Andreas\u2019 interest in horse was inspired by his father, Ulf, a passionate rider. Andreas started competing in jumping classes, and made his international debut at Br\u00f8ndbyhallen in 1991.<\/p>\n
In 1992, his family bought the former Drag\u00f8r- St. Magleby Riding Club, Maglebyhallen, where my family still lives and keeps their horses.<\/p>\n
Andreas commenced his apprenticeshiop in 1994 at S\u00f8ren Vallentin in the Sport Riding Club Aalborg.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring my apprenticeship, I rode Grand Prix in dressage as well as jumping on horses which I had trained myself. In jumping, I rode the Lagano son, Lazio, at the Danish Championship, Nordic Championship and European Championship in jumping for young riders. Concurrently, I also trained the studhorse, Vemmetofte Rainman, for Grand Prix and was e.g. placed at the Danish Championship. In addition, I had several starts, placements and victories on a number of horses at district, national and elite competitions in jumping as well as dressage, and I rode several successful championships.\u201d<\/p>\n
After completing the master rider exam in 2000, Andreas was employed at the Van Olst stables in The Netherlands.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the autumn of 2000, I went to Stall-K in Kongsberg in Norway, from where I operated my own business with training of horses, teaching and horse trading. Concurrently, I trained the studhorse, Zalmiak Firfod, for Grand Prix level. While staying in Norway, I also trained the Norwegian national dressage team for junior and young riders.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn April 2002, I was employed as head master rider at Blue Hors, where I rode the very young horses and trained them for the championships and I also rode and trained the older horses for start in Grand Prix at international top level. In this connection, I rode Blue Hors Cavan at the Olympics in Athens in 2004 and Blue Hors Don Schufro in 2008 in Hong Kong, where I won the bronze medal for teams together with Anne Van Olst and Natalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. Another absolute highlight of this period is my World Championship silver medal in 2006 on Blue Hors Matin\u00e9. Apart from being responsible for training and sports, I participated in the breeding work of the stud farm by preparing and riding the stallions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andreas established his own dealing yard and training centre in 2008.<\/p>\n