• ONLY THE OWNERS / RIDERS / CAREERS of the horses are allowed to groom / ride their horse etc. The horses obviously need all their necessary care.
• Do not take children to the stable.
• Do not bring extra visitors to the stable.
• Keep the visit to the stable as short as possible and if a visit is not necessary, please postpone.
• The basic hygiene measures also apply in the stable, namely washing hands with soap, coughing and sneezing in the elbow and avoiding close contact.
• Stay at home with cold or flu complaints. If in doubt, ask someone else to do your horse. Everyone will be willing to do their bit.
• The group lessons will not continue until April 6.
• The bar will be closed until April 6. The canteen will be open as long as this is permitted, including the drinks, candy and change machine.
• Use these measures wisely, it will not benefit anyone if far-reaching steps have to be taken when someone is found to be infected.

We hope for your understanding and hope that over time everything will go back to normal. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Patrick or Sylvia.

With two horses and a number of pupils they left Training Stables Homestead to Tolbert. With Sephora, Patrick became second on the first day with almost 69%.
The second day the tough mare went a step further and achieved almost 70%. Chinook ran a very good GP, but unfortunately with a major failure in the double-counting step, which greatly reduced the score.

Patrick's students also scored well in Tolbert.
Charlotte Kruiniger won both U25 categories with Uzzo and also took the overall prize home.

Zippo clearly showed that he is becoming more and more confirmed and that there is still clear progress possible. A nice victory with 72.72% With this Patrick and Zippo are also included in the Olympic selection through the new criteria.

In the Int1 kur First Apple took it a step further and won with almost 3% lead. A mega score on his international light tour debut of 76.28% !!!

Zippo started very well in the kur but in the canter there were a few small mistakes. A nice score of 75.15% but with this he had to let the Belgian Jorinde Verwimp go ahead.

In frankfurt Zippo ran a very good Grand Prix in the difficult ring. With this, he finished in a good 4th place behind the three German top combinations.
In the GP special, Zippo had a little more trouble, but again he got a fourth place.

Two days before leaving for Gothenburg, Patrick received a call that there were 2 dropouts, and if he could quickly get his belongings to go to the European Championship.

Friday night he left for a journey of 1150km. On Saturday afternoon, Zippo got a little tired of the car because he had to travel with the 2 horse truck and he was not used to it.
Sunday all four horses were well through the fat check so the match could begin.
Tuesday, Zippo ran a very good Grand Prix test with some tension in the second piaffe. Over 71% and a nice 7th place after the first day.
Diederik from Silfhout drove a very good Grand Prix and the Dutch team was on silver after the first day.

The second half of the national contest was a bit less. Madeleine did not care what she was worth and Edward did not get his horse as they usually perform. A disappointing 5th place in the team rankings.

In the Grand Prix Special Patrick got a few small mistakes in the series, but Zippo went very well. 71.3% Unfortunately, 0.3% deficit for a place in the final.

Super pleased with Zippo's at an International Championship.

The World Championships for 7 year old dressage horses started the same with Patrick with First Apple, despite the storm. In the first part, the impressive stallion finished in a second place with a score of 81%. As a result, they placed themselves immediately for the final.

In the final, First Apple ran a virtually flawless test and continued to behave well. A nice 4th place with almost 81%. With this he was the best Dutch horse of his year.
A big boost for Patrick because what was disappointed that the selection committee had less confidence in the combination than Patrick himself.

During the kur on Saturday night, Patrick, Charlotte Kruiniger, Danielle van Mierlo, Marije de Lange and Sanne van der Pols gave a nice demonstration.

Photo: Babette van der Wal fotografie

In Etten Leur the semi-final was driven for the selection of the World Cup young dressage horses.

The tough stallion ran a good test and passed through to the final in Ermelo.

At the CDIO in Compiegne Patrick had his horses well in shape.
Chinook unfortunately had some precious mistakes in PSG and Int1 but went really well in the kur and finished in a 2nd place with 74.3%.
Patrick is in the Dutch team with Zippo and ran a good test with more than 71% and 10th place. In the kur Zippo went very well and scored 73.7% which was good for a 8th place.

The team won bronze. President's First Apple wrote both sections for the 7 year old in his name by almost 80% and 81.74% !!
On the photo, the owner of Chinook Jose Kruiniger and the owner of First Apple Carolyn Kooiman.

The daughters of Patrick and Sylvia; Dana, Finette and Veerle won the team competition with force majeure.

Zippo and Chinook run well at the Horses and Dreams Competition in Hagen.
Both in the PSG and Int 1, Chinook ran very well. In both tests almost 70%.
In the GP Zippo showed much improved. Unfortunately, some errors in double counting exercises.
As a result, the score remained just under 70%.

The anthem for First Apple and a mega score of 76.8% !! In the final test, the big impressive fox even scored higher. With 77.75% he also won this category.

Zippo ran a nearly flawless GP with beautiful piaffes and passages. A fourth place with more than 72% and this third Olympic cadence score.

Chinook was already doing well in Zeeland, but in the Kur he was too good for his competitors. With a 5% lead in number 2 he won the final with over 78% !!!

Unfortunately, Patrick was less in shape in the final of the GP. After riding the wrong direction after the zigzag the concentration was gone and they got too many mistakes.

In the GP Zippo was tensed and rubbed his tongue upon entry. After the second part, the jury called the combination. Patrick thought Zippo might have bitten his tongue and left disappointed the ring. Later it appeared that the jury had called for irregularity, which certainly was not the case. An incorrect decision by the jury that unfortunately could not be reversed. As a result, Patrick with Zippo could not participate in the course.

Chinook made it to the final. He ran a very good cure and became pretty 3rd with 73.5%.

Coco Chanel was also involved in practicing the GP. The beautiful diva needs some time, but the potential is sure.

At the GP Zippo was a bit tensed from the applause of the previous combination, Edward Gal.
Yet an almost faultless test, more than 70% and to the freestyle.

The Freestyle was again almost faultless and Zippo was more relaxed and showed more looseness and behavior. More than 75% and a handsome 8th place in this strong field.

In the Freestyle Chinook was very tense on the noise in the stands and breaks the inexperience still too much. Costly mistakes and a 5th place with almost 69%.

Zippo ran a super nice kur !!! Faultless and a high degree of difficulty. A 3rd place with 76.3% !!!

Watch here the video of Chinook.

Watch here the video of Zippo.

In the Grand Prix Special Zippo felt even better and ran an almost flawless test and finished in 4th place with 71%.

Chinook went along to train and learned a lot.

The switch to the small tour is still a little bit early, but if possible, Patrick would like to ride him at the Christmas show at Jumping Mechelen.

A beautiful 1st place with 67,24% and thus a starting permit for the GP.

Pupil Danielle van Mierlo won with Dayano the PSG.

The final was held indoor because of the weather. This was the first time that First Apple was in such surroundings, but he behaved as if he had never done anything else.
A super score of 86 points and a handsome second place.

"The holiday has done him good" joked Patrick, who had recently returned from his Holliday.

President's First Apple ran as if he was in such accommodation every day. A nice test and a score of 80.2 which was good for 8th place.

Friday Patrick rode with President's Chagall
D & R one of their best tests so far. A score of more than 73% and a 4 th place.

In the Grand Prix Patrick rode with Zippo a very strong test with a minor error in a pirouette. A score of more than 72% and a 10 place.

Saturday was President's First Apple in the final perhaps even better than Thursday. A score of 80.6 and a 7th place. This first reserve for the World Championships for young horses.

With President'S Chagall D & R Patrick showed a beautiful kur. Another handsome 4th place with more than 73%.

Sunday in the final of the Grand Prix ran Zippo for the second time its new kur. A nice test was good for more than 74% and a 9th place in the final standings.

Very nice to hear from a lot of different people how good the horses are improved.

A big victory by nearly 72%