{"id":60603,"date":"2021-09-15T14:42:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T04:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/?p=60603"},"modified":"2023-05-05T15:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T05:36:37","slug":"bella-meets-bella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/2021\/09\/bella-meets-bella\/","title":{"rendered":"Bella meets Bella"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Isabell Werth first saw Bella Rose as a three-year-old at her breeders’ farm, the story is brilliantly told in an exciting new book, Four legs move my soul, <\/em>an authorised biography by equestrian journalist, Evi Simeoni.<\/h1>\n

Isabell recalls the meeting:<\/p>\n

Finding this horse had a somewhat complicated background: My employee Anna was friends with Matthias Bouten, the individual who took care of the young horses at the facility of a family of breeders named Strunk from Bochum, Germany. Anna had seen Bella Rose there and tipped me off, and so I went to Bochum one day to look at the mare myself. I still remember what it was like when I stepped onto the Strunks\u2019 property. I went through the gate and down the barn aisle. To the right, a little entrance opened up into the indoor. That\u2019s where I stood, chatting with the breeders, while watching with one eye through the door of the arena, where Matthias was longeing the young Bella Rose. The mare started to trot, and I was breathless. It was like electricity in my body. I felt like I had been zapped\u2014it was incredible. It was a kick, an ignition, and I immediately told myself: ‘This is your horse.’<\/p>\n

Isabell’s stars, meet the Breeders<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n