Jaco Fourie
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Jaco Fourie is a South Africa
n equestrian
athlete and SA National Champion
in dressage
. He lives in Christiana
, South Africa
on the border of the Free State, North West and Northern Cape Provinces. He appeared on the cover of the May 2007 edition of the SA Horseman Magazine. He is married to Magda Fourie and together they own & manage Areion Warmblood Horses & Dressage Academy.
in Vienna, the SA Lipizzaner Centre, Natalie Hobday and Jonny Hilberath (GER).
His first Free State
Provincial Colours were awarded in 2003, and received his National Protea Colours for dressage
in 2007. Fourie has represented his home-country, South Africa
in the Equestrian Tri-Nations Competition on two occasions in 2007 and 2008 in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. He won the SA Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He also won the FEI World Dressage Challenge in 2005. He is the leading South Africa
n rider in the South African National Equestrian Federation's dressage rankings.
He worked full-time as stud manager for CALLAHO Warmblood Sport Horses, a South Africa
n based horse breeding stud farm, who is also a major sponsor of international riders, but has since moved onto his own property where he owns & manages Areion Warmblood Horses & Dressage Academy.
, Fourie rode CALLAHO's For Joy, CALLAHO's Granulit, CALLAHO's Rosengirl and CALLAHO's Benicio to National honours. However, he had various other successes with horses FD Ref's Asterix, Etherow Impasse, Brandenburg Super C, Alzu Catapault, Kehilan Shaheer, Orly and Kingsdale Kildaire amongst others.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n equestrian
Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
athlete and SA National Champion
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
in dressage
Dressage
Dressage is a competitive equestrian sport, defined by the International Equestrian Federation as "the highest expression of horse training." Competitions are held at all levels from amateur to the World Equestrian Games...
. He lives in Christiana
Christiana
Christiana may refer to:* Christiana incident , 1851, an armed intervention by local citizens in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to save a fugitive slave* Christiana , a Romanian female singerIn geography:* Christiana, Delaware...
, South Africa
Christiana, North West
Christiana is an agricultural town with 15.322 inhabitants on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province of South Africa The town is located on the N12 between Bloemhof and Warrenton, on the way to Kimberley...
on the border of the Free State, North West and Northern Cape Provinces. He appeared on the cover of the May 2007 edition of the SA Horseman Magazine. He is married to Magda Fourie and together they own & manage Areion Warmblood Horses & Dressage Academy.
Riding career
Jaco Fourie started his riding career in the family business of his father and 2 brothers at the age of 4, and was tutored and mentored by many riding professionals to young adulthood. He had training from bereiters and instructors from the Spanish Riding SchoolSpanish Riding School
The Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria, is a traditional riding school for Lipizzan horses, which perform in the Winter Riding School in the Hofburg...
in Vienna, the SA Lipizzaner Centre, Natalie Hobday and Jonny Hilberath (GER).
His first Free State
Free State
The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans...
Provincial Colours were awarded in 2003, and received his National Protea Colours for dressage
Dressage
Dressage is a competitive equestrian sport, defined by the International Equestrian Federation as "the highest expression of horse training." Competitions are held at all levels from amateur to the World Equestrian Games...
in 2007. Fourie has represented his home-country, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
in the Equestrian Tri-Nations Competition on two occasions in 2007 and 2008 in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. He won the SA Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He also won the FEI World Dressage Challenge in 2005. He is the leading South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n rider in the South African National Equestrian Federation's dressage rankings.
He worked full-time as stud manager for CALLAHO Warmblood Sport Horses, a South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n based horse breeding stud farm, who is also a major sponsor of international riders, but has since moved onto his own property where he owns & manages Areion Warmblood Horses & Dressage Academy.
Horses
His first pony was a crossbred Welsh pony named Prins. In dressageDressage
Dressage is a competitive equestrian sport, defined by the International Equestrian Federation as "the highest expression of horse training." Competitions are held at all levels from amateur to the World Equestrian Games...
, Fourie rode CALLAHO's For Joy, CALLAHO's Granulit, CALLAHO's Rosengirl and CALLAHO's Benicio to National honours. However, he had various other successes with horses FD Ref's Asterix, Etherow Impasse, Brandenburg Super C, Alzu Catapault, Kehilan Shaheer, Orly and Kingsdale Kildaire amongst others.