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January 2011

Birthday: Derek Ricketts

Happy Birthday to Derek Ricketts, 62 years today!

Birthday: Thomas Frühmann

Happy Birthday to Thomas Frühmann, 60 years! Thomas Frühmann (* January 28, 1951 in Vienna) from Austria came to Germany as a pupil with Ottokar Pohlmann and in the late 1970′s to Georg Ahlmann. Later he was Bereiter for Alwin Schockemöhle. With his stallion Grandeur he won the Hamburg Derby three times; in 1988, 1990 [...]

Frank Chapot on Sinbad

Frank Chapot (USA) on Sinbad  in Aachen 1959

The British team at Hickstead 1975

A piece of history from Hickstead – the magic British team with David Broome on Heatwave, Harvey Smith on Salvador, Paddy McMahon on  Pennwood Forge Mill and Graham Fletcher on Tauna Dora. Those were really the days!

Eddie Macken on Carrolls Royal Lion

Paul Darragh on Carrolls Carrigroe

Iris Kellett

Iris Kellett from Ireland has been in show jumping since the years following the Second World War. She broke into the then male dominated world of show jumping. At the age of 22, in 1948, she won the Dublin Grand Prix. The following year she won the Princess Elizabeth Cup at the White City, London, [...]

Hartwig Steenken and Alwin Schockemöhle

Two of the greatest – Hartwig Steenken and Alwin Schockemöhle!

Alwin Schockemöhle on Bachus

Alwin Schockemöhle on Bachus at the European Championships in Aachen 1961.

Hans Günter Winkler on Halla

Hans Günter Winkler on his legendary mare Halla in the Hamburg Derby in 1959.