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Occupation:  Professional Hunter/Jumper trainer, KWPN Breeder, and owns and operates Clarion Farm in Franklin, MA.

KWPN-NA activities: KWPN-NA member for 6 years. Attended 3 KWPN-NA annual meetings. Attended the KWPN Stallion Show in Holland in 2017. Hosted a keuring in 2014. Participated in 6 keurings with her KWPN horses. Received many first premiums and 3 Top 5 KWPN-NA awards.

Background:  Carly rode since the age of 8 and has owned horses since 11. She has trained and shown her own horses in MA and WI for the hunter, jumper, and equitation divisions. She spent her Jr years retraining off the track thoroughbreds as hunter/jumper show horses. She worked in Wellington starting as a groom and then moved up to Barn Manager and Assistant Trainer at a large show stable. She turned professional at 20 years old. Carly has worked and shown on both the East and West coasts. She has been at large shows including WEF, HITS Indio & Saugerties, Thunderbird Show Park, The Vermont Summer Festival, etc. She has owned and operated her own farm in Franklin, MA since 2006, offering a riding school, board and training services. She coaches at the Interscholastic and Intercollegiate levels, hosts an IEA Riding Team and coaches the Wheaton College Equestrian Team. Carly regularly clinics with top riders/trainers in both Dressage and Jumping. She plans on competing in dressage in the future.

Carly started her breeding program in 2013 for hunters and jumpers and recently expanded with a couple of dressage broodmares.

She shows her young horses in both USEF Hunter and USDF Dressage Breeding shows. She has also served as a Region President for IEA Zone 1 and sits on the IEA Zone 1 Education Committee. This past year she has been involved in the formation of an official Agricultural Commission in the Town of Franklin, MA. She would love to bring her experience and perspective to the Members Committee and help promote the KWPN-NA.

Occupation: Licensed Land Surveyor and current supervisor for Orange County Public Works.

KWPN-NA activities: Member since 1997. Has attended five Annual Meetings and keurings since 1997.
Anna has served on the MC for eight years, and has been its Chairman. She coordinates the Silent Auction at the Annual Meetings and is a member of the Stallion Committee. She is also responsible for the e-News. She promotes the KWPN-NA horse through her own success in the show ring and by sponsoring awards.

Background: As a rider, Anna has a very diverse background, including hunters, jumpers, eventers, race horses and dressage (USDF Bronze and Silver medalist). She has received the 2010 Region 7 Gifted Foundation Scholarship. A small breeder, her Capote received the 2008 USDF Reserve Championship for Colts/Geldings for the West Coast Series, and her Willa was the 2009 Southern California Adult Amateur at First Level Champion. Capote was the 2011 KWPN-NA North American Reserve Champion Dressage Gelding.

Occupation: Manager – Ashcombe Sporthorses, LLC at Flower Farm, Sr. Manager of Digital Marketing.

KWPN-NA Activities: Erika has been involved in the breeding, development, showing and sales of KWPN horses over the last 13+ years. The program at Flower Farm has bred and produced several KWPN Sport predicate recipients, 1st premium and Top 5 KWPN foals, KWPN stallion Vinca, as well as year-end award recipients under saddle and on the line with the USEF, USHJA, and USDF. Erika has attended several Keurings with the KWPN-NA.

Background: Erika’s passion is breeding and developing horses for sport in North America, as she believes successful KWPN-NA horses are the best advertising asset! Erika has ridden and shown Hunter, Jumper and Dressage horses for more than 20 years, and has worked for programs both in the United States and Germany. Ashcombe Sporthorses, LLC is a Bronze Level breeder and stands Vinca at stud. Erika is also an experienced digital marketing professional, with a background in brand and web design, local marketing and digital advertising.

Erika has the goal of helping to increase Hunter/Jumper participation within the organization, expanding what is allowed in the sport predicate for Hunters and also helping showcase the value of membership for all the KWPN-NA has to offer.

Occupation:    Owner, Breeder and Manager of Kaneqeus Farm in Chesapeake, VA

KWPN-NA Activities:  Lisa first joined the KWPN-NA in 1997, but has been more active as a member since 2007.  She has attended annual meetings on both the West and East Coast and has been to the stallion show in Holland several times.  She has participated in many keurings over the years, with several site champion foals, and foals in the top 10 nationally.  Her first foal that she bred is competing at the Grand Prix level with his owner/rider.

Background:  Lisa has been involved with horses since she was eight years old where she grew up riding in the fields of Colorado.  She rekindled her love for horses after college and started back riding with hunter/jumpers, but found her true passion for dressage while her husband was stationed in Hawaii.  It was then that she imported her first KWPN horse in 1997 and quickly became a fan of the breed.  She rode dressage behind the scenes while raising her own family, before moving into working and selling young horses.  In 2007, she met Siegi Belz-Fry of Stall Europa who introduced Lisa to the world of breeding and re-introduced her to the KWPN-NA.  Since then, Lisa has been an avid breeder, constantly striving to learn everything she can in order to breed the best possible athletes that could excel in sport… especially dressage.  From her first foal in 2009 until now, Lisa breeds 1-4 foals a year, with many going to homes of professionals and ambitious amateurs alike.

Over the years, Lisa has also developed a successful young horse boarding program.  She boards horses from birth through 3 years old, with the goal of raising healthy, happy young athletes for their owners.  She as 10-15 young horses growing up at her farm in any given year.  Lisa has also developed a strong understanding of Social Media and the powerful role it plays in developing a successful business and breeding program.

Lisa hopes that with her background as a rider, breeder and manager, she can bring additional insights into the KWPN-NA that will help increase overall participation from all types of members.  She hopes to help find ways to increase awareness of the KWPN-NA through her knowledge of social media, and hopes to help share her enthusiasm with others for all things KWPN.

Occupation: Willy Arts is founder and manager of D.G. Bar Ranch in California. He rides, breeds and trains, gives seminars and clinics. He owns and stands several licensed and approved home bred KWPN stallions.

KWPN-NA activities: Willy has been a part of the KWPN-NA organization since the beginning. He has been Director of the Board multiple times, is a long time sponsor (DG Bar Cup), host of Keurings, Chair of Committees and overall valuable member.

Background:

Willy Arts was born in The Netherlands. He grew up with a family in horses and learned all the aspects of animals at home. He was fortune enough to grow up in a small area that was very horse oriented. After graduating high school he went to a Dutch Equestrian School (Deurne) which was a five year program. This school taught him many things from management, giving lessons, horse shoeing, breeding, riding, etc. During this time Willy was very involved in preparing Stallions for the stallion approvals. He also rode and competed the stallions in the stallion competition. The KWPN stallion Uniform was one that Willy prepared as a 2 ½ year old and took him to the stallion show for the stable that he worked for, and after he was approved he went on to the performance test and was approved in 1984.

In 1984 He made the transition to California and began working with the De Groot family. He rode Wanroij and Volckmar who were the Flagship stallions at DG Bar. He has also prepared several stallions in the United States for approvals since then as well. Willy has been successfull in competeing several FEI Horses, as well as qualifing horses for the FEI Young Horse Championships. In 2007 Willy rode Waterloo SE (007 x Jazz), he was the USEF 4yr old Young Horse Champion scoring a 86.2 overall. In 2008 Willy competed on his home bred and trained mare Valeska DG (Krack C x Farrington), at the Markel/USEF West Coast Selction Trials, Valeska DG recieved a score of 8.3 qualifing her for the World Championship for Young Dressage Horses in Verden Germany. Willy has also been very involved with many different programs here in the United States, such as Young Riders, Junior Young Riders, FEI Young Horse programs and also USDF Breed shows.

To contact Willy:

+1(559)732-7738

Occupation: Jens is founder and managing director of Global Equine Sires.

KWPN-NA Activities: Jens is the sponsor of the Global Equine Sires cup for several years now. This Cup is a Young Horse test that can be ridden at our Annual Keuring (inspection) tour. Global Equine also always donates frozen semen to our Stallion Service Auction.

Background:

Jens was born and raised in Germany. He moved to the USA and started his company Global Equine Sires. He always tries to find the best of the elite stallions in Europe both for dressage and jumping. He also tries to include young and upcoming sires representing proven bloodlines; hopefully the superstars of the future. Global Equine Sires is located in California where the semen is exclusively handled by Pioneer Veterinary Hospital located in Oakdale CA. Pioneer Veterinary Hospital is an affiliate of the well respected Select Breeders (SBS).

Jens also manages the Oldenburg studbook in North America and plays a role in organizing the North American Stallion Sport Test. He owns several horses in Germany that he breeds with.

To contact Jens:

Phone: (877) 588-6848 or (925) 330-0721

Occupation: Founder and managing director of Wim Cazemier Equine Center in Spencerville, Indiana.

KWPN-NA Activities: Wim has been involved with the KWPN-NA from the moment he moved to the USA. He has been in the board and is currently Chair.

Background:

Wim has been in the horse business his whole life: the Cazemier family is a well- known horse breeding family in the North of the Netherlands. After selling horses to the USA for several years, he noticed that there was a large demand for training and selling of horses they bred. So Wim took the leap and moved to the USA in October of 2016 with his family. Ever since then he has built up a successful business breeding, training and selling Harness horses and Frisians. He runs a stud farm where he also stands Dressage stallions.

To contact Wim:

+1(260)446-4291

Occupation: Licensed Land Surveyor and current supervisor for Orange County Public Works.

KWPN-NA activities: Anna has been a member since 1997. Anna has served on the MC for eight years, and has been its Chairman. She has then been a member of the Board of Directors for many years and is now back to being an MC member. She has been the Chair of the Stallion Committee in the past and is now the Chair of the AGM Committee for several years. She promotes the KWPN-NA horse through her own success in the show ring and by sponsoring awards. In 2024 at the Annual Meeting, Anna received the Member of the Year award.

Background: 

As a rider, Anna has a very diverse background, including hunters, jumpers, eventers, race horses and dressage (USDF Bronze and Silver medalist). She has received the 2010 Region 7 Gifted Foundation Scholarship. A small breeder, her Capote received the 2008 USDF Reserve Championship for Colts/Geldings for the West Coast Series, and her Willa was the 2009 Southern California Adult Amateur at First Level Champion. Capote was the 2011 KWPN-NA North American Reserve Champion Dressage Gelding.

To contact Anna:

Occupation: Megan Owen is a rider and breeder and runs ‘Owen Dressuur & Gelderse paarden’, a boutique farm specializing in preserving and breeding KWPN Gelders horses for top sport, soundness and mind. She also stands the KWPN-NA licensed stallion Holland. Her farm is located in Ashland, Oregon.

KWPN-NA Activities: Megan has been a member of the KWPN-NA for a quite a while and always registers her horses with us. She visits Keurings and AGM’s, goes to the KWPN stallion show in the Netherlands and is a loyal supporter of the Stallion Service Auction. This is her first position in one of our committees.

Background:

Megan has been riding and training dressage horses for many years. She competed horses for owners and travelled to Europe to learn from the best riders. Besides breeder and rider, Megan is a registered nurse managing the Surgical Service department at Ashland Community Hospital.

Occupation: Freelance Communication & PR Advisor, working for several breeders and stallion owners in both The Netherlands and North America.

KWPN-NA activities: Liz manages the Social Media & Promotion for the KWPN-NA

Background:

Liz is from the Netherlands but lived in Arizona until July 2022.  She works for us remotely. In regards to Dutch warmbloods, she is especially very passionate about the Gelders horse. She owns and breeds them both in The Netherlands and USA. She will support the Stallion Committee with ideas, administrative work, promotion etc.

To contact Liz:

+31(0)648388515