10-28-2017
Home from a wonderful week in Haras du Pin! So proud of both Flip and Hanno, boy am I lucky to get to work with such wonderful animals. And of course as always thank-you Ad van Gestel and Sonja Haasen …and Frank, Meike Paridaans and Arthur for the best surprise Saturday!!! Our first international podium! […]
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10-14-2017
Canadian driving athlete, Kelly Houtappels-Bruder intended for 2017 to be a year to regroup and rebuild, but instead it has become one for the books, with an impressive rise to fourth 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 […]
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10-09-2017
What started as a idea! Worked out great! Dutch drivers were treated to a unique learning experience this weekend as international judge Anne Marie Turbé travelled to Stal Aarts in Liessel to give a clinic and reading. Ten drivers braved the wind and rain to present their horses and ponies to the judge, and were […]
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07-03-2017
Flip the superstar. Slow and steady didn’t win the race, but did manage to finish third! Whoohoo!
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04-14-2017
What a beautiful and challenging show in Horst! Boy did we learn a lot! So proud of Flip, what a heart that horse has. My team were as always superstars, and it was extra special having Mom here too
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08-09-2016
Canadian Kelly Houtappels-Bruder who resides in the Netherlands successfully took part in the ninth edition of the FEI World Single Horse Driving Championships in Piber, Austria this past weekend. Kelly managed to qualify for the event earlier in the season with a new horse and her goal was to finish in the top 20. After […]
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07-03-2016
On our way home from a wonderful show in Chablis! Flip was a superstar and still so much room for improvement…. Thank you Marion Vignaud for sharing your stunning property with us, my top team for their hard work and the Hoogers family for giving me the opportunity to show this great horse!!! Qualification scores […]
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06-05-2016
Congratulations Kelly and Flip, thank you team. Some pictures of the final day! Thank you Saumur. After winning the marathon we finished it!
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06-04-2016
Kelly Houtappels has won the marathon of the three-star competition in Saumur. It was the first time in her driving career that the Netherlands-based Canadian driver won a marathon. Extra special detail is that Kelly won the marathon driving a horse which she only has several weeks. After she had some bad luck with two […]
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10-11-2015
Carriage Driving Derby at the Rockton World’s Fair (Canada. We had a super day! Thank you all!) We finished second, thank you laurie for lending Mr. Felix to us.
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