Category: HorseDocs

Zdeněk Kostrouch

Zdeněk Kostrouch

MUDr. Zdeněk Kostrouch The Doctor on a Horse – A True Legend in the Bohemian Forest – Watercolor – Illustration MD Zdeněk Kostrouch was a unique figure in the Bohemian Forest and was also called the "doctor on horseback." From 1964 to 1993, he lived in Hájenko Pustina. Kostrouch originally wanted to go to Africa as a doctor, but ultimately stayed in the Bohemian Forest. He himself recounted how he came to own the horse: "I had an old piccolo flute that I always rode to patients with, Read more [...]
Stephanie Arndt

Stephanie Arndt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ebu5pvWqZI Stephanie Arndt studied human medicine, economics, and criminology. She was an officer in the German Armed Forces, a top athlete who participated in six world championships, and has lived in a shared house with her horse, Nasar, since Hurricane Xaver in December 2013. As the Pippi Longstocking of the 21st century – nonconformist, unconventional, self-sufficient – ​​Stephanie Arndt embodies the dream of an independent life, opens hearts, and Read more [...]
Gerhard Dammann

Gerhard Dammann

Gerhard Wolfgang Dammann (* 11 December 1963 in Oran, Algeria; † 20 June 2020 in Münsterlingen, Switzerland;[1] resident in Basel[2]) was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychologist and psychoanalyst. Dammann studied medicine, psychology, and sociology in Tübingen, Frankfurt am Main, Basel, and Paris, graduating with the state examination in medicine (Germany, 1990), a diploma in psychology, and a diploma in sociology. From 1986, he was a member of the Catholic equestrian student Read more [...]
Josef Wyser

Josef Wyser

In northern Switzerland, near Solothurn, lies the village of Nennigkofen, where the family doctor takes his leisurely rides in his carriage. That looks like fun!

Hinrich Romeike

Hinrich Romeike

Hinrich Romeike (* 26. Mai 1963 in Hamburg) ist ein deutscher Vielseitigkeitsreiter. Bei den Olympischen Spielen in Peking 2008 wurde Hinrich Romeike Olympiasieger im Einzel- und gewann zusammen mit Ingrid Klimke, Andreas Dibowski, Peter Thomsen und Frank Ostholt die Goldmedaille im Mannschaftswettbewerb. Zuvor waren seine größten Erfolge der Mannschaftssieg bei den Weltreiterspielen 2006 in Aachen sowie der Read more [...]
Dr Irakli

Dr Irakli

Emergency in the Kaukasus: A shepherd is ill. Dr. Irakli (81) packs his saddle, looks for his horse and rides. His Wallach Bitschola (31) and him are the rescue unit in the Georgian Kaukasus going up to 3.500 meters height where there are no roads - the doc has to ride. Until he got pension he worked as a neurologist in a hospital in the valley. Then he returned into the mountains ot Tushetia and became mountain doctor. He has rescued 51+ lives since. He believes that god called him to Read more [...]