ABLINGER DRESSAGE INC. WAS ESTABLISHED BY GERHARD ABLINGER IN 2001 AND IS A MINNESOTA CORPERATION.
THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE DRESSAGE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION FOR HORSES AND RIDERS OF ALL LEVELS AFTER THE CLASSICAL PRINCIPLES OF DRESSAGE.
GERHARD ABLINGER IS CELEBRATING IN 2007 HIS 24TH YEAR AS A PROFESSIONAL IN THE HORSE INDUSTRY.
HE WAS BORN IN AUSTRIA BUT STARTED HIS CAREER IN GERMANY AT A YOUNG AGE.
IT BEGAN IN 1983 AS AN APPRENTICE.
AFTER 6 YEARS OF APPRENTICESHIP AND TWO CERTIFICATIONS (ONE WAS THE "BEREITER FN")
HE STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS IN GERMANY AS AN INSTRUCTOR AND TRAINER. THREE YEARS LATER HE SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVED HIS MASTERS DEGREE AS A TRAINER AND INSTRUCTOR (REITLEHRER FN) ALLOWING HIM TO TAKE IN APPRENTICES ON HIS OWN AND OPERATE A CERTIFIED TRAINING FACILITY IN GERMANY.
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ALONG HIS WAY THROUGH THE GERMAN SYSTEM
HIS MOST INFLUENCIAL TRAINER HE WORKED WITH WAS (REITMEISTER) GUENTHER FESTERLING.
IN 1994 GERHARD CAME TO THE US AND STARTED TRAINING IN FLORIDA.
IN 1998 HE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO MINNESOTA WHERE HE CONTINUES TO TRAIN HORSES AND RIDERS.
In April 2007 we re-located to our new training facility in Stillwater, MN. If you are interested in lessons and Training , you have the option to either board your horse at this top of the line facility, or you can trailer in. Our new facility has a 60X180 heated indoor, 12X12 box stalls in heated barn,80X220 outdoor ring, wash and tack stalls, individaul or group turnout, optional pasture boarding, located near gateway trail for hours of trail riding, small setting for one on one idividualized horse care.
If you are interested in having Gerhard come to your barn, you can contact us to set up a possible Clinic with him.
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