Danish Young Rider Anna Teibel Raben to Ride for Chateau de Fontaine

Dressage

Denmark

The 19-year old Danish young rider team member Anna Teibel Raben has been hired as a professional rider at the Danish owned Chateau de Fontaine.

Raben shared that she is "incredibly excited and beyond grateful" for having been offered the job in France.

Danish Youth Team Rider

Despite her young age, Raben is an experienced competitor.

Her first big success was in 2020 when she won silver on category 2 pony FS Calimero (by FS Dior de Luxe x FS Challenger) at the Danish Pony Championships. A year later there was gold. In 2022 she was ninth on category 1 pony Hilkens Cosmo (by Cosmopolitan x Danny Gold). As a pony rider Raben has been competing a string of ponies and horses for several owners, including Stutteri Lykkehøj.

She moved into the junior division in 2023 she competed a string of sales horses such as Quickstar, Kazano HS, Zhobel, Koket Olav, and Kvisgaards Lady Gaga with whom she was 11th at the 2023 Danish Junior Championships.

In January 2024 Anna Teibel Raben began riding Sparaday and finished fourth at the 2024 Danish Junior Riders Championships. At the 2024 European Junior Riders Championships in Opglabbeek they won team silver and finished 21st in the individual test (68.118%) after a second place in the team test (73.909%). They finished the year with a fourth place in the 7-year old division at the 2024 Danish Young Horse Championships.

In 2025 they moved to Young Riders level and were sixth at the 2025 Danish Young Riders Championships. At the 2025 European Young Riders Championships in Kronberg, they won team bronze and double bronze in the individual test and kur to Music.

A New Life in France

Anna in the trot-up at the 2025 EU-YR-Ch

Raben lost the ride on Sparaday in October 2025 and she did not have a horse to compete anymore. Anna has now accepted the job offer to ride at Chateau de Fontaine, a magnificent castle and estate in Normandy, France, owned by Bolette Wandt.

Wandt is best know as the owner of Isabell Werth's Olympic silver medal winner Queenparks Wendy (aka Wendy de Fontaine). Out of her top mare Wendy, Bolette has bred licensed stallions Brando de Fontaine (by Be Sure), Dafoe de Fontaine (by Dynamic Dream), Ferdinand de Fontaine (by Franklin), and Senegal de Fontaine (by Springbank II),

Wandt is a devoted dressage horse breeder and runs her breeding programme at Chateau de Fontaine, where the youngsters are bred, reared, and saddle broken.

"I feel so lucky and thankful for this opportunity, the trust that has been placed in me, and for the chance to become part of such an amazing team," said Anna. "This is a dream opportunity for me, and I’m truly grateful for everyone who has made this possible. I can’t wait to start this new chapter in France - to learn, grow, and create so many special memories along the way."