Experience:

2002 – Present
Head Trainer of Tempel Farms.
1992 – Present
International Dressage Trainer’s Club
1992 – Present
National Team Coach for the country of Luxembourg.
1987-1992
Member of the German National Trainer Squad for professional trainers and riders. Two times placing second in the German Championships for professionals at the Grand Prix level.

• In 2005, Katie Hamilton and Noviembre competed at the FEI Young Riders World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany, placing 9th overall.
• At the 2005 Region 2 Championships, Linda Leffingwell and Conversano II Bellanna were Grand Prix Champions, Sarah Hippenstiel and Favory VII Andorella were 3rd level Reserve Champions, Jennifer Lueders and Rocky Balboa were Intermediare II Reserve Champions, Elizabeth Cope and Motion STV were 4th Level Adult Amateur Champions, and Katie Hamilton and Noviembre were Young Rider Team Test, 4th Level Freestyle, and Prix St. George Champions.
• In 2005, Region 2 Young Rider Katie Hamilton and Noviembre won the Team Gold Medal and placed 4th Individually at the North American Young Riders Championships.
• In 2004, Linda Leffingwell and Pascal were the Prix St. George Champions for Region 2 and placed 3rd in the Region 2 Grand Prix Championships with Conversano II Bellanna.
• In 2004, Jochen Hippenstiel and Sarah Hippenstiel competed the Lipizzaner stallions Favory IV Bellanna and Favory VII Andorella USEF/Markel National Young Horse Championships.
• In 2003, Linda Leffingwell and Conversano II Bellanna were the Region 2 Intermediare II Champions.
• Trained over 20 horses to the Grand Prix level including Adrett, ridden by Pia Laus for the Italian Team, competing two times in the Olympics and in two World Cup Finals.
• Trained Junior and Yong Riders, winning the Regional and German Championships in ’85, ’86, ’87, ’88, and 1989.
• National Coach of Luxembourg, several times qualifying Young Rider and Junior Teams for the European Championships.
• Coached qualified Senior rider for Luxembourg Pierre Rosey for the European Championships, 1997; and the World Equestrian Games in Rome, 1998.

• University of Bochum, graduated; Major: Economics.
• Pferdewirtschaftsmeister (German Government Certified Riding Master)
• Masters Degree as instructor with one of the highest scores ever received.

“Mr. Jochen Hippenstiel has been a very successful dressage Trainer in Germany and we would like to wish him all the best for his plans in the United States of America. We are sure that he will be able to set new and positive directions for the American dressage scene.”

-Christoph Hess, Director of Training German Federation Equestre Nationale

“Jochen Hippenstiel is without a doubt one of the best trainers for horses and riders up to Grand Prix. He has the ability to work very individually with every rider and horse following the successful German system of dressage training. He was so successful in training Young Riders and young horses that my own daughter, Annabell, was trained by Jochen.”

-Klaus Balkenhol, previous National Team Coach for Germany and current National Team Coach for the USA.