During the show at the Dressur Club Fehnstall in Vreschen - Bokel, Kevin Herold and Ropeter came back to the competition arena and took a first place in the St. Georg Special S*. On the second and thirs day in the S** - Inter I Final the duo recieved a good 3rd place. Through this weekend Ropeter has shown that he ever was and still is the perfect schoolmaster in S* and S** Dressage and is still in a top form.

Also Feramo du bel Horizon took grath 5th places during all the days in the Grand Prix Tour. Another great success is that Kevin also qualified Ferry for the CDI Big Tour on the international level, but first both will be focussing on the U25 classes for 2017.

Afterall and through this year Kevin Herold reached the maximum winnings and placings that have been necessary to get the Golden Reitabzeichen. At the Riders-Ball in Rheinland-Pfalz of the federation "Rheinalnd-Nassau" he got this hugh honor out of the hands from the international Judge and President Mr. Peter Holler as well as Mr. Blessing, the first officer of the State Rheinland Pfalz.

Nachdem Kevin Herold im Jahr 2016 abschließend alle Platzierungen und Siege im Grand Prix und in den Dressurprüfungen der Klasse S erreicht hatte, bekam er bei dem Reiterball des Verbandes Rheinland-Nassau das Goldene Reitabzeichen verliehen. Durch Herrn Peter Holler (Internationaler Richter und Präsident des Verbandes Rheinland Pfalz) und Herrn Blessing (1. Vorsitzender des Verbandes Rheinland Pflaz) wurde die goldene Nadel an Kevin übergeben, stellvertreten für die Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

At the 2016 CDI Biarritz in France close to the Atlantic side and the Spanish Boarder, Kevin Herold competet with his 11 year old Feramo du bel Horizon in the U25 class and took the first place. It was the gold medal in the U25 preperation test and the U25 Grand Prix. The final Freestyle was finished with a super tight result and a second place for kevin and "Ferry".

During the Piaff Förderpreis in Balve, Verden and Bad - Ising in the Jear 2016, Kevin Herold and his new Grand Prix Horse Feramo du bel Horizon got some more experiance in the U25 classes. The duo reached some great percentages and was able to finish 9th in the final ranking. Unfortunatly only the Top 8 were abel to compete at the CDI Stuttgart, but Kevin Herold and Ferry are already nominated to compete again at the first sighting for the Piaff Förderpreis 2017 on the 3. - 5.02.2017 in Warendorf.

Also in 2016 the H.E.P Team made it's tour to the CDI ***** Compiègne in France, close to Paris. 
This time, as the first time, but not as a competitor themselves ... The Team and Kevin Herold helped the Swedish Junior Esther Kotton in the Junior tour at the warm up and on her way to the European Championships! 

In the Junior class the couple reached great placings:

Junior Team Test Rang 8
Junior Individual test Rang 6
Junior Freestyle test Rang 5

In the final freestyle test, Esther and her Horse "Warendorf" managed to crack the 70% mark and made a great shout-out for the upcoming Swedish Championships (around Stockholm) and the European Championships for Juniors and Young rider in Valencia. 

> The Family Kotton also received once again the exclusive sport horse - transportation service by Daniel Bjärving! For our service please click on "Horse Transportation"

The H.E.P Team wishes Esther and Warendorf lot's of luck ans is waving the Swedish flags for her upcoming shows! 

The 80th CDI 5* in Wiesbaden (Germany) has made the start to the Piaff Förderpreis and hosted next to olympic and world champions the top 15 U25 in entire Germany. Besides the Piaff Förderpreis this competition, together with the up-comming German Championships in Balve, is also the qualification round for the European Championships in Hagen a.T.W.

After Spain and the training period the duo made out of Kevin Herold and his only 11 year old Feramo du bel Horizon (youngest horse in the competition) has reach constantly above 67% and 68%. 

Trainer Ellen Schulte-Baumer gave her supported and was very happy with the performance! "Of course there is a lot that we still have to improve but it's great to hear from the national trainer committee that the judges could have given us some more points in the end" 

For now the duo is ranked on a great 5th place in the Piaff Föderpreis. Next stop is Balve (2.-6.06.2016)

The Cdi *** Valencia has been a great start up for Kevin Herold and his two chestnuts. Both made a great stalemate for the upcoming season and specially Feramo du bel Horizon presented himself in a great way of learning. 

In U25 the gelding got placed twice on the second rank and also twice he managed to go through the tasks with winning the gold medal. This has been the first victory in U25 for Kevin Herold and "Ferry" at all. The H.E.P. team is very proud and wishes lot's of luck for some more great moments like this! 

At the CDI *** in Valencia (Spain) Ropeter and Kevin Herold continued presenting themselves in their best way. In about six test the duo got four placings and two reserve sports. 

All four placing have been ranked between the 2nd and 4th place. On the final day after two weeks in Spain Ropeter and Kevin have mobilized their last power and made the show perfect. With more then   74,... % the duo won the Intermediare I Freestyle! Great job ...