|
Dutch Dressage News
The Future for Coby van Baalen
January 16, 2003
 The
new KNHS Dutch Dressage team selection commission selected
Coby van Baalen for the A-team despite the fact that
she no longer has a Grand Prix horse at her disposal.
The retirement of Olympic Ferro put Coby van Baalen
on the sideline, and the Dutch equestrian magazine Hoefslag
had a little chat with her about her future, which seems
promising.
Van Baalen hopes to continue her carreer as a Dutch
Grand Prix team member rider and to achieve this she
will need to ressort to new horses. The Dutch Equestrian
Federation (KNHS) granted Van Baalen six months to find
a new suitable partner, otherwise she would be removed
from the A-team. Van Baalen has received many opportunities
to ride good horses, and has searched for new ones herself,
but she admits that she's actually happy with how things
are right now. "I have many young talented horses,"
she says, " and I am really enjoying teaching my
students. This year I hope to produce students for the
national pony, junior and young riders teams in Holland
and Belgium."
 Van
Baalen's current collection of horses includes the 6-year
old stallion Weltino, who she got to ride through Johann
Hinnemann (Weltino pictured left). She also has an own
bred 6-year old black gelding Pastanac (Gribaldi x Cocktail
x Zonneglans). Furthermore, Coby has been riding the
1999 Young Horse World Champion Roval Investment for
one year and a half now and hopes to compete him at
Prix St Georges level this year. Through her coach Johan
Hinnemann, Coby has also received the ride of the Westfalian
licensed stallion Donnerwind (Donnerschlag x Voltaire)
who was previously ridden by the German young rider
Jana Freund.
Source: De Hoefslag
Image copyrighted: Arnd
Bronkhorst
Related Links
Olympic Ferro to
Return to Lamers and Van der Goor
1999
World Young Horse Champion: Roval Investment
|
