Norwegian Grand Prix rider Ellen Birgitte Farbrot gave birth to her first child, a girl named Lilly, on 31 May 2022. The baby measured 52cm and weighed 3500g at birth. The 37-year old Danish based rider and her fiancé Michael Sørensen are thrilled with her arrival, even though the delivery was a challenge. "After a 40h long complicated labour , 11 doctors and midwife’s doing a heroic job finally succeeded in their mission and we finally got to se our little girl," Fabrot took to Facebook. "It was the best and the worst time of our life - as we all realised that she had some difficulties entering this world. She had sunken a lot of fluid on her way and needed instant medical care. Thanks to all the fantastic doctors and nurses she is all fine now - and we are just settling at home after spending the first couple of days in hospital care. We are so grateful that everything turned out fine and feeling blessed that she is finally here."
Former international Under 25 rider Charlotte Rummenigge has given birth to her second baby, a boy born on 10 May 2022. Charlotte and her husband Peter Munch are already parents to another boy born on 21 May 2020. Charlotte, who is the youngest daughter of German soccer legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, married Munch in July 2018. He is the son of German dressage trainer Stefan Munch, who coached Jessica Werndl and Victoria Michalke in their junior-young rider's years. Charlotte last competed internationally in 2017 but continued to ride at national level through 2021 with Lemony S (by Lemony's Nicket x Wolkentanz) and Dancing Star (by Dancing World x Rascalino).
American dressage rider Natalie Hamilton-Hinnemann has moved barns in California. She has relocated her business to Gianna Safizaheh's equestrian center Global Sport Horse Stables in Temecula, CA. Hamilton is originally from Minnesota and had her first serious dressage training at William Solyntjes and Lloyd Landkammer's Brandywine Farm, before relocating to California to work with David Wightmann and Kathleen Raine. She met her husband Stephan Hinnemann (son of Johann H.) in 2003 in Germany. The couple married, moved to Minnesota, but eventually settled down in California in 2014. Hamilton's last CDI start was four years ago in the spring of 2018 on Copa Cabana MRF (by Contucci x Bordeaux), now ridden by their junior rider daughter Josephine.
