HORSE AND RIDER
TEXT: GEORGIA HARLEY
Gelding of the month ALBERICH 10 - IT'S A TEN OUT OF TEN
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lberich 10 (Albie) is owned and ridden by Imogen Hilterman. This lovely, tall, 10-year-old gelding was purchased in 2019 in Germany. He has a unique marking on his face which Imogen fondly refers to as his "simba smudge". This duo are based at Burlington Stables and coached by Anne-Marie Esslinger.
HISTORY Albie happened to be the last horse Imogen was to try at Hilmar Meyer Sporthorses. As he walked in, Imogen had
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a good feeling, and after a very short 10-minute ride, she was on the phone with her mom to say she had found the horse of her dreams. After Albie arrived in South Africa, the team needed some time to get to know each other and learn all the buttons, but still, progress was swift. After a little while in the 1.20m and 1.30m classes, they moved up to the 1.35m classes and even snatched a second place in their first class. And the plan is, of course, to keep going! Imogen hopes to jump confidently around the 1.40m and even the
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