Blast from the Past - Recognize These 10 Riders or Horses?

History

With the New Year around the corner, Eurodressage will be going into its 21st year of online presence. We started in 1997 with Belgian Junior Riders Online, but the actual Eurodressage website was founded in 2000.

I began photographing for the website as of 2003 and over time built up a huge archive of photos from the most important dressage events on the globe.

Nothing more fun to dive into the archive and unearth some treasures. Yesterday I selected 10 photos from the early period when I started shooting and put them into a fun little Multiple Choice Quiz in the Eurodressage IG Stories. I asked the viewers to recognize the riders and some horses.

SPOILER ALERT: If you want to play the quiz you have only today left on Instagram.

Here are the solutions in a photo gallery:

Robin Beekink (NED) on Milkshake
This NRPS bred red roan went on to compete under two more riders: Maria van den Dungen (NED) and Charlotte Defalque (BEL). He competed at three European Pony Championships

Danish young rider Charlotte Heering on Pink Floyd
She rode three European Junior/Young Riders Championships with this horse before making her Grand Prix debut on Bufranco in 2015

Anna-Katharina Lüttgen on Slow Fox V
This KWPN gelding (by Saros xx) was one of the most successful JR/YR horses under Nicola Giesen (gold in 1999 -2002) before selling as a schoolmaster to Lüttgen.

Jan Dirk Viebrock (GER) on Muchacho (by Maurice x Wenzel)
This young rider rode on the German YR team in 2004. The rider quit his international career and focused on the family business, construction equestrian facilities. MünchhausenThis gorgeous Trakehner stallion started the international Grand Prix career of Danish-Luxembourg Fie Skarsoe. He enjoys his retirement now at his owner's yard, Gestut Wiesenhof in Krefeld.

Münchhausen
This gorgeous Trakehner stallion started the international Grand Prix career of Danish-Luxembourg Fie Skarsoe. He enjoys his retirement now at his owner's yard, Gestut Wiesenhof in Krefeld.

Jonny Hilberath (GER) on Wenckstern
This Hanoverian by Weltmeyer x Western Star represented South Africa at the 2006 World Equestrian Games under Nathalie Hobday. After WEG Jonny Hilberath competed him again, followed by Hong Kong's Jacqueline Siu

Patrik Kittel on Heselgards Rubin
Kittel at the beginning of his international dressage career, aboard the Danish warmblood licensed stallion Heslegards Rubin (by Rubinstein x Inschallah) Henri Ruoste (FIN) on NiklasAnother debutant into the international arena: Henri Ruoste at the 2005 World Young Horse Championships on Niklas, years before his CDI GP debut

Henri Ruoste (FIN) on Niklas
Another debutant into the international arena: Henri Ruoste at the 2005 World Young Horse Championships on Niklas, years before his CDI GP debut Marina Mattsson on ChampagnerSwedish Grand Prix and professional dressage rider Marina Mattsson in her pony time on Champagner (by Constantin x Lungau)

Marina Mattsson on Champagner
Swedish Grand Prix and professional dressage rider Marina Mattsson in her pony time on Champagner (by Constantin x Lungau) Denise Nekeman (NED) on HobyDutch international Grand Prix rider Denise Nekeman on her pony Hoby (by Hasko x Boomerang). He was previously competed by Laurens Sliepenbeek, who quit riding, and by Christin Schütte in 2001 - 2002

Denise Nekeman (NED) on Hoby
Dutch international Grand Prix rider Denise Nekeman on her pony Hoby (by Hasko x Boomerang). He was previously competed by Laurens Sliepenbeek, who quit riding, and by Christin Schütte in 2001 - 2002