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Riders and Trainers
Riders and Breakers who worked with us
Stefanie Egger
Stefanie Egger spent two months early in 2025 with Doug Isaacson for a working holiday here. She has been breaking in horses in Austria, Germany, France and Sweden since 2010 working primarily with 2-4 year olds - mostly show jumpers and eventers.
She's competed young horses herself all over Europe in eventing and showjumping until 2015. 2015-2020 she was supporting a company to build a mobile horse therapy fleet in Austria, Germany, UK, Ireland and Sweden. Throughout that time she got to do work for Mark Todd and plenty of other world class riders of all disciplines including the racing industry. Since moving to Sweden in 2020 she's cooperated a fair bit with Bruce Goodin, who competed one of the mares she produced up to 1.30m classes as a 6yo.
At her current place she is presenting young stallions at the approval tests for the Swedish stud book and shows most of the mares age 3-5yo in similar evaluation environments. Most of them she'd also teach to load both on a trailer and truck before they'd be sent home to their owners.
She also spent about 18 months working with an Irish horseman who's known in Sweden to break in and fix sharp horses. Throughout that period horses were constantly coming and going keeping 15 boxes filled at all times.
Photo is Stefanie with WOTAN
on a very rainy day in Dannevirke.
Miriam Ingelfinger
Miriam Ingelfiinger spent six months in 2026 with us here at Longspring and helped us with schooling and breaking in. She successfully completed her apprenticeship (horse care and service) at home in Germany and is currently studying Equine Science and Management (B.Sc.). Miri loved being with us and quoted while her time here:
"I am so happy to have the opportunity to stay at Longspring and couldn't be more grateful to work with such amazing and talented horses! Schooling and handling these young horses is very rewarding and I am hoping to come back to Longspring after I've finished my studies in Germany!"
Photo is Miri with Lady Tamsin LS.
Riders currently in partnership with Longspring
Izzy Wheeler
We are very happy to be in partnership with Izzy Wheeler and Dom Visini. London LS, formerly known as Lord Delamere LS, and Louis Vuitton LS are currently up in Auckland with Izzy and Dom - and we are super excited to see those talented horses develop into future stars!
So are Izzy and Dom as Izzy recently quoted:
"I love working with Longspring as I really rate their breeding program and have really loved every young horse I have had in partnership. They have the most amazing mix of talent and temperament which makes them so easy to work with! I feel very lucky to ride such quality young horses."
Photo is Izzy with London LS up in Auckland.
Bundy Philpott (UK)
Bundy currently has Dark Side of the Moon LS with her in the UK in partnership, who is FOR SALE. She is very happy to work with such a special horse and quoted in September 2021:
"I have had him in partnership with Longspring for over a year now and I love him. He is clever, sensible, scopey and careful and has never said no to anything I've asked from him. Originally, I thought to just get him going and find him a great home but the more I've trained with him the more I see his future as an international horse. I hope with ongoing support from his breeders to travel him to the UK and see if this little horse is a future team NZ representative. He shows me every sign he is a 5-star horse for the future."
Photo is Bundy jumping
Dark Side of the Moon LS.
Rita Featherstone
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