Clemens von Merveldt (born 1961) has a degree in agricultural engineering and a "master" in horsemanship. Along with managing and organizing the whole operation, he also looks after the apprentices, shows horses and markets young dressage horses.
Andrea von Merveldt (born 1962) has a degree in business administration and was a successful rider in eventing all the way up to the German Championships for juniors. Along with bookkeeping and housekeeping, she is also active in the saddle and responsible for training young horses and riders.
Patricia Seddig (born von Merveldt): She was very successful as a junior rider and finished her studies in economics in Münster Westfalia. She trains and shows our horses through the levels from riding horse classes up to advanced level. In addition she helps to manage our guesthouses.
Pia Matthes joined our team in November 2022. She has started her professional riding carrer at Hof Kasselmann and has earned an degree as a professional rider (German Bereiter FN) and was honoured to get the so called "Stensbeck Plaque" for best results in her test! She also rode with Eva and Ulf Möller at her German Helgstrand department in Syke before she joined us. Her focus is in training and showing our young dressage prospects through the levels right from the beginning of their career.
We have two students who learn the German called "Pferdewirtin, Schwerpunkt Haltung und Service". Since 2021 Anne Franzen is here with us and will finish in June 2023. Amber Reussen joined us in August 2022 and will be here until her final test in June 2024. Both learn handling horses from birth up to training levels, assisting in all kinds during the year with vets, ferriers and general treatment as well as feeding, caring and training of horses for breeding and sport. We try to give them a wide schedule of practice for their future career as real "horse specialists", in addition they go to school once a week here in Vechta for the theory!!
Tobias Bothe is here with us more than 8 years now and a helpful hand all over the farm. He bring in straw and cleans the stables, feeds horses, takes care of the whole area to be clean and manages the tack rooms.
Markus Torbecke has a degree in agriculture [Landwirtschaftsmeister] and is responsible for the whole farming operation since nearly 25 years now as well as for all machines to keep on working.
Our farm veterinarian is Dr. Güldner from Wildeshausen, he takes care of our horses since many years. We also cooperate closely with well-known clinics and specialized veterinarians in the region like the Horse Clinic at Muehlen (Drs Steinmann, Harland and Görgens) or the Lüsche Horse Clinic at Essen/Ol.