Swedish professional dressage rider Lina Dolk got married to Jonathan Dolk on 15 August 2026 right after competing at the 2026 World Young Horse Championships in Verden, where she finished 8th in the consolation with 5-year old Mackmyras Amorino. Jonathan is not into horse but works as as a police offer and is fully supportive of Lina's life with horses.
Spanish Under 25 team rider Natalia Bacariza Danguillecourt got engaged on her summer holiday in Florence, Italy. Her fiancé is Thomas Quecuty, who has Argentinian roots and works as a broker for JP Morgan Securities in Wellington, Florida.
After taking over the ride on Samurai, German Under 25 Grand Prix rider Annabelle Steffens is now also riding Franziska Stieglmaier's Zahin. The 11-year old Hanoverian by Zack x Dancier was first shown internationally by owner Franziska as a 6-year old in 2021. She moved him to small tour in 2023, to medium tour in 2024 and to Grand Prix level in 2025 with two international stats in Ornago and Kronberg that year.
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Dutch Children's horse Happy Feet another, new rider; this time he moved to the family of Aleyah and Jamiro Monteiro. The 19-year old Happy Feet competed with 8 (!!) different riders internationally between 2017 and 2026. His last rider was Tooske Twint, who took over from Kate van Lee.
Dressprod reported that Andreas Helgstrand has bought the 3-year old Trakehner stallion Hannu Haakon (by Scaglietti x Millennium x Induc). The black was the third ranked premium stallion at the 2025 Trakehner Licensing. Bred by Gestut Staffelde and owned by NIcole Derlin, the stallion competed once in Germany under Danish Cecilia Hedegaard at the Trakehner young horse championships in Munster, where he won the riding horse tests.