05-07-2021
From the Bennington Carriages website. We are delighted to be featuring Bennington owners. This month we speak to silver medal winner Kelly Houtappels-Bruder. Then have a look at our Archive Feature Driver page for more Bennington drivers featured over the years. Name: Kelly Houtappels-Bruder Drives: Bennington Carriage, Bennington Single Horse Presentation and Bennington XL Horse: Flip Top 3 moments from the […]
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11-13-2020
Canadian Kelly Houtappels-Bruder’s journey to the podium was like any other for a high performance athlete: a meticulously-planned progression supported by countless hours of training, hard work and sacrifice. But her silver medal performance at the 2020 FEI World Driving Championship for Singles, held Oct. 21-26, proved that perhaps the most important tool in an athlete’s […]
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10-25-2020
Pau 2020: Double gold for the Dutch but super silver for Kelly Houtappels-Bruder After a breathtaking final, the Dutch team has claimed the golden team medal again, while Dutch driver Saskia Siebers took home the individual gold medal. The silver medal went to Canada’s Kelly Houtappels-Bruder who herewith writes history in the driving sport. Title […]
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10-24-2020
Vandaag stond er een zware marathon op het programma van het WK enkelspan. Met een A-traject van zes kilometer en een B-traject van negen kilometer met acht pittige hindernissen bleek welke paarden in vorm waren. Zeker omdat er geen normaal wedstrijdseizoen is geweest was deze opgave voor menners en paarden best wennen. ‘We zijn zo’n […]
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10-22-2020
The first dressage day of the FEI Driving World Championship for Singles took place under a lovely autumn sun. Thirty six competitors entered the main arena and Canada’s leading lady driver Kelly Houtappels-Bruder drove the best test of the day, taking the lead in the provisional standings. Netherlands-based Kelly had to start early in the […]
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07-28-2020
Home from a fantastic week at Le Pin! It was so great to see everybody again and we couldn’t be prouder of Flip. A few rusty edges to work off before Chablis in September. With Bühl opening the post-corona season two weeks ago, the second competition on the calendar was this past weekend in Le […]
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09-02-2019
Canadian driver Kelly Houtappels-Bruder was the sovereign winner this weekend at the CAI3* for Horse Singles in Písečné nad Dyjí, Czech Republic. Kelly and her 11-year-old Oldenburg gelding Flip won both the dressage and the marathon and set a double clear round in the cones. The second place went to Laure Philippot from Belgium. Kelly […]
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08-17-2019
Bennington Carriages, Britains foremost horse drawn carriage manufacturer has recently developed a sponsorship agreement (partnership) with Netherlands-based Canadian single horse driver Kelly Houtappels-Bruder. Bennington XL Houtappels-Bruder has been competing with a Bennington Presentation Carriage for the dressage and cones phases of competition for a number of years, and will now also be making the step […]
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05-15-2019
Kelly Houtappels-Bruder and Flip continue to achieve exciting results in FEI Driving with their latest win coming in the CAI 3*-H1 at CAI Keispelt in Luxembourg! Home from a wonderful week in Luxembourg, where we enjoyed great sport, met new and old friends and revelled in the gorgeous views. With two horses, two dogs, and […]
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02-12-2019
Canadian driving athlete, Kelly Houtappels-Bruder had a great 2018, it was a year for the books, with an impressive rise to third place in the FEI World Rankings for Driving in the Singles division. Originally from Ariss, ON, Kelly’s love of horses began at the age of two, when she won her first ribbon in […]
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