08/08/2021
💪🥈 Who said top level OLYMPIC horses needed SHOES?
**BREAKING NEWS!!** Two Swedish barefoot horses have just taken SILVER and 4th Place at the Tokyo Olympic Showjumping!!
🥈 Peder Fredricson riding H&M All In, took SILVER at 38.02, coming in just behind Gold Medallist Ben Maher’s time of 37.85.
❹ Henrik Von Eckermann riding King Edward came in a close 4th at 39.71, just being pipped by The Netherlands at 38.90.
👉BOTH these barefoot horses were previously SHOD and were transitioned to barefoot.
The barefoot SILVER MEDALLIST - H&M All In - last competed shod at 15 years old, approximately 6/19/21, in Stockholm and competed barefoot at Rotterdam, approximately 7/4/21
4th Place barefooter - KING EDWARD - last competed shod at 11 years old in the 1.60m in Doha 2/27/21, and competed for the first time barefoot in the 1.55m 3/5/21 in Doha
“Well done to Grevlunda Fredricson Show Jumping & Henrik Von Eckermann for pushing our tradition based sport towards evolution.
For those interested Peder Fredricson’s barefoot horses are:
💙 H&M All In
❤️ Catch Me Not S
💛 H&M Christian K
💚 Hansson WL
💜 Jumper d’Oase
🧡 Sienna SN
Henrik Von Eckermann’s barefoot horses are:
💙 King Edward
❤️ Hera de Landetta II
💛 Hollywood V
💜 Hugo Boss
🧡 Tovek’s Mary Lou
…and probably more, those are just the ones I’ve looked into” Katie Pontone - (thanks Katie for such amazing work on finding out all this information about these two BAREFOOT OLYMPIC PIONEERS!) and of course your own success at top level showjumping barefoot in the USA! 👏👏
Show jumping is a TOUGH sport for horses and riders, and the equine world has always perpetuated the narrative that horses just could not compete and succeed at these lofty high levels unless they were SHOD…
… THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TRUE…
… and now these amazing horses and riders HAVE PROVED IT TO THE WORLD!!🙌🌎
So come on EQUINE world… stop believing that horses need metal nailed to their feet to be the TOP COMPETITORS ON THIS PLANET!
We SALUTE YOU… 🇸🇪 Peder Fredricson & Henrik Von Eckermann & SWEDEN 🇸🇪 … and all your brilliant BAREFOOT HORSES! 🇸🇪
We hope to have more in depth info for you in Issue 32 coming out in the Autumn - don’t miss it!
Bust those traditional myths and read The Barefoot Horse Magazine… and shout it out from the rooftops…
….BAREFOOT IS BEST!
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Top level HORSE athletes can do it BARE! 💪
The BHM Team ❤️
