Mette Assouline

Mette has ridden since early childhood, but started her international career as a successful dressage rider qualifying her horse Question for the Danish Team. With her most successful horse, the Swedish bred Ilon she represented Denmark at the Aachen CDIO in Germany, also achieving many wins at CDI and CDIO Grand Prix level in Holland, Germany and France.

She is a very successful dressage trainer and competitor on the national and international circuit as she concentrates bringing on younger horses up to Grand Prix. She shows exceptional talent, in dressage training, in producing young dressage horses and has a great feel in equine psychology. Mette enjoyed and successfully produced young horses for auctions such as Brightwell’s before specialising in finding and producing talented dressage horses for clients.

Some of the horses Mette has produced from young horses to Grand Prix include:

• Question, a Danish bred gelding. Question was Mette’s first Team horse for Denmark.
• Ilon, a Swedish bred by Indus-Ceylon.  Mette represented Denmark with Ilon at the 1997 Aachen CDIO in Germany, also achieving many wins at CDI and CDIO Grand Prix in Holland, Germany and France.
• Prinz Hermann, a Hanoverian by Prinz Orak. Mette and Prinz achieved several high placings up to CDIO level.
• Enzian, a Westphalian by Erhentanz. They were highly placed internationally in Grand Prix and won Intermediaire II at the Saumur CDI*** in France.
• Forrest Gump, a breeding Westphalian dressage stallion by Florestan/Donnerhal. In 2011 they competed internationally in Grand Prix and were highly placed at UK Premier League shows.  Forrest Gump is now concentrating on his stud duties.
• AD Ratino, Danish Warmblood. Mette was UK Prix Saint Georges and Advanced Medium Champion with Ratino and in 2016 they won UK classes at Intermediare II level.
• AD Rafael trained to Grand Prix by Mette.