Zwolse Paardendagen with Coby en Marlies van Baalen

From 11th to 13th January an important Dutch dressage show is hosted in ZwolleCoby van Baalen will be explicitly present at this competition. With Olympic Ferro (KWPN by Ulft) she will ride a clinic, but with the Westphalian Festivo (by Fruhlingsball) she will enter the competition. The Westphalian association owns this bay stallion but through trainer Johan Hinneman Coby van Baalen has been assigned to train Festivo. 
Daughter Marlies van Baalen, who became European Junior Rider Champion with Habibi (KWPN by Ulft) in August 1998, will be riding the approved stallion Don Primaire by Donnerhall. Head rider of the van Baalen dressage stable, Nathalie Smeets, will also be competing with two approved Dutch warmblood stallion. Besides Jet Set D (by Cocktail), Nathalie is also riding Metall, an upcoming dressage star by Olympic Ferro. 

Pictured right: Marlies van Baalen and Habibi preparing for a training session at home. Picture by Dirk Caremans