Indoor Brabant

The Dutch Masters
Indoor Brabant
StatusActive
GenreEquestrian
FrequencyAnnually in March
VenueBrabanthallen
Location(s)'s-Hertogenbosch
CountryNetherlands
Inaugurated1966 (1966)

The Dutch Masters, formerly known as Indoor Brabant is an international horse show held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. The show is held every year in March and one of the biggest international equestrian indoor events in The Netherlands, besides Jumping Amsterdam. Indoor Brabant-The Dutch Masters takes place in the Brabanthallen.[1]

The event

The event is host of the FEI World Cup qualifier dressage and the prestigious Grand Slam of Show Jumping combination with shows and entertainment. The show-jumping includes the 5* CSI Grand Prix. Besides the World Cup dressage, several CDI competitions are part of the event. The program also includes national dressage classes and a class for para-equestrian riders.[2]

History

The first edition of Indoor Brabant was in 1966, founded by a group of local people from Tilburg to honor show-jumper Toon Ebben. The founders Ton Jansen, Harrie van Dijk and Henk Brands wanted to organize the new international horse show in Tilburg but there was no space available so the three men found a location in The Brabanthallen in 's-Hertogenbosch. Because the men were from Tilburg, the mayor of 's-Hertogenbosch wanted to have someone from the city itself to be president of the show. Daddy Stibbe, father of Eddy Stibbe became the president of Indoor Brabant and was able to create a successful event from the beginning. In 1979 Indoor Brabant became part of the World Cup Jumping circuit.[3] In 1983 dressage was added to the event's program and became part of the World Cup Dressage circuit in 1986, hosting the first World Cup Final for dressage riders in history. The final was won by Danish Anne Grethe Jensen. The dressage World Cup Final took place for eleven times at Indoor Brabant, while the organization hosted the World Cup final for show-jumping two times in 1994 and 2012. Since 2014 In 2017 the organization decided to change the name 'Indoor Brabant' to 'The Dutch Masters' to attract a bigger international audience since the show became part of the Grand Slam.[4]

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic the event was cancelled in 2020. In 2020 the organization had to cancel last minute, even though the show was about to start. On the first day of the event, the Dutch prime-minister Mark Rutte gave a press conference and decided to cancel all current events.[5] Also in 2001 the show was cancelled because of a swine fever. In 2021 the event took place without spectators and had only show-jumping on the program.

Winners

The list of winners includes the winner of the Grand Prix in show-jumping, which is not the World Cup. From 1979 until 1985 there was no Grand Prix and was replaced by the World Cup. The World Cup jumping has been part of the program since 1979 until 2013, including two World Cup Finals won by Dutch Jos Lansink in 1994 and American Rich Fellers in 2012. The Grand Prix of 's-Hertogenbosch was replaced by the Grand Slam from 2014 onwards.The dressage winners includes also the winners of the World Cup Finals, which replaced the World Cup Grand Prix qualifier.[6]

Year Show-Jumping Dressage
1967 Republic of Ireland Seamus Hayes on Doneraile No Dressage
1968 United Kingdom Harvey Smith on O’Malley No Dressage
1969 Brazil Lucia Faria on Rush du Camp No Dressage
1970 Germany Alwin Schockemöhle on Donald Rex No Dressage
1971 United Kingdom Ann Backhouse-Townsend on Cardinal No Dressage
1972 United Kingdom Harvey Smith on Evan Jones No Dressage
1973 Germany Fritz Ligges on Genius No Dressage
1974 Germany Hendrik Snoek on Rasputin No Dressage
1975 Austria Hugo Simon on Lavendel No Dressage
1976 United Kingdom David Broome on Jägermeister No Dressage
1977 Netherlands Johan Heins on Seven Valleys Z No Dressage
1978 Germany Fritz Ligges on Goya No Dressage
1979 United Kingdom David Broome on Philco No Dressage
1980 Austria Hugo Simon on Gladstone No Dressage
1981 France Gilles Bertrand de Balanda on Galoubet A No Dressage
1982 Netherlands Rob Ehrens on Oscar Drum No Dressage
1983 Belgium Edgar Henri Cuepper on Cyrano No Dressage
1984 Switzerland Thomas Fuchs on Willow No Dressage
1985 United Kingdom Harvey Smith on Sanyo Technology No Dressage
1986 Republic of Ireland Peter Charles on Merrimandias Denmark Anne Grethe Jensen on Marzog (Final)
1987 United Kingdom Nick Skelton on Raffles Airborne Germany Herbert Krug on Muscadeur
1988 Germany Ludger Beerbaum on Landlord Switzerland Christine Stückelberger on Gaugin de Lully (Final)
1989 United Kingdom Nick Skelton on Grand Slam United Kingdom Jennie Loriston-Clarke on Dutch Gold
1990 United Kingdom Nick Skelton on Top Gun Germany Sven Rothenberger on Andiamo (Final)
1991 Netherlands Jos Lansink on Libero H Germany Sven Rothenberger on Andiamo
1992 France Eric Navet on Rosire HN Germany Monica Theodorescu on Grunox
1993 Netherlands Jos Lansink on Henzo Germany Monica Theodorescu on Ganimedes (Final)
1994 Republic of Ireland Eddie Macken on Sky View No Dressage
1995 Germany Ludger Beerbaum on Ratina Z Netherlands Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire
1996 Netherlands Jos Lansink on Lianos Netherlands Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire
1997 Germany Franke Sloothaak on Joly Netherlands Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire (Final)
1998 Germany Ralf Schneider on Chopin Netherlands Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire
1999 Belgium Ludo Philippaerts on Droite d’ Nirel Netherlands Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire
2000 Italy Jerry Smit on Cassandro Netherlands Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire (Final)
2001 Cancelled due to swine fever
2002 United States Leslie Howard on Priobert de Kalvarie Germany Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty
2003 United Kingdom Robert Smith on Marius Claudius Germany Heike Kemmer on Bonaparte
2004 Netherlands Gert-Jan Bruggink on Joël Netherlands Anky van Grunsven on Salinero
2005 Germany Marcus Ehning on Gitania Netherlands Anky van Grunsven on Salinero
2006 Netherlands Albert Zoer on Okidoki Netherlands Anky van Grunsven on Salinero
2007 Germany Daniel Deusser on Air Jordan Z Germany Isabell Werth on Warum Nicht FRH
2008 Switzerland Daniel Etter on Peu a Peu Netherlands Anky van Grunsven on Salinero (Final)
2009 Netherlands Albert Zoer on Sam Germany Isabell Werth on Satchmo
2010 France Kevin Staut on Silvana HDC Netherlands Edward Gal on Totilas (Final)
2011 Netherlands Albert Zoer on Sam Netherlands Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival
2012 Netherlands Marc Houtzager on Opium Netherlands Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival (Final)
2013 Netherlands Maikel van der Vleuten on Kisby Netherlands Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival
2014 France Kevin Staut on Silvana HDC Netherlands Edward Gal on Undercover
2015 Germany Daniel Deusser on Cornet d’Amour Netherlands Edward Gal on Undercover
2016 Germany Marcus Ehning on Cornado NRW Netherlands Hans-Peter Minderhoud on Flirt
2017 Netherlands Leopold van Asten on Zidane N.O.P. Netherlands Hans-Peter Minderhoud on Flirt
2018 Belgium Niels Bruynseels on Gancia de Muze Germany Isabell Werth on Emilio 107
2019 Sweden Henrik von Eckermann on Toveks Mary Lou Denmark Daniel Bachmann Andersen on Zack
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Austria Max Kühner on Elektric Blue P No Dressage
2022 Germany Daniel Deusser on Scuderia 1918 Tobago Z Germany Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on TSF Dalera BB
2023 United States McLain Ward on HH Azur United Kingdom Charlotte Fry on Glamourdale
2024 Netherlands Willem Greve on Highway TN N.O.P. Germany Isabell Werth on DSP Quantaz

References

  1. ^ "Indoor Brabant Horse Event in 's-Hertogenbosch". VisitBrabant.com. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  2. ^ Stine, Kristine. "Horse Show of the Week: The Dutch Masters-Indoor Brabant CSI5*". NoelleFloyd.com.
  3. ^ "History". TheDutchMasters.com. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  4. ^ "Indoor Brabant Is Onderdeel Geworden Van De Prestigieuze Rolex Grand Slam Of Show Jumping". Indoor Brabant-The Dutch Masters (in Dutch). 2017-03-12.
  5. ^ "The Dutch Masters 2020 Cancelled". World of Showjumping. 2020-03-12.
  6. ^ "Celebrating at 's-Hertogenbosch". FEI.org. 2010-03-22.