Harrie Smolders

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Harrie Smolders (2013)

Harrie Smolders (born May 10, 1980 ) is a Dutch show jumper.

Private

He lives in Lage-Mierde , Netherlands , but trains in Alex Verlooy's stable in Grobbendonk, Belgium . Smolders is in a relationship and has two sons.

Career

Harrie Smolders with Emerald at the Whitsun tournament Wiesbaden 2013

Smolders, who comes from an equestrian family, started riding at the age of eight. In his youth he rode successfully in dressage and eventing tests.

At the age of 18 he moved to Johan Heins ' stable , where he worked for four years. At that time he took part in two European championships for young riders. After he was still without a medal in 2000 (with Odessa 5th place with the team and 20th place in the individual), he won the bronze medal a year later as part of the Dutch team. In the individual ranking he came here in Liverpool in 14th place.

He has been riding for Alex Verlooy since 2002. He contested his first international championship in the rider age group in 2009 when he took part in the European championships with Walnut de Muze as part of the Dutch team (4th place with the team, 37th place in the individual ranking). The following year, Walnut de Muze competed at the 2010 World Equestrian Games . Here he came in 39th place in the individual and 15th with the team. In the same year he rode Emerald in Lanaken- Zangersheide at the world championships for six-year-old show jumpers, the stallion was vice world champion here.

Smolders achieved his biggest single success to date with Emerald in early 2016 , when he finished second at the World Cup finals in Gothenburg . Four years earlier he and the Ratina Z granddaughter Regina Z had achieved tenth place at the World Cup finals in 's-Hertogenbosch .

As part of the Global Champions Tour , he celebrated various successes in 2016 and 2017, including winning the stages in Rome in 2016 and Chantilly in 2017. At the European Championships in Gothenburg in 2017 , he won the individual silver medal with Don .

In September 2017 he was sixth in the show jumping world rankings.

Horses (excerpt)

Harrie Smolders with Walnut de Muze (2013)
current:
  • Don VHP Z (* 2004), Zangersheid chestnut stallion, father: Diamant de Semilly, mother's father: Voltaire
  • Emerald NOP (* 2004), BWP chestnut stallion, father: Diamant de Semilly, mother's father: Carthago
former competition horses:
  • Exquis Oliver Q (* 1996), BWP chestnut stallion, father: Quattro, mother's father: Maykel, ridden by Ryuichi Obata from 2013, retired from the sport
  • Exquis Powerfee (* 1997), dark bay KWPN stallion, father: Fedor, mother father: Erdball xx, last used in international sport in 2014
  • Cold as Ice Z (* 1999), Zangersheider gray mare, father: Carthago Z, mother's father: Ramiro Z, Cold as Ice Z is the mother of Judy-Ann Melchior's As Cold As Ice Z.
  • Exquis Walnut de Muze (* 1999), bay BWP mare, father: Nabab De Reve, mother's father: Chin Chin, last used in international sport in 2015
  • Night Flight (* 2000), bay KWPN gelding
  • Regina Z (* 2000), bay Zangersheider mare, father: Rex Z, mother's father: Savoy Hanover, last used in international sport in 2015

Web links

Commons : Harrie Smolders  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about Harrie Smolders on the Global Champions Tour website
  2. ↑ Result of the six-year World Show jumping championships 2010
  3. ↑ Harrie Smolders in the FEI Success Database
  4. ↑ World rankings show jumping
  5. ↑ FEI horse database: Don VHP Z
  6. ^ FEI horse database: Emerald NOP
personal data
SURNAME Smolders, Harrie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1980