Jan-Ove has worked full time with
horses for 25 years. He is very versatile as he runs a stallion
facility; he is a breeder of dressage horses; he is a trainer and a
judge. He has been a competition rider in eventing, jumping and most of
all dressage. As a Junior and Young rider he was on the Swedish
National team, representing our nation abroad. Competition has
gradually given way to more and more training of riders and horses, and
he now spends about 80% of his time as a dressage trainer and
instructor, and about 20% as a judge of conformation and gaits. Jan-Ove
was recently elected to the board of ASVH, where he will have special
responsibility for the training and education of judges in
conformation, gaits and jumping.
Some years ago Jan-Ove worked with the well known breeder Erik Nilsson,
who has exported many horses to North America, most notably the
dressage stallion Zorn. Zorn returned to Sweden under the good care of
Jan-Ove during the last few years of his life. Jan-Ove has been a
popular clinician in the USA, giving clinics in Detroit, Florida, and
New Jersey.
Lars Berglund is the ASVH-appointed jumping judge for the 2005 North
American Inspection Tour. He is a man of many talents: rider, trainer,
judge, farrier, and breeder. His hotel and design company keeps him
busy on top of all his horse related activities. Lars is one of four
brothers who are all very involved with horses. He started showing
horses and competing in jumping as a young boy. Qualifying for and
competing in the European Championships for ponies is one of many
highlights in his pony career. Moving up to horses, he successfully
competed at 1.50 m. Training and showing stallions for the performance
test was also part of his duties early on. Chirac 611, Furioso III 525,
and Caruso 568 are among the famous sires that Lars broke and trained.
Today he focuses on starting young horses and bringing them up to
1.40 m., however, much of his time is spent judging young horses
throughout Sweden. Lars judges 400-600 horses in free jumping every
year. He has also judged the finals for the Swedish national foal
championships several years in a row. He has judged horses in Holland
and Germany as well as participated in international judge forums. To
stay on top of the development of the Swedish Warmblood breed, he
visits Germany and Holland 2-3 times a year where he also looks at
young horses and studies new influences in breeding. The upcoming North
American Inspection Tour will be his first time in the US and Canada.
Last updated on: 9/13/2011