Tempel Farms Dressage Training Center opened in the 1980s. It is a premier facility where serious dressage riders can board their horses and train under an international-caliber staff. The stable and indoor arena are heated and there are several outdoor arenas and areas to ride around the property. Boarders also have access to special events including the Tempel Lipizzan performances and clinics with Conrad Schumacher. Tempel’s facility cultivates a positive atmosphere with an emphasis on teamwork while helping horses and riders to achieve their full potential in the show ring.

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Jochen Hippenstiel - Head Dressage Trainer

Jochen Hippenstiel is the head trainer of the Tempel Lipizzans and has been since 2002. During that time, he has coached one of the most winning groups of riders at the USDF Region 2 Regional Dressage Championships. He coached Katie Hamilton to a team gold at the North American Young Rider’s Championship in 2005 and took her to compete at the first Young Rider World Cup Competition in Germany. Throughout his coaching career, Hippenstiel has trained more than 15 horses to Grand Prix, including Adrett, ridden by Pia Laus for Italy in two Olympics and two World Cup competitions. Junior and young rider teams coached by Hippenstiel in Germany also won numerous regional and national titles in the 1980s. During his six years as national coach for Luxembourg (1992-1998), the country’s teams repeatedly qualified for the European Championships and Hippenstiel-coached senior rider Pierre Rossy progressed to the 1998 World Equestrian Games in Rome.

World Class Dressage Competitor

A world-class competitive rider in his own right, Hippenstiel competed in Germany’s national young rider championships at the young age of 14. He has been coached by some of Europe’s most famous equestrians including three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Harry Boldt, and U.S. Team Coach Klaus Balkenhol. Hippenstiel received his master’s degree as an instructor with one of the highest scores ever recorded, and twice placed second in the German Championships for professionals at the Grand Prix level. Hippenstiel is one of only a few equestrians in the world to be recognized as a member of the International Dressage Trainer Club.

Highly Regarded Instructor

Klaus Balkenhol said of Hippenstiel, “He 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.”

Madeleine Axelsson - Assistant Dressage Trainer

In Loving Memory of trainer and friend, Madeleine Axelsson

April 9, 1968 - October 24, 2007

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