Karen van Hunnik

Karen van Hunnik offers classical dressage instruction and horse training grounded in trust, feel, and a lasting partnership between horse and rider. Her approach prioritizes healthy riding, enjoyment, and clear communication, helping each pair develop confidence and work together as a harmonious team. Instruction is open to riders across disciplines, including dressage, jumping, eventing, leisure riding, and Western riding, and is tailored to different experience levels and ambitions.

Karen supports beginners, returning riders, and competitive riders seeking to improve, with guidance ranging from fundamental skills and training plans to competition support. Her services include individual lessons, clinics in Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg, mobile and online riding instruction, and video analysis. She also provides partial and corrective training, develops horses from young prospects through advanced levels, and offers horse sales and brokerage.

Through careful observation and practical coaching, Karen helps riders understand their horses, use subtle aids, and build greater balance, suppleness, motivation, and mutual trust. The goal is to help horse and rider progress together and enjoy their shared work