Ludger was born and grew up in Cloppenburg, Germany. As a young boy he rode at the local riding club and showed his father’s horses all over Northern Germany.
Ludger holds the professional Title: “Bereiter FN”.
In 1986 Ludger moved to California with horses sold by the Schockemöhle Farm. He has trained numerous horses to FEI level in Dressage, as well as earning a USDF All breed Award at Grand Prix level. He has also shown jumpers on the A-circuit and evented through Preliminary level.
Ludger was head trainer at Sport Horse International from 1991 to 2012 and has worked as an Inspector in the US for the German Oldenburg Verband.
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Louise is an “S” Dressage Judge and has earned each of the USDF medals-bronze, silver and gold. She grew up in Palos Verdes and lived there until 2005. She went to Palos Verdes High, and taught at Miraleste High and Peninsula High.
She started her riding career when she was five years old at the Portuguese Bend Riding Club (where she currently teaches Dressage). She discovered Dressage while living in Vienna, Austria, the home of the White Lipizzaner stallions. In 1995 she received the Asmis grant to study in Germany. On various trips to Germany she has had the opportunity to ride with Willi Schultheis, Reiner Klimke, Johann Hinnemann and Klaus Balkenhol. Working with numerous talented Dressage trainers/riders/Olympians in California is a thrill!
During her show career, Louise has earned 10 California Dressage Federation State Championship Perpetual Trophies on three different horses as well as Regional Championships. Her black stallion, San Shivago, was the Five Year Old California Champion and USA Reserve Champion in 2009. In October 2012 he won the Regional Fourth Level Championship and the California Prix St. George Championship Louise teaches Dressage in California, judges throughout the United States, and trains client’s horses. She currently lives in Westlake, California.
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Dennis Callin, who now lives in England with his British life partner of over 20 years, David Taylor, began competing for the United States in 1982. He was an alternate for the 1984 and 1992 Olympics, and trained future Olympians.
Dennis is a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist. He has earned his Riding Masters Certification from Meredith Manor School of Horsemanship. He has won numerous titles while living in Northern CA on the regional and national level. He was the North Carolina Dressage and Combined Training Association Educational Chair as well as he has coached the US Young Riders team coach.
Dennis has won more than 150 Grand Prix, the highest level, in America and more than 100 more overseas. Dennis moved to Europe in 2006 from Raleigh, North Carolina. Moving to Germany allowed him to compete on a regular basis at a top level and to train with his first USA team coach, Georg Theodorescu. In 2009, David and Dennis moved to Great Britain to be closer to David’s family and competed with D’Accord, very successfully on the European show circuit with the help of Jurgen and Christoph Koschel.
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Pam Schachter
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