OHBS-GOV Contact

The German Office:
Verband der Zuchter des Oldenburger Pferdes
Grafenhorststrasse 5
49377 Vechta, Germany - Locate - Google Maps Germany

Telephone: 011-49-4441-9355-0
Fax: 011-49-4441-9355-55
Website: http://oldenburger-pferde.net/cms/front_content.php

EMails:
Deputy Breeding Director Katrin Burger
burger.katrin@oldenburger-pferde.com

Auction Manager Thomas Rhinow
rhinow.thomas@oldenburger-pferde.com

Auction Sales Agent Jumpers - Fabian Kühl
kuehl.fabian@oldenburger-pferde.com

Weser-Ems Director Mareile Oellrich
oellrich.mareile@oldenburger-pferde.com

The North American Office:
Oldenburg Horse Breeders' Society
150 Hammocks Dr.
West Palm Beach, FL 33413 USA

Telephone: 561-969-0709
Fax: 561-969-0064
Website: www.oldenburghorse.com

EMails:
General Questions - North American Director Holly Simensen
holly@oldenburghorse.com

Horse/Foal Registrations German Office - Maren Bräuer
braeuer.maren@oldenburger-pferde.com

Awards - Marne Martin-Tucker
marne.martin@gmail.com


	KATRIN BURGER Katrin Burger is the Deputy Breeding Director of the Verband der Züchter des Oldenburger Pferdes in Vechta, Germany. She brings with her a vast amount of experience and expertise. Katrin studied at the university in Hohenheim (Baden-Württemberg) earning a degree in Agriculture. During this time she was an auction rider for the Baden Wuertembuerg Verband, and Hubert Schulze Rückamp in Undingen. After finishing her studies, she started as the head at the newly built Gestüt Schlossäcker in Baden-Württemberg. Her job included management of the stud and the choice and training of the stallions together with her partner Joachim Neubert. She was very successful with their stallions, Day Dream and Dornenkoenig in Grand Prix leading to her earning the German Gold Medal. Katrin was also responsible for chosing the top stallions, Sir Oldenburg and French Kiss for the stud when they were foals, and went on with them to be the champion of Baden-Württemberg in the young horse classes ten times and regional champion four times. With French Kiss she became the German National Champion and the World Champion of the six year old dressage horses in 2004 after having won the World Bronze medal in 2003 in the five year old dressage horse class.		HOLLY SIMENSEN Holly has been the Director of the Oldenburg Horse Breeders' Society which is the North American Division of the Verband der Zuechter des Oldenburger Pferdes since 1998. She has been an avid breeder for over 20 years, and has been very successful in doing so. Having many top mares in Germany she has bred horses such as Ringo Starr who under rider Shannon Dueck and the sponsorship of his owner, Jean Vinios, was the 2007 USDF Horse of the Year nationally for Third Level, and was 5th on the 2008 USDF Horse of the Year nationally for Prix St. George. Inheriting her passion for animals from her grandmother in Montreal, Canada, Holly has built a life dedicated to cats, dogs, and above all, horses. Her parents let her ride the bus after school to take riding lessons, and it wasn't long before she had won the championship title at the East Canada Riding Show. Being talented and brave she went from there to work at the local track. She broke and rode two year old race horses, and eventually began racing in Steeplechase races even winning one in her teenage years. It was at the track that she met the love and rock of her life, Marty Simensen, a well-known and highly respected racing veterinarian who later became the United States Equestrian Team vet for Eventing. It was a position he held for 27 years.

	THOMAS RHINOW Thomas Rhinow is the Marketing Director of the Oldenburg Auctions and is a breeding inspector for the Verband der Züchter des Oldenburger Pferdes. Mr. Rhinow attended the Westfalische-Wilhelms-Universitat in Munster/Westfalen, Germany, where he studied in the School of Law, Business and Economics. He has held a lifelong interest in animals, and in 1989-1990 was a Bereiter and assistant to Mr. Hubert Schulze Ruekamp at Hubertshof, the largest private sales and breeding farm in southern Germany. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Rhinow was the Bereiter for Ludwig Kathmann, owner of one of the oldest and most prestigious private stallion stations in Germany. During this time, Mr. Rhinow also rode Oldenburg auction horses in Vechta. In 1993, he began working full time as a Deputy Manager of the auctions under Mr. Uwe Heckmann, the General Auction Manager and Director. Mr. Rhinow is a member of the committee responsible for selecting the very best of the riding horses and foals available for the Oldenburg Elite Auctions. He is also a fully accredited breed judge and inspector for the Verband der Züchter des Oldenburger Pferdes.		FABIAN KÜHL Rider and sales agent: Fabian Kühl is both. With his competence in the sport of show jumping and the fresh, young outlook of his generation, he will strengthen the Oldenburg team in Vechta, Germany. Fabian is from the region of Holstein, and did his riding apprenticeship under the well known Hans Heinrich Meyer zu Strohen who is the director of the State Riding School of Lower Saxony known in Germany as the Niedersächsen Landesreitschule Hoya. He then spent four years riding for the renown Danish jumper rider, Soeren Pedersen. During this time the 28 year old gained valuable experience with the Oldenburg breeding and marketing programs. Following this, Fabian became the director of the training and sales stables Kastanienhof in Ehlersdorf of the Schleswig/Holstein region. Competing, he has had great success placing in the most difficult levels of jumping in Germany known as the "S" level. Fabian has the experience, knowledge, and outgoingness to help you find the jumper horse you have been searching for! So don't hesitate to contact him.