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                         Belgian 
                          Dressage News 
                        Wanted: "Leercontract" Worker or Full-Time Groom 
                          for Belgian Dressage Stable 
                        September 13, 2003 
                         Renowned 
                          Belgian dressage stable "De Steppe" is urgently 
                          seeking a student, who wants to work under contract 
                          labour ("leercontract") or as full-time groom 
                          at this equestrian stable in Mol, Belgium.  
                        Duties include cleaning stalls, grooming, feeding, 
                          longing and training dressage horses. Applicants need 
                          to have riding experience, a preference for dressage, 
                          and a good appetite for work. 
                          This is an exclusive opportunity to train with two 
                          top Belgian Grand Prix Dressage riders. Kristina Geerts 
                          and Ludo Verbraeken, who own and manage "De Steppe", 
                          will give you to opportunity to ride and train green 
                          broke and FEI level horses. 
                         Kristina and Ludo are both trained by Spanish Riding 
                          School trainer Raymond Withages (husband of FEI Dressage 
                          Commission Chairwoman Mariette Withages) and occasionally 
                          take intensive training sessions with Austrian Olympic 
                          trainer George Wahl. Kristina Geerts is an FN-licensed 
                          instructor (Warendorf, Germany). 
                         The applicant can bring his/her own horse and there 
                          is a possibility to live at the barn, if travelling 
                          to and from the barn is too difficult. De Steppe is 
                          located in Mol, in the province of Antwerp and near 
                          the Dutch border (region Eindhoven-Tilburg). 
                         To inquire for this position contact: 
                         Kristina Geerts or Ludo Verbraeken 
                          Dressage Stable "De Steppe" 
                          Nachtegalenstraat 37 
                          2400 Mol 
                          Belgium 
                         Tel: +32 14 31 34 97 
                          Email "De Steppe" via this website: info@junior-riders.com 
                         De Steppe is accepting inquiries from Belgian (preferably) 
                          as well as foreign applicants. Bring your horse to Belgian 
                          and learn "Classical Dressage" on the European 
                          Continent, while working at De Steppe. 
                         Related Links 
                          1999 
                          National Dressage Competition at "De Steppe" 
                          George 
                          Wahl Once Again at De Steppe in Mol 
                            
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