Yvonne Österholm (FIN)

Yvonne Österholm (FIN)

Yvonne Österholm - (FIN) Professional rider 

We are proud to present our profile rider Yvonne Österholm, Finland.

Yvonne has been riding for as long as she can remember. She quickly followed in her older sisters' footsteps, initially riding both dressage and show jumping. She switched to the big horse at an early age and spent all her free time on the horses.

As a Young Rider he won team bronze at the Nordic Championships in 2001 and gold in the indoor Swedish Championships at home in Finland.

Yvonne comes from Finland but moved to Sweden to start as a riding apprentice with Jan Brink. She stayed and worked as a rider with Jan for six years. She also had the opportunity to work for six months as a rider at a dressage stable in Germany. After that she returned to Sweden and since 2011 runs her own business on a nice farm in Torna Hällestad in Skåne.

On the farm she receives horses for training, education and competition. She also takes in students.

Among his achievements:

Winner of the 3 and 4 year old championship with the stallion Belaggio 1195, who also won Best in Show as a 3 year old. Quarton won the 6- and 7-year-old Breeders Trophy and the small final of the World Young Horse Championships as a 6-year-old. The approved stallion Ironman H 1351 won both the Utility Test and Falsterbo as a 4-year old, as a 6-year old the team won the small final for 6-year olds. The approved stallion Demand 1344 and the mare Hera have both won Falsterbo. Demand has also won the Breeders Trophy as a 5-year-old. Yvonne herself has trained her homebred William D for Grand Prix, where they have a third place as best result. The team has also competed successfully in the yearling classes.

At the 2020 service test, she passed both the 4-year-old Saint Louis and the 5-year-old Quercus.

Quercus is 5 years old e. Quaterback ? Don Schufro. He is owned by Yvonne herself. Quercus is a healthy 5 year old at the beginning of his career. He gets Chondrogen 100PRO for everyday use and after training/competition he also gets Conquer 200Pro for extra lubrication.

Yvonne is a lovely positive girl with high expectations of herself and her performance. She is as meticulous in her sustainability thinking as she is in her riding. We are so excited to have her join the Healthy Leaders team!