Darren Finkelman

While I was in Germany, I took the opportunity to visit with my old friends the Koschels.  I trained with Jürgen many years ago when he was based at the Norddeutscher Flottbeker Reitverien, in Hamburg, Germany.  When I trained with Jürgen he was considered one of Germany’s top young professionals.  He was recently featured in a training video series entitled “Old Masters”. His son Christoff was taking riding school lessons on school ponies. Since then he has gone on to become one of Germany’s top young rider/trainers. He was the top placed member of the German Dressage Team at the World Equestrian Games in 2010 in Kentucky. While there I watched a typical morning of riding and training.