American Grand Prix dressage Lisa Wilcox will be leaving Gestut Vorwerk at the end of the year to become the head rider at Stable Schatzmann in Switzerland.
Dr. Samuel Schatzmann is a lawyer and enterpreneur by profession, but also manages a private dressage barn with 12 horses in Oftringen, Switzerland.
"I decided to hire Lisa Wilcox, because I think she is an extraordinary good and horse-friendly trainer," Dr. Schatzmann explained, adding that "Lisa will be training my sport horses at the farm."
Dr. Schatzmann is an accomplished dressage rider himself, having ridden at various Swiss dressage championships. Aboard Rochus, he won team silver at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, team bronze at the1989 European Championships in Luxembourg and team bronze at the 1990 World Championships in Stockholm. "Since 1989 I'm also a dressage judge," Schatzmann said, "since 1989 I judge the big tour and I since 2000 I have become an FEI candidate."
At his barn in Oftringen, Schatzmann has 10 own sport horses between the age of 4 and 11 which Lisa will be training.
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