{"id":28112,"date":"2016-07-22T11:39:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T01:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/?page_id=28112"},"modified":"2016-08-02T12:13:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T02:13:23","slug":"ehning-marcus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/whos-who\/ehning-marcus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ehning, Marcus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Famed for his cool,\u00a0quiet riding style, Germany&#8217;s Marcus Ehning was something of a star from the start, starring in Pony and Young Rider Championships.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At home we always had horses around and therefore it was easier to take up the sport. Show jumping is the most interesting part of equestrian sports, because you are able to ride quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/For-Pleasure-HERO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13351\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/For-Pleasure-HERO.jpg\" alt=\"For Pleasure HERO\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/For-Pleasure-HERO.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/For-Pleasure-HERO-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marcus rode the great For Pleasure to European and Olympic medals, and the stallion has now demonstrated that he is a great sire as well as a competitor with nine of his progeny on the preliminary entry list for Rio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CornadoEhningLWeb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CornadoEhningLWeb.jpg\" alt=\"CornadoEhningLWeb\" width=\"650\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CornadoEhningLWeb.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CornadoEhningLWeb-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CornadoEhningLWeb-379x300.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RIO update:<\/strong> Marcus has been selected in the German team on the Westfalien stallion, Cornado. He told Noelle Floyd of\u00a0<em>World of Showjumping:\u00a0<\/em>&#8220;Cornado has quality, scope and his way of jumping is incredible. He really is an amazing jumper &#8211; he really is a horse for the future. He is a stallion, and he is a fresh stallion. I got him when he was nine but back then he was a bit too fresh and over-motivated, and I really had to work on getting him more under control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marcus Ehning-Cornado NRW Bordeaux 2016 round1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QTTkosiGoF8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fast Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two-time European Team Gold medallist in <strong>1999<\/strong> and <strong>2003<\/strong> with For Pleasure<\/p>\n<p><strong>2000<\/strong> Sydney Olympic Team Gold medallist with For Pleasure<\/p>\n<p><strong>2002<\/strong> Competed in the WEG with For Pleasure<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003<\/strong> European Individual Bronze medallist with For Pleasure<\/p>\n<p><strong>2003<\/strong> FEI World Cup winner with Anka<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006<\/strong> World Championship Team Bronze medallist with Noltes Kuchengirl<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006<\/strong> FEI World Cup Final winner with Sandro Boy<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007<\/strong> European Team Silver medallist with\u00a0Noltes K\u00fcchengirl<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009<\/strong>\u00a0European Team Silver medallist with Plot Blue<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong> World Championship Team Gold medallist with Plot Blue<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong> FEI World Cup Final winner with Noltes Kuchengirl\/Plot Blue<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012<\/strong> Competed in the London Olympics with Plot Blue<\/p>\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong> LGCT Cannes Grand Prix winner with Plot Blue<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong> LGCT Vienna Grand Prix winner with Plot Blue<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong> LGCT Madrid Grand Prix Silver medallist with Plot Blue<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong> LGCT Paris Grand Prix Bronze medallist with Cornado NRW<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong> Competed in the World Championships finishing 4th in the Team event<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong> LGCT Rome Grand Prix Bronze medallist with\u00a0Comme il faut<\/p>\n<p><strong>2016\u00a0<\/strong>Selected for Rio Olympic team with Cornado<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famed for his cool,\u00a0quiet riding style, Germany&#8217;s Marcus Ehning was something of a star from the start, starring in Pony and Young Rider Championships. &#8220;At home we always had horses around and therefore it was easier to take up the sport. 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