Dr. med. vet. Markus Aschenbrenner

• ''Lameness or movement disorder''
• ''Therapy of movement disorders (with chiropraktic / osteopathy)''
  

Horst Becker - International dressage trainer

"Instruments of the traditional dressage"
Meanwhile, Horst Becker has held his workshops for traditional dressage, double-lungeing and liberty dressage all over Europe. Show jumping and dressage riders as well as gaited horse and western rider ask for his advice concerning his special subject "modern horse training".
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Kathrin E. Commandeur - The horsefood specialist

"Base feed"
At EQUITANA 2009 Kathrin E. Commandeur will give a lecture on "base feed" in the "Equine Expertise Centre" explaining the proper composition of horsefood. During the last 30 years horse feeding has changed a lot.
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EBETA school for hoof care - Dipl.Ing. Boris Eberhard

Expert around horse’s hoof

EBETA school for hoof care and hoof technique offers the comprehensive and competent professional education as hoof practitioner with diploma by GdHK. During two coordinated training courses the participants get qualified professionally and economically for their future challenge as self-employed hoof practitioner. The training can be passed also as in-job training.
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Michael Geitner

Michael Geitner grew up on one of the first Western ranches in Germany. After some break he found his way back to the horses. Stimulated by the book of Monty Roberts he dealt with Join up first, but then he found out that it is only little useful for most of the problems between riders and their animals.
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Petra Gersbacher

"The apprenticeship as riding therapist"
Igogo – Riding therapy and teaching institute

...trains riding therapist according to an integral method teaching all relevant psychological, pedagogical and riding aspects for the work with horses and considering them to be a partner and the real therapist of the human being.
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Arno Gorgasser

Western trainer
"The training of the Western horse: Cutting"

Arno Gorgasser was born in 1974 in Kärnten, Austria. “My uncle brought to me the passion for horses when I was little – he bred successfully Haflinger horses on international level. Thus, I worked with horses already as a child.
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Stephan Günther - The expert for barefoot saddles

Why barefoot?
Barefoot riding is „hip" and „trendy"!
But why? Why hasn't barefoot riding been practiced before?
Certainly saddlery has to be seen from different angles. The "working cowboy" from USA who had to work on and with the horse for many hours every day in former times required for a tough and robust "working tool" as well as the "stockman" in Australia and the herdsman in Spain.
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Dr. Gerd Heuschmann

"The Horse's Anatomy Determines Its Way of Training"
Dr. Gerd Heuschmann from Warendorf is veterinary specialist for horses and international consultant for horse care. His lecturing refers to horse's biomechanics. The back-story of the classic riding method imparted in his lectures causes from this biomechanic knowledge.
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Wolfgang Walter Horn - Lawyer and mediator

"The right way to buy a horse"
There are two things in equestrian sport affecting the rider's life on a long term: The purchase of a horse and the question which stable might be the best for it. Both fields are extremely conflict prone and not just emotionally high sensitive but also of high economic importance.
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Peter Kreinberg

Peter Kreinberg
„The gentle touch"
During the past 30 years Peter Kreinberg has become popular far beyond the German borders as author and Western rider, horse trainer and instructor for natural horsemanship; his training of horse and rider is focused on leisure-orientated horse friends.
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Werner Kröger - The specialist for roughage

"Haylage pros & cons"
"The right pasture for my horse"
During his lectures at EQUITANA Werner Kröger being state-approved agronomist and riding instructor will give interesting information on haylage and pasture for horses in the equine expertise center. Haylage will be packed airtight. More about Werner Kröger ...

Sabine Lang

"Horse, dog & human being playing happily in one team"
Sabine Lang has been riding for many years and she has worked as self-employed trainer since 1998. She has got her coaching B licence for the training of young horses, western riding and mass sports. She has been specialized for the "basic training of horse, dog and rider - training for riding companion dog".
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Karin Link

Equine sports therapist

Since 2001 Karin Link has lived in Warendorf. Since 1996 she has concentrated on doing equine sports therapy. She served her apprenticeship with Michael Baxter who has been operating internationally for many years.
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Moravita Stud

Breed presentation: Today’s Lippizaner & Frederiksborg Horse

Aletta and Ton Duivenvoorden run the biggest Dutch stud for the breed of Lipizzaner and Frederiksborg Horses.
Their stud „Moravita“ is situated in Coevorden district in the border area of Meppen/Germany. Over the past years Ton has dedicated particularly to the breeding of the original type of the Frederiksborg Horse.
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Jochen Schumacher – FS Riding Center Reken

Jochen Schumacher who has been working as trainer for 30 years is the owner of FS Riding Center in Reken. He is approved trainer of Linda Tellington Jones method „TTEAM®" and Chiron trainer according to Rolf Becher. Furthermore, Jochen Schumacher has been dedicated to endurance riding and carriage driving.
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Stenden Hogeschool

"CE studies - Horse Business Management in the Netherlands"/span>

Anky van Grunsven: „CE-Horse Business Management is the perfect study if you are pursuing a top job in the equine sector. I am always looking for those people for my farm!” Anky van Grunsven is multi Olympic Champion as well as World, European and Dutch Dressage Champion. She is also member of the senior staff of CE-Horse Business Management study at Stenden Hogeschool.
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Sita Stepper

Western trainer
"The (basic) training of a Western horse"
Training philosophy
From our point of view the best basic education is most important for a horse because it is the most essential basis for a successful further training. And only fair training, handling and horse-friendly keeping will keep the horse’s health and motivation.
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Hans - Jürgen Töllner

Bahlmann concepts
The insurance experts

"Horse insurances – often being an intransparent sector"

Damages caused by horses often are not covered by the private insurance of the horse owner. This can lead to awkward situation for the horse owner if his horse caused a damage. If a horse falls sick or needs an expensive essential surgery this can lead to extraordinary financial burden of the horse owner.
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Stephan Vierhaus

1. "Reasonable dressage training for gaited horses"
2. "Easy handling of heavy loads - training for draught horses"
He is already well-known in the gaited horse scene because Stephan Vierhaus has been highly placed very often already from the very first beginning of the International German Championship for Gaited Horses e.g. he was vice champion for ambling with the tölting trotter mare "Larida".
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Arnd von zur Gathen - Nösenberg Horse feed

„Information on horse feeding"
Do horses out in pasture need concentrated feed? Which conditions cause the risk for laminitis? How can the risk for laminitis be reduced? Why is it impossible to go back to nature? All these questions will be answered by Arnd von zur Gathen in the equine expertise center at EQUITANA 2009. More about Arnd von zur Gathen ...

Linda Weritz

1. Occupation information "Horse manager"
2. "Basic education of a young horse: Basic training loading"
Linda Weritz' Due to her fascination for horses Linda Weritz started an exceptional scientific career. The psychologist and communication scientist has specialized in horses’ natural body language and their intelligent handling. Monty Roberts is one of her most popular teachers as well as Anna Twinney from CA, USA. She has studied with Monty Roberts from 1998. However, the mustangs of BLM shelter who once lived in freedom have been her most important teachers when she domesticated them and started to ride them for the first time.
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Bernd Zeitler

(Certified Master Saddler Fitter) of The Royal Saddlery Ldt.(Walsall).

"The suitable saddle"

Bernd Zeitler is executive director of the Distribution Center Europe of the English manufacturer of tailor-made saddles "The Royal Saddlery Ltd.(Walsall)" and he services himself the regions Bavaria and Austria. For more than 30 years The Royal Saddlery Ltd. (Walsall) has been focussed on the design of the “perfect saddle” in cooperation with the best English saddleries and input of the most successful international trainer and competition rider.
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Kristina Zettl

"Marketing consulting for horse farms"
Initial situation: many riding schools, professional stables and breeding farms are run by excellent horse experts. However, the economic efficiency has often been a weak point because people don't know enough about the benefits of the farms or the management has become uneconomical due to deficiencies in operational structure.
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Judith Zimmermann

Riding pedagogue
The training as riding pedagogue

For more than 20 years Judith Zimmermann has concentrated on the best method of teaching riding and training of horses. How does horses learn and how does human beings learn? Problems are often caused because some words and sentences haven’t been understood properly. Thus, it is important to sense on the back of well-trained horses all those things you don’t understand because feelings can be reproduced and recognized again and again. This results in a simple and clear seat correction.
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