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Decades of experience, craftsmanship and love for horses. In the 1970s, Arie Sr. and Coby van Baalen settled down in Brakel in the province of Gelderland to further build up the family business ‘Van Baalen’. This resulted in Baalen’s worldwide renowned Olympic Dressage Barn and a successful agricultural branch. Today, Arie Jr. van Baalen stands at the helm of the agricultural branch and Marlies van Baalen is responsible for the Dressage stable of van Baalen.

👉🏻 We visited the Van Baalen family with a group and created an interesting video for the Virtual AGM. Watch the short version here and the long video on our YouTube Channel.

VAN BAALEN DRESSAGE STABLES
Dressage is at its best when horse and rider work together in perfect harmony. That is what Marlies and Coby van Baalen strive for every day at Dressuurstal Van Baalen (DVB). Everything is focused on allowing horse and rider to develop their talents optimally with pleasure, with the well-being of horse and rider as the basis. This is based on the conviction that dressage is a true team sport. Because everything has to be right, Dressuurstal Van Baalen offers the complete package: the accommodation, the guidance during training and competitions, the physical and mental care for horse and rider and… the fun!

About COBY:
Coby rode many top dressage stallions, but became best known with the legendary black stallion Ferro, with whom she won team silver at the Olympic Games in Sydney (2000).

She also booked many successes with for example Ulft, Zonneglans, Pasternak DVB and Ojay DVB. She won no less than nine medals at the Dutch senior Championships and won Silver individually in the World Cup finals in Den Bosch (2000).

In addition, Coby is trainer-coach 6 of NOC*NSF, Knight in the Royal ‘Order of Orange Nassau’, founder of the DVB Foundation and ambassador of Manege In 't Biobos in Arnhem (National Horse Riding Centre for the Disabled) and of the Prins Willem Alexander Manege (Association of Horse Riding for the Disabled in Amsterdam).

About MARLIES:
Two Olympic Games and five World Cup Finals:
Marlies is well known in the USA as rider of the stallion Idocus Crown. She represented the Netherlands at the 2004 and 2020 Olympic Games, rode nine European Youth Championships and became Dutch Senior Champion in 2023. She competes nationally and internationally, currently with homebred Habibi DVB and Jackie Kennedy DVB. GoLegend is another competition horse she is very successful with at the moment. Marlies also coaches several riders. “Working with people and animals is incredibly rewarding. Getting the most out of every horse and myself is a challenge every day. I pass this on to my students when coaching.”

Visit the website to learn more: https://dressuurstalvanbaalen.nl

VAN BAALEN FARMS
The newest part of the renowned family business is Van Baalen Farms – a super modern, five star facility for raising Young horses. The driving forces behind this is top notch rearing stable in Brakel are Arie Jr. and his wife Jacobine van Baalen. Together, they manage the breeding stable where decades of expertise in the agricultural sector, equestrian sports and rearing form the basis for the well-being and health of your foal.

Visit the website for more information: https://vanbaalenfarms.com

Video made by ​⁠Liz van Woerden‪@lizvanwoerden‬