It’s all in the family: The Pavel brothers’ ideas
When journalists get together, there are always plenty of questions, the latest news to tell, and sometimes some surprising things to hear. This is how it was at the media party, to which the business location initiative, “Germany – Land of Ideas” and the Aachen-Laurensberger Reitverein (ALRV) invited media representatives during the FEI-World Equestrian Games 2006, in Aachen. more...
What is . . . reining?
Reining was the latest discipline at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen. It was first included in the competition programme in Spain in 2002. Reining is literally a type of dressage in the western riding style with the horse running at full gallop.
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Great things always begin with a good idea
A brief survey of the history of the World Equestrian Games, which since the 1980s have quickly achieved widespread popularity. more...
Riding in Germany – facts and figures
Germany is a nation of equestrian sports. More than 1.2 million riders, vaulters and active drivers are organised within various associations in Germany. The German Riding Association (Fédération Equestre Nationale, FN) functions as the umbrella organisation, and is the world’s biggest equestrian sports association, with 750,000 members in Germany. more...
“It’s simply a great feeling” – riding since childhood
23-year-old student Helen Monschan has been riding since she was eight. That means 15 years of happiness with horses. The young rider lives in the countryside to the north of the Ruhrgebiet and on the fringes of the Münsterland, which is a famous equestrian paradise. more...
Interview: “The pleasure of being with horses”
Interview with Jürgen R. Thumann, President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and former President of the German Riding Association (FN). more...
Riding in style – Fashion show in Warendorf
With 40,000 inhabitants, Warendorf is actually a quiet little rural town in Westphalia and the home of German riding. The federal and state centres for riding and modern pentathlon, the Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung (FN – National Federation of Equestrian Sports) and the German Olympic Committee for Riding (DOKR) are all based here. Normally down-to-earth and rustic, Warendorf was temporarily converted to a catwalk for riders and horses. more...
Downrange from Marlboro Country: Germans discover Western riding
An increasing number of horse enthusiasts are spending their free time riding like the American cowboys once did - above all in order to be closer to Nature. more...
