In Search of the Master Who Dances with Horses: Challenge

Until 2007 horses had drifted in and out of my life but did not make the kind of impression required to draw me from my chosen livelihood, that of an English teacher, then a translator and now slowly moving into writing. Then in 2007 I discovered a different way of being with horses largely due to the influence of the internationally renowned German trainer, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling. This is when my life began to change and together with my partner (and later my wife) of almost thirty years, I moved to Europe with an old dog and a horse to start a year of full-time training with him. The experience has been life-changing. Now I live with my wife in the south of the Netherlands and life continues to change as I proceed down the path which I set out on in 2007. During that time I have had the opportunity to meet and talk to horse people from all walks of life, from ordinary horse owners such as myself through to the likes of well-known teachers, such as Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling and the Nevzorov Haute Ecole international representative, Michael Bevilacqua, and the new generation of trainers, such as Noora Ehnqvist and Jason Alexander Wauters (one of the most proficient trainers to emerge from Hempfling’s school). The journey continues....