Peter
Van Borst
The European Horse Trainer with a Passion for Lusitanos
Peter Van
Borst, who runs Interagro's headquarters - also home to Equine Training International - brings his considerable
classical equitation experience to working with Lusitanos. Earlier
in his career he spent years traveling worldwide, studying with
High School horses and learning much from accomplished trainers
throughout Europe.
Peter, and
Kelli Murphey, a fellow equestrian enthusiast, pursued a dream
to have their own school of classical equitation. They worked
hard to achieve it and succeeded to the point where they had over
ten High School stallions at their center in the United States.
At that time they also brought over the most renowned names in
the schooling of classical horses from Europe.
With this
experience in classical equitation, Peter has often been called
upon to help dressage riders on the Grand Prix circuit. From the
new headquarters in Fort Worth, Peter also offers support and
training to clients - post-sales support to new owners of Interagro
Lusitanos, as well as owners of other breeds. And his talent does
not end there….
Contact Peter
Van Borst for more information on Interagro Lusitanos.
From Europe
to the USA
Peter Van
Borst, half-Dutch and half-English, grew up in Ireland where he
worked and competed in a variety of disciplines - eventing, dressage,
jumping for example. He soon discovered he had a talent for training
horses. He turned this asset into a career when at the age of
17 he began working in the film industry joining the behind the
scenes horse operation and carrying out on-set stunt work in the
movie The Lion in Winter. He went on to work on many more
films including a string of British period dramas such as The
Charge of the Light Brigade, Mary Queen of Scots
and Alfred the Great.
Peter first
came to America with the traveling road show 'A Company of
Knights' - a spin off from the film industry in the form of
a medieval stunt act. He enjoys working with live performance
and commuted regularly to Las Vegas where he trained a horse to
perform nightly in the world-renowned magic show of illusionists'
Siegfried and Roy.
In recent
years, Peter's attention has focused on the Lusitano horse. He
has a long-term commitment to work with Interagro in Brazil and
facilitate the placement of these carefully bred horses in specific
situations. "I've been involved with horses all my life," he explained.
"And you try to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear in many respects
in the horse business. I don't encounter that here because I have
the comfort of selecting horses that are perfect for what I want."
"From
my experience I realized that a horse is like a very nice wine
and while you didn't have it all the time, when you had it, you
really appreciated it. Now I can select from the finest - because
the best trainer of horses in the world does not have the opportunity
to select horses with the talent that these horses have."
Peter has
already conveyed 2 Interagro horses to the U.S.A. for cutting
training with the former-president of the National Cutting Horse
Association (NCHA),
Punk Carter. Before being
exported to Australia, MONTEZUMA DO MIRANTE competed in dressage
with Silke
Rembacz – an outstanding Grand Prix rider, whom Peter has
known and worked with for quite a while.
Now based
at the Interagro headquarters, Peter will expand
this operation and provide support to new owners of Interagro
Lusitanos in the United States. "More people have become aware
of these horses and I'm becoming busier to accommodate their needs,"
he said. "For me it is an enjoyable enterprise. It is not just
working with Lusitanos, which is something that gives me great
pleasure, but seeing people who may have known little about Lusitanos,
realize the amazing talent and scope of these horses and get real
pleasure from riding and working with them."
