Maria Spens
Rider
Working in Stockholm
Competition Activities in the 90's
1st junior SM (Swedish Championships). 1st young rider SM (Swedish Championships). Gold medal in the National Championships Team and an individual bronze medal also in the National Championships.
Maria was also one of the four riders representing Sweden in the European Championships.
Maria started her training and education with Tinne Wilhelmsson-Silfvén. During her time with Tinne as a junior and young rider; she trained and competed with both younger and older horses as well as ponies.
She then went on to getting an Ehrengranat Scholarship by the Flyinge Foundation. She trained every day for Kyra Kyrklund, Richard White and Peter Eriksson. Maria's task was to train Flyinge's stallions, including Quite Easy which she rode for performance tests and Pontjack which she competed with to a second place at the Breeders Trophy finals in Falsterbo.
After two years at Flyinge, Maria was offered a job as rider in the USA where she stayed for a couple of years. There she trained and competed at a high level, producing two Grand Prix horses which are now competing successfully with their present owners.
Started her company in the 2000's
After her time in the USA, Maria started her own company to compete, train and educate horses. During the years Maria has developed many dressage horses at different levels. That includes McKenzie which competed with very good results up to the intermediary level and De Niro which was sold to Canada where he started in the Olympics in London 2012 and World Cup Finals in Gothenburg, Sweden 2013. Competition results Maria is an active riding competitor for the Swedish riding society "Täby Ryttarsällskap". Visit their homepage for competition results.
1st junior SM (Swedish Championships). 1st young rider SM (Swedish Championships). Gold medal in the National Championships Team and an individual bronze medal also in the National Championships.
Maria was also one of the four riders representing Sweden in the European Championships.
Maria started her training and education with Tinne Wilhelmsson-Silfvén. During her time with Tinne as a junior and young rider; she trained and competed with both younger and older horses as well as ponies.
She then went on to getting an Ehrengranat Scholarship by the Flyinge Foundation. She trained every day for Kyra Kyrklund, Richard White and Peter Eriksson. Maria's task was to train Flyinge's stallions, including Quite Easy which she rode for performance tests and Pontjack which she competed with to a second place at the Breeders Trophy finals in Falsterbo.
After two years at Flyinge, Maria was offered a job as rider in the USA where she stayed for a couple of years. There she trained and competed at a high level, producing two Grand Prix horses which are now competing successfully with their present owners.
Started her company in the 2000's
After her time in the USA, Maria started her own company to compete, train and educate horses. During the years Maria has developed many dressage horses at different levels. That includes McKenzie which competed with very good results up to the intermediary level and De Niro which was sold to Canada where he started in the Olympics in London 2012 and World Cup Finals in Gothenburg, Sweden 2013. Competition results Maria is an active riding competitor for the Swedish riding society "Täby Ryttarsällskap". Visit their homepage for competition results.
