Carl Hester

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Carl Hester medal table
Carl Hester (2013)
Carl Hester (2013)

Dressage riding

United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Olympic Summer Games
gold 2012 Crew
(with Uthopia )
silver 2016 Crew
(with nip tuck )
World Equestrian Games
silver 2010 Team
(with darling II )
silver 2014 Crew
(with nip tuck )
bronze 2018 Team
(with Delicato )
European championships
silver 2009 Team
(with darling II )
gold 2011 Crew
(with Uthopia )
silver 2011 Single (GP Spécial)
(with Uthopia )
silver 2011 Individual (GP Freestyle)
(with Uthopia )
bronze 2013 Crew
(with Uthopia )
silver 2015 Crew
(with nip tuck )

Carl Rupert Hester , MBE (born June 9, 1967 in Barnet , London ) is a British dressage rider . He is a six-time British champion and multiple medalist at international championships.

Career

Carl Hester was born into a childhood relationship with British theater and film producer Anthony Smee . His father kept out of contact, however, and Hester was almost put up for adoption. But Hester grew up with his grandmother on the Channel Island of Sark . On this largely vehicle-free island, where horse-drawn carts are still important today, he first learned to ride a donkey. Later, when he reached the right height, he rode the draft horses of the horse-drawn carts.

Carl Hester left Sark at the age of 10 and went to boarding school until the age of 16. After boarding school, he worked at the Fortune Center of Riding Therapy in Bransgore, Dorset . Here he did his British Horse Society Assistant Instructors exam . During this time, at the age of 18, he became the first British dressage master for young riders . With the same horse he was also part of the British young rider squad in eventing (which is far more popular in the UK) .

After two and a half years in Dorset, he briefly returned to Sark, but then moved to the British main island and worked as a “working pupil” in the stable of Janni and Christopher Taylor in Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire . Due to an injury, he could not take part in the 1988 European Dressage Championships for young riders with the horse Slightly Trendy made available to him . In the following year he got the opportunity to work in the stable of the dressage rider Wilfried Bechtolsheimer (father of Laura Bechtolsheimer ).

" " I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I went from earning £ 10 per week as a working pupil to having a wage, car, house, lessons, horses - it blew my mind. At the time, they were pioneering with their stable management and schooling. I just wanted to soak it all up. " (I thought I died and was in heaven. Instead of 10 pounds a week as a “working pupil” I now had wages, a car, house, lessons, horses - it impressed me very much. During this time they were with their stable management and groundbreaking in their training. I just wanted to soak up everything.) "

- Carl Hester on his time in the Bechtolsheimer stable

During his time in the Bechtolsheimer stable he played his first world championship ( World Equestrian Games 1990) with Rubelit and his first Olympic Games with Giorgione in 1992. He was also British champion with Giorgione in 1991 and 1992. After three and a half years, he decided to set up a stable with Kate Carter. Since 2004 Carl Hester has been running a show and training stable near Gloucester .

He reached the peak of his career so far in 2011. Both he and his horse Uthopia and his student Charlotte Dujardin with Valegro advanced to the top of the world in dressage riding. The British team dominated the European Championships in Rotterdam , Hester won both individual silver medals with Uthopia . In January 2012, he rose to second place in the world rankings with Uthopia .

Because of the successes in 2011, Paul Schockemöhle acquired the stallion Metall , the father of Uthopia . In addition, the Swedish dressage rider Minna Telde tried, with the help of her friend, to acquire Uthopia for a sum of millions at the end of 2011. Hester, who previously only owned shares in Uthopia , was able to prevent this sale with support in view of the Olympic Games.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics , Hester and Uthopia won the team gold medal as part of the British teams. In the individual ranking, Carl Hester and Uthopia came in fifth. For the next four years, Hester was part of the British team, each of which won a team medal, from 2014 with Nip Tuck . In 2017 Carl Hester missed a medal at the European Championships, but with fourth place in the freestyle he achieved his best individual result since 2011. At the beginning of the year, Hester was third at his second World Cup final . At the 2018 World Equestrian Games , Hester brought a new horse to the start with ten-year-old Delicato . With over 77 percent in the team competition, he made his part in winning the British bronze medal.

Horses

Carl Hester and Uthopia , 2012 Summer Olympics
current competition horses
  • Uthopia (* 2001), bay KWPN stallion, father: Metall, mother's father : inspector; Ridden temporarily by Charlotte Dujardin since 2013
  • Dances with Wolves (* 2002), Oldenburg dark chestnut gelding, father: Donnerschwee, mother's father : Walldorf
  • Fine Time (* 2001), Westphalian chestnut stallion, father: Florestan I, mother's father: Weinberg
  • Nip Tuck (* 2004, original name: Zandero ), bay KWPN gelding, father: Don Ruto
former
  • Liebling II (1997–2018), bay Holstein gelding, father: Lorentin I, mother's father: Königspark xx , ridden by Anna Ross-Davies until 2008, ridden by Yvonne Losos de Muñiz from the end of 2011, ridden by Jonna Schelstraete from December 2012, beginning Farewell to sport in 2014
  • Escapado (1993–2019), brown Oldenburg gelding, father: bookplate, mother's father: Ikarus, later ridden by Hans Peter Minderhoud , retired from the sport in May 2011
  • Argentille Gullit (* 1988), bay KWPN stallion, father: Ulft, mother's father: Apple King xx
  • Giorgione (* 1981; † December 2011), chestnut colored Oldenburg stallion, father: Grundstein I, mother's father: Perser xx, ridden by Wilfried Bechtolsheimer from 1995

successes

Olympic Summer Games
  • 1992, Barcelona : with Giorgione 7th place with the team and 16th place in the individual ranking
  • 2000, Sydney : 8th place with the team and 31st place in the individual ranking with Argentille Gullit
  • 2004, Athens : 7th place with the team and 13th place in the individual ranking with Escapado
  • 2012, London : with Uthopia 1st place with the team and 5th place in the individual ranking
  • 2016, Rio de Janeiro : 2nd place with the team and 7th place in the individual ranking with Nip Tuck
World Equestrian Games
  • 1990, Stockholm: with Rubelit 5th place with the team and 18th place in the individual ranking
  • 2010, Lexington KY : with Liebling II 2nd place with the team and 17th place in the individual ranking (Grand Prix Spécial)
  • 2014, Caen : with Nip Tuck 2nd place with the team, 12th place in the individual ranking (Grand Prix Spécial) and 12th place in the individual ranking (Grand Prix Freestyle)
  • 2018, Tryon NC : 3rd place with Delicato with the team and 9th place in the individual ranking (Grand Prix Spécial)
European Championships (results from 2001)
  • 2005, Hagen aTW: 5th place with the team and 6th place in the individual ranking with Escapado
  • 2009, Windsor: with Liebling II 2nd place with the team, 10th place in the individual ranking (GP Spécial) and 10th place in the individual ranking (GP Freestyle)
  • 2011, Rotterdam : with Uthopia 1st place with the team, 2nd place in the individual ranking (GP Spécial) and 2nd place in the individual ranking (GP Freestyle)
  • 2013, Herning : with Uthopia 3rd place with the team, 6th place in the individual ranking (GP Spécial) and 6th place in the individual ranking (GP Freestyle)
  • 2015, Aachen : with Nip Tuck 2nd place with the team, 5th place in the individual ranking (GP Spécial) and 8th place in the individual ranking (GP Freestyle)
  • 2017, Gothenburg : 4th place with the team with Nip Tuck , 5th place in the individual ranking (GP Spécial) and 4th place in the individual ranking (GP Freestyle)
British Championships (results from 2002)
  • 2002: 4th place with thunder song (71.3%)
  • 2003, Warwickshire: 4th place with Escapado (72.59%) and 5th place with Donnersong (67.88%)
  • 2004, Warwickshire: 1st place with Escapado (76.65%)
  • 2009, Warwickshire: 1st place with Liebling II (74.65%)
  • 2012, Warwickshire: 1st place with Uthopia
  • 2013, Warwickshire: 1st place with Fine Time (76.65%)

Web links

Commons : Carl Hester  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2013 New Year's Honors . Retrieved December 29, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Official rider biography: Carl Hester (PDF; 124 kB), British Dressage (English)
  3. ↑ Carl Hester Has the Fun Factor , Eurodressage, November 8, 2011 (English)
  4. ↑ Career of Carl Hester
  5. ↑ a b Bechtolsheimer's Giorgione euthanized , Reiter Revue International , January 2, 2012
  6. ↑ FEI world rankings dressage
  7. ↑ Schockemöhle buys Uthopia father , St. Georg , August 24, 2011
  8. ↑ Minna Telde wanted Uthopia , St. Georg, January 6, 2012
  9. ↑ FEI horse database: Uthopia
  10. ↑ FEI horse database: Dances with Wolves
  11. ↑ FEI horse database: Fine Time 13
  12. ^ FEI horse database: Nip Tuck
  13. ↑ FEI horse database: Liebling II
  14. ^ Descent from Liebling II , HorseTelex.de
  15. ↑ Anna Ross-Davies loses ride on top horse Liebling II , Horse & Hound , September 9, 2008 (English)
  16. ↑ Favorite for DomRep , St. Georg, November 29, 2011
  17. ↑ Hester's Darling II is no longer alive , Sylvia Sánchez / Reiter Revue International, October 13, 2018
  18. ↑ FEI horse database: Escapado
  19. ↑ Escapado Enjoys Retirement at Carl Hester's Yard , Eurodressage, May 10, 2011 (English)
  20. ↑ Carl Hesters Escapado died at the age of 26 , Jan Tönjes / St. Georg, June 6, 2019
  21. ↑ FEI horse database: Argentille Gullit
  22. ↑ Wilfried Bechtolsheimer's Giorgione Passed Away , Eurodressage, December 30, 2011 (English)
  23. ↑ Final result of the World Equestrian Games 1990, dressage (PDF)
  24. ↑ World Equestrian Games 2010: Final result dressage, Grand Prix Spécial
  25. ↑ Result lists European Championship Dressage 2005
  26. ↑ Results of the European Dressage Championships 2009
  27. ↑ 2002 British Dressage Championships , Eurodressage
  28. ↑ 2003 British Dressage Championships , Eurodressage
  29. ↑ 2004 British Dressage Championships , Eurodressage
  30. ^ Dressage Deluxe National Dressage Championships 2009: day four , British Dressage, September 21, 2009
  31. ^ Carl Hester Wins 2012 British Grand Prix Championships , Eurodressage
  32. ^ "King" Carl is British Champion , Reiter Revue International, September 24, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Hester, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hester, Carl Rupert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British dressage rider
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Barnet , London