. And at the end of the day had a lot of fun. A wonderful reminder that doing this, is a privilege Thank you to Dr Angelo, Dr Casey, the Edeling family, Frans, Wilson, Johane, Tia and especially my mother for all the support. You guys made this possible 🙌

Bohemia 💙🤍 thank you for the most incredible ride. I owe you

19/09/2025

The right thing isn’t always the easy thing, it doesn’t always pay off, it doesn’t care about fair, it doesn’t care about your feelings, but it always always always remains the right thing

So proud🤍 just chipping away, doing the next right thing, mostly failing but always trying to do right by the horse. It’s not the quickest journey, but it’s the right one. .equestrian and Qué Sera came 4th today in the Elementary Freestyle Championships. One judge had them first on 75% Congratulations team QS.🙏 Tia and Desi: thank you for believing in this journey we’re on. 💙🤍 I am so proud and so grateful.

01/09/2025

“Life happens on the way to your goals, not once you get there.”

So proud of both these special horses at this weekend’s JML Show🤍 Successfully smashed a very personal goal 💪

Suavitas, owned by Leonore Visser, felt absolutely amazing in the warm-up and the arena, we experimented with a few things and got great feedback from the judge.

Callaho Bohemia, owned by Runé Edeling, did the PSG very successfully for the first time. She is the 5th horse I’v had the privilege of schooling to PSG.

Both horses felt so willing and eager to work, it was just a pleasure to ride. 🙏 I feel so privileged every time I get to sit on one of these horses🤍

Thank you to and my mother for the help and coaching in getting these two horses here🤍

Thank you to Marlise and her team for once again hosting a fantastic show. Such a great venue and organization

Photos by and 🙏

31/08/2025

A few photos of a proud coaching moment from this weekend’s JML show✨

Mia van Rensburg and Berkins Crownlands Fürst Reign rode their first test in a tailcoat to a very respectable score. 😎

Mia and Reign started their partnership in March of 2024 in Novice, raking in multiple medals in the two SA Youth Championship they participated in so far.

Now we’re looking forward to developing their senior career in the higher levels.

Congratulations on this fantastic achievement Team Reign 👑

(Mia, owner Vicky and chief supporter Elmarie💙)

Photos by Tania Allen Photography

02/07/2025

SA Youth Championships 2025 ~ Freestyle day

Dit kon nie beter nie 😎

Caro Nel and Berghof Florestar GPR rode a fantastic freestyle to add a silver medal to their team gold and individual bronze 💪 what a week for Caro and Star in their first season competing in Elementary.

The Junior Medium Freestyle was next with Lianri on Jazzy, Dané on Bennie, and Nieve on Roxy competing in a big class. Team Gauteng even fielded a full Medium team on top of their open team the day before! (The future of Dressage in SA really looks bright)
Both Lianri and Dané rode fantastic freestyles, with a high degree of difficulty and good ex*****on. Lianri and Jazzy took the Championship title on a fantastic score to add to their individual gold medal, with Dané and Benedict taking the individual silver medal to give team GPR our first 1, 2 on the podium for the day. If that wasn’t enough, Nieve and Roxy then produced a brilliant freestyle to take the individual fourth place. Even more remarkable is that this was only Nieve and Roxy’s 2nd Medium show, with neither of them having competed at this level before. Roxy was quite tense and nervous the first three days of competition, and to watch Nieve calmly work through it all and give Roxy confidence was just amazing.

The PR Individual Championships were next on the schedule. Probably the most contested championship of the show. With the warm-up time for the Jnr Medium and the PR FEI clashing, we decided that Johane would help Lané and Mia, while I stayed with Lianri, Nieve and Dané. I’m still not sure exactly what they did in that warm-up, but it worked out brilliantly. Both Lané and Mia produced their PB performance in the Championship, with Lané and Cosmic successfully defending their title for a hat trick of gold medals. One judge gave 78% for their freestyle, with an overall score of 75%.
Mia and Zanzi also rose to the occasion to score 72% and take the silver medal. Not bad for someone who has only ridden this level once before and had never ridden the freestyle in a competition. The future really does look bright! So another 1, 2 for Team GPR on the podium. It gave us deja vu vibes of 2015 when Leanore Visser and Maestoso Erdem, and Chanel Jacobs and Sherwill Valedictory exchanged 🥇🥈 throughout the Individual Championships for team GPR.

Already elated, we had to calm down and focus for one more Championship. The FEI Jnr freestyle. Fortunately Lianri and Sunny were up to the task. A brilliant warm-up followed by a fantastic test gave them their 2nd gold medal on a score of 73%. That also gave Lianri the individual championship title in all 4 tests she rode throughout the show.

There’s so many people I have to thank! But for now I’m going to process all of this, have a cup of coffee and get back to that tomorrow!

30/06/2025

SA Youth Championships 2025 ~ Day 3

The Inter-Provincial Team Championships

With the live-stream on, some of the best judges in South Africa officiating and the arena looking absolutely spectacular, the Inter-provincial team championships were geared up to be an amazing event!

Unfortunately, only Gauteng and the FS (combined with one rider from the WP and one rider from the NC) fielded teams. So we effectively had a two-horse race. Still, the team event had a lot of excitement and drama. 😎

Zuri Wessels and Mystique Nayla GPR were our first rider to go in the PR Team Event. Still only competing in Elementary, they stepped up to a higher level to represent the Free-State team. A super solid test gave us a slight lead going into the 2nd line of riders. 😎

Our neighbor from the NC then rode another solid test to keep us on roughly the same score as Gauteng.

Mia van der Merwe and Kochra Bannut Zanzi had to ride the test of their life to stay on par with either one of Gauteng’s last two riders. We did not want Lané and Cosmic to have to chase more than 2% going last. Fortunately, they over-delivered. 😎 An absolutely fantastic test rewarded with 67% kept us in the lead.

Lané and Cosmic then smashed a 71% despite an error of course😂

Gold for the FS PR Team🥇🙌

Our Jr/YR team consisted of only Jnr’s and some very green horses at this level. They put on a proper fight, with Lianri and Sunny leading the way. Unfortunately at the end we just fell short of Gauteng’s team total.

Massive congratulations to team Gauteng for brilliant riding in both Team competitions! And thank you for the wonderful sportsmanship between all the riders, parents, and coaches. It was a day to remember!

Hopefully next year we can have a bigger team competition 💪

30/06/2025

SA Youth Championships 2025 ~ Day 3

The Individual Elementary Championships 💪😎

With the Championship classes in the Peter Minnie arena being live-streamed, all the lovely sponsor banners around the arena, the pretty decorations, and the massive Westernshoppe tent next to the arena, the show really had a championship feel.

The day started with a bang when Mia van Rensburg and Berkins Crownland’s Fürst Reign smashed their personal best score in the YR Elementary Championships to win the Individual silver medal😎🥈

Caro Nel and Berghof Florestar GPR rode their best test of the week to win a bronze medal in the Jnr Elementary Championships. 🙌🥉

It takes a lot of composure to produce your best when your best is required, and I am super proud of both these riders for doing exactly that!

29/06/2025

SA Youth Championships 2025 ~ Day 2

~The next right thing~

Three Individual Championship classes and one Team event for Team GPR and the Free State.

The results? Three individual gold medals and gold in the Jnr/YR Elementary team event. 😎💪 What an incredible day

🥇Lianri Fourie and Mossandi Night of Jazz won the Jnr Medium Dressage Championships

🥇Lané Laubscher won the FEI PR Individual Dressage Championships on an incredible 71%

🥇 Lianri Fourie and Sanson won the FEI Jnr Individual Dressage Championships

The FS Elementary team consisting of Caro Nel and Berghof Florestar GPR, Mia van Rensburg and Berkins Crownlands Fürst Reign, and Franco Stevens on Lorima Shanika won the Jnr/YR Elementary Team Championships 🥇🥇🥇

A 100% success rate for team GPR in the Championships classes today.

We still have a few days of competition left, but I want to thank a few people for making these incredible results possible.

Johane van Rensburg 💙 Thank you for all the coaching, for being a sounding board, for listening to all my plans, and for reminding me why we do things the way we choose to do them. None of this would have been possible without you.

Tia McCarthy 🙌 thank you for being the first person to always believe in doing the next right thing. For your input, ideas, all the warm-ups and absolute belief that the horse should come first. I would not want to be on this journey without you

My mom 🤍 goodness. Thank you for everything. All the early mornings, all the late nights, the support and belief.

Juan Rodríguez 🇪🇸 Thank you for all the help and support from a million miles away. It’s been invaluable. Meeting you and Sanson has been simply incredible.

28/06/2025

SA Youth Champs day 1
Upper stepping😎

Vet check and qualifiers

We had an early morning, with the open Team and FEI horses going through the vet check. As we believe that all the horses should be fully turned out for the trot up, the kids were out plaiting before the sunrise ☀️

Our horses and riders looked immaculate in their FS Team wear and the horses flew through the vet check.

The first class of the day was the PR FEI Individual Qualifier. Lané and Cosmic had some fantastic moments, unfortunately also some expensive mistakes due to Cosmic’s exuberance 😂. I adore this pony’s love of life and how Lané allows him to be himself. If you want an expressive pony, you must allow them to express themselves.

Mia van der Merwe Zanzi rode a brilliant test in only their 2nd PR FEI start. An unfortunate mistake in the one simple change cost them valuable marks, but what a super combination. A pony who tries his heart out for a young kid who seems as if she’s been doing this for years. Nerves of steel. 😎

Lianri Fourie and Jazzy were our first rider in the Jnr Medium class. They rode a fantastic test for a super 2nd place in a very large class, with lots of room for improvement for tomorrow 💪

Dané and Benedict were next in the same class. A small miscommunication in the one flying change line cost some important marks, they still managed a 3rd👏

Nieve and Roxy had some brilliant moments, followed but some chaotic moments 😂 Roxy found some of the Peter Minnie arena fairly intimidating, which led to marks ranging from 9’s to 2’s. Still, Nieve managed to coax a good mark out of Roxy, while riding to give her confidence in the arena. Tomorrow’s another day😎

Zuri and Misty probably had their best test to date. A 2nd place in a massive class in the PR Elementary Q. 🙌 Fortunately according to Zuri she also won enough prize money to retire and move to Cape Town😂

Lianri and Sanson pulled out their best test ever in the FEI Jnr Individual test. A fault-free round for just under 70% gave them the win in the qualifier. 💪

Caro and Florestar rode a great test; one moment in the first simple change line had a moment of miscommunication, which cost a lot of marks, but they ended up in 3rd place in probably the most competitive class at the show. 🙏

Mia and Reign left the best for last, coming second in the YR Elementary Q1 with a fantastic round. The improvement these two have made in the last few months is truly starting to show in the arena🙌

Yesterday afternoon we had a team meeting on what we wanted to accomplish today. We decided that we couldn’t control what happens, the circumstances, or the results. But we could control how we respond to what happens. And that we would use every problem (which would inevitably happen) as an opportunity to “Be Better”

Be better horsemen
Be better sportsmen

You only get to practice being better when things are difficult.

That every situation that goes either for us or against us would be an opportunity to build the identity of someone who takes control by accepting responsibility for everything. Whether it’s our fault or not. It’s our responsibility.

These kids not only lived up to that standard today. They absolutely shattered it. 😎 I could not be prouder

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