Thirty-three year old Nicole Uphoff has finally decided to start on her own. With steady boyfriend Trevor Morgen, Uphoff will begin her own business at the Weser-Ems Training centre in Vechta, Germany.
With this decision an important partnership between the four time Olympic gold medallist and the owner of Gestut Vorwerk, Gudula Vorwerk-Happ, has come to an and.
Uphoff, who originally comes from Duisburg, was employed at Vorwerk since March 1998. At the lovely breeding centre in Cappeln Uphoff received highly decorated stallions like Rubinstein I, Relevant and Regal Dancer in training. "I want to continue riding Relevant if Gudula allows me to, but I will no longer work at her barn," Uphoff stated when the news was broadcast.
Her boyfriend Trevor Morgen is originally from New Zealand and was employed at Paul Schockemoele's show jumping barn. Currently Morgen is riding the young jumpers at the Vechta Auction centre for the Oldenburg Verband. Uphoff moved nine horses to Vechta including her divine Westphalian Rembrandt (by Romadour II) and other stars like River Blue, Ephedra S and Futurus. Uphoff also takes care of the training of mount Rubino S, the approved Trakehner stallion Friedensfurst (by Rondo) and Der Brandenburger.
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