Johanna Klippert Leaves Holkenbrink, New Chapter at Hof Borgmann

Dressage

Germany

German professional dressage rider Johanna Klippert has decided to resign from her position as head rider at Stallion Station Holkenbrink and begin a new chapter at Hof Borgmann.

The 37-year old Klippert is certified in Equine Business Management and joined the team at Holkenbrink as their official trainer in 2011.

Bundeschampionate Success

Holkenbrink and Klippert's first major success as a joint venture was Johanna winning the 2012 Bundeschampionate aboard Franziskus (by Fidertanz x Alabaster), who is now a German A-team member under Ingrid Klimke.

Klippert continued to be highly successful in national young horse sport, riding two more horses to silver medals at the Bundeschampionate: Hollister (by Hotline x Don Frederico) in 2014 and Fashion in Black (by For Romance x Lauries Crusador xx) in 2019.

Klippert also competed other renowned breeding stallions, such as Zonik One and Furst Nymphenburg II, and claimed regional titles, her last one a 2020 Westfalian regional Young Horse champion's title last summer.

After 9 years of national showing, Klippert finally made her international show debut in the young horses at the 2020 CDI Hagen last summer. She steered Fashion in Black to a third (84.20) and fifth place (80.60) in the FEI 5-year old tests.

New Chapter

Klippert and Franziskus won the 2012 Hanoverian
Young Horse Championships and Bundeschampionate

After 10 years at Holkenbrink stallion station, Klippert is ready for a change and has accepted the head riding job at Hof Borgmann, which became vacant after Portuguese Ana Teresa Pires left.

"After ten nice years at Holkenbrink I can look back on nice times. The win with Franziskus at the Bundeschampionate, two reserve champions in Warendorf with Hollister and Fashion in Black NRW and bringing out a lot of young horses and to get the chance to win also in S dressage. I am happy to have had this chance," Klippert told Eurodressage.

She continued, "now I know i would like to try something new. In the barn of Stephan Borgmann they bred a lot of successful horses and he did his own auctions. I am surprised and feel happy to try something new."