Best
Dutch combination at the 1999 European Young Riders'
Championships in Ksiaz, Poland, was Marlies van baalen
with Habibi. The 18 year old European Junior Riders'
Championrecently graduated from highschool and is now
chosing for a career in the equestrian business. Marlies,
daughter of the renown Dutch dressage rider Coby van
Baalen, will enter the Warendorf Dressage Academy at
the DOKR (German Olympic Equestrian Committee) center.
Living in Brakel, Holland, her father runs a milk cow
farm and her mother supervises a dressage stable of
twenty-five horses. Her only brother is not interested
in horses and likes playing soccer.
Marlies came into the spotlight with her FEI pony Dancer
(Welsh, by Dandy) with whom she rode two European Pony
Championships. In 1994 Dancer got sold to England and
Marlies was transferred onto horses. Starting with Aruto,
but quickly riding Arthur, she was again competing at
the European Championship in 1995, but this time in
the Junior Riders division. Only one year later Marlies
won the silver team medal at the European Championship
with her aunt's horse Finesse.
The ultimate break-through came in 1998 at the European
Junior Riders' Championships in Hickstead, England.
With the gorgeous Dutch warmblood Habibi (s. Ulft) Marlies
has proven to be a very intelligent rider as she was
able to increase the quality of her tests throughout
the competition. With her mother and Johan Hinnemann
as trainers on the sideline, Marlies became the individual
European Junior Riders Champion of 1998.
Best
Dutch combination at the 1999 European Young Riders'
Championships in Ksiaz, Poland, was Marlies van baalen
with Habibi. The 18 year old European Junior Riders'
Championrecently graduated from highschool and is now
chosing for a career in the equestrian business. Marlies,
daughter of the renown Dutch dressage rider Coby van
Baalen, will enter the Warendorf Dressage Academy at
the DOKR (German Olympic Equestrian Committee) center.
Living in Brakel, Holland, her father runs a milk cow
farm and her mother supervises a dressage stable of
twenty-five horses. Her only brother is not interested
in horses and likes playing soccer.
