American professional dressage rider Lindsey Holleger got married on 9 October 2026. Holleger tied the knot with Jake Harper. Lindsey competed internationally as a youth rider representing her region at the 2012, 2013 and 2015 North American Junior/Young Riders Championships with Friedensfurst. She won gold in 2013. She was a long-time rider for Maplewood Warmbloods and did her first and only international Grand Prix in July 2023 on Feinermark. She now has her independent training business. Harper works for CarCave USA, a specialty car dealership in Aiken, South Carolina.
Former Dutch international Grand Prix rider Jill Huybregts is expecting her first child. The 33-year old long hope for a baby with partner Stein Persoons and the couple went through a lengthy IVF-process, which Jill reported on in a podcast. Huijbregts is due in March 2027. She had a big international career as a youth rider with Zamacho Z (by Rousseau x Rossini) between 2013 and 2017 before Enzos Armani (by Tuschinski x Tango) took her into the senior Grand Prix tour. She last competed internationally in 2023.
Danish junior rider Nynne Dietz Viborg has sold her 7-year old German bred pony De Deivel J (by Dallmayr K x Black Boy) to Danish pony rider Hollie Friss Hansen. Viborg competed internationally with pony Campari W, but with her chestnut "Dino" she stuck to national showing between February 2025 and April 2026.
Finnish pony rider Lina Hirsimaki has sold her internationally competed pony Diego ZH (by Di Caprio du Bois x El Beauty). The 16-year old Dutch bred NRPS pony competed at with Lina at CDI's in Ypaja, Gosciszow, Parnu and Perila between March 2024 and May 2026. The grey gelding will now continue as a schoolmaster with Finnish Laura Uusi-Heikkilä.
Belgian junior rider Camille Ossieur has sold her Westfalian pony, A Kind of Champion (by A Kind of Magic x A New Star) to the Dutch Twint sisters. Ossieur purchased the black, who was 12th in the 5-year old finals at the 2024 Bundeschampionate, as an investment pony at the 2024 Westfalian autumn elite auction in Munster. She showed the pony at four regional shows in 2025 and one in 2026, scoring 73.939% at the last one.
South African dressage rider Ingrid Ockhuisen-Malan has returned home to Cape Town, South Africa, after having spent 14 years riding and training in The Netherlands. "My journey took me through Stal Hexagon, Ad Valk Dressage and Glock Horse Performance Center, where I had the privilege of working for and learning from five Olympic riders and training horses at every level," said Ingrid. Ockhuisen's biggest achievement was competing at the World Young Horse Championships in Ermelo in 2016 on Giovanni (by Chippendale x Scandic) and in 2018 on Haeden (by Chippendale x Haarlem).