06-23-2022
Kelly Houtappels-Bruder of Ariss, ON, now a resident of Steensel, NED, drove her way to the win in the CAI 3* Horse Single Division at the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Driving Competition – Bühl 2022 event held from June 15 – 19, 2022 over 300 kilometres west of Munich, Germany. Hosted at the riding and driving […]
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05-23-2022
Canadian Kelly Houtappels-Bruder of Ariss, ON, now a resident of Steensel, NED, drove her way to third overall in the CAI 3* Horse Single Division at the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Driving Competition – Greven-Bockholt 2022 event held from May 26-29, 2022 in the northern region of Germany. Hosted by the well-known driving association St. […]
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04-26-2022
Canadian Kelly Houtappels-Bruder of Ariss, ON, now a resident of Steensel, NED, drove her way to first overall in the CAI 3* Horse Single Division at the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Driving Competition – Sélestat 2022 event held from April 20-24, 2022 in the northeastern region of France. Making their season debut, Houtappels-Bruder and her […]
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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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