Stefan Peter Having a "Good Journey" with
Bon Voyage
Known
for its tradition of raising great Young Riders like
the 1987 European Champion Regina Moldan and the 1999
bronze medallist Sissi Max-Theurer, Austria has finally
launched a combination that meets up with the international
Grand Prix standards. Stefan Peter is only twenty-five
years old and has already qualified himself for his
first World Cup Final in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
The final is an special opportunity for him to compete
against dressage goddesses Isabell Werth and Anky van
Grunsven. Throughout the 1999/2000 World Cup qualifying
season, Stefan had his "Good Journey" on Bon Voyage,
an 11 year old Danish warmblood gelding.
Together with his trainer Fritz Gaulhofen, Stefan Peter
runs a training farm in Grafendorf, Austria, where he
mainly breaks young horses. Stefan is very grateful
for the constant assistance his trainer is responsible
for. From his last European Young Riders' Championships
in 1996 to his first Grand Prix test in 1997 to his
first World Cup final, Gaulhofen has always been on
his side, giving him helpful tips and even assembling
his musical freestyle. Achieving an Olympic berth for
the Games in Sydney at the 1999 European Championships
in Arnhem, Stefan Peter has not yet grown out of his
boots. "I simply can not believe it," he said to Dutch
equi-journalist Yana van Tienen.
Known
for its tradition of raising great Young Riders like
the 1987 European Champion Regina Moldan and the 1999
bronze medallist Sissi Max-Theurer, Austria has finally
launched a combination that meets up with the international
Grand Prix standards. Stefan Peter is only twenty-five
years old and has already qualified himself for his
first World Cup Final in 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
The final is an special opportunity for him to compete
against dressage goddesses Isabell Werth and Anky van
Grunsven. Throughout the 1999/2000 World Cup qualifying
season, Stefan had his "Good Journey" on Bon Voyage,
an 11 year old Danish warmblood gelding.
