Jaco Fourie

For the South African rugby union player, see Jaco Fourie (rugby player).
Jaco Fourie

Jaco Fourie riding CALLAHO's Granulit
Personal information
Full name Jakobus Fourie
Nationality  South Africa
Born (1975-07-30) 30 July 1975
Pretoria, Gauteng
Residence Kathu, Northern Cape
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Country South Africa
Sport Equestrian
Medal record
2005 FEI World Dressage Challenge CALLAHO's For Joy
2006 FEI World Dressage Challenge CALLAHO's Granulit
2009 FEI World Dressage Challenge CALLAHO's Rosengirl
2012 FEI World Dressage Challenge AREION's Deja Vu
2006 SA Individual Freestyle Championship CALLAHO's For Joy
2007 SA Individual Freestyle Championship CALLAHO's Granulit
2007 SA Individual Freestyle Championship CALLAHO's For Joy
2008 SA Intermediate I Freestyle Championship CALLAHO's Rosengirl
2009 SA Individual Freestyle Championship CALLAHO's Rosengirl
2010 SA Individual Freestyle Championship CALLAHO's Rosengirl
2006 SA Individual Technical Championship CALLAHO's For Joy
2007 SA Individual Technical Championship CALLAHO's For Joy
2008 SA Prix St Georges Championship CALLAHO's Rosengirl
2010 SA Individual Technical Championship CALLAHO's Rosengirl
2013 SA Advanced Freestyle Championship AREION's Deja Vu
2013 FEI Young Horse Championship CDI3* Midrand Dawn Neman's Callaho Rinaldo

Jaco Fourie is a South African equestrian athlete and SA National Champion in dressage.[1] He lives near Kathu, South Africa[2][3] in the Northern Cape, on a Kalahari farm. He appeared on the cover of the May 2007 edition of the SA Horseman Magazine.[4] Since 2009 he is married to Magda Fourie and together they have 2 daughters "Hanneke & Adelinde Fourie". The couple own & manage Areion Warmblood Horses & Dressage Academy.[5]

Riding career

Jaco Fourie started his riding career in the family business of his father and 2 brothers at the age of 4, and was tutored and mentored by many riding professionals to young adulthood.[1] He had training from bereiters and instructors from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, the SA Lipizzaner Centre, Natalie Hobday and Jonny Hilberath (GER).

His first Free State Provincial Colours were awarded in 2003, and received his National Protea Colours for dressage in 2007.[6] Fourie has represented his home-country, South Africa in the Equestrian Tri-Nations Competition on two occasions in 2007 and 2008[7] in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.[8] He won the SA Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008.[9] He also won the FEI World Dressage Challenge in 2005.[10] He is the leading South African rider in the South African National Equestrian Federation's dressage rankings.[11]

He worked full-time as stud manager for CALLAHO Warmblood Sport Horses,[12] a South African based horse breeding stud farm, who is also a major sponsor of international riders,[13] but has since moved onto his own property where he owns & manages Areion Warmblood Horses & Dressage Academy.[5]

Horses

His first pony was a crossbred Welsh pony named Prins.[1] In dressage, Fourie rode CALLAHO's For Joy, CALLAHO's Granulit, CALLAHO's Rosengirl, CALLAHO's Benicio and AREION's Deja Vu[14] to National honours. However, he had various other successes with horses FD Ref's Asterix, Etherow Impasse, Brandenburg Super C, Alzu Catapault, Kehilan Shaheer, Orly and Kingsdale Kildaire amongst others.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 , Exclusive: An Interview with Jaco Fourie, Referenced 15 October 2008
  2. ↑ , Jaco Fourie - Professional Rider, Referenced 15 October 2008
  3. ↑ , Die skaap is perd van ander kleur, Referenced 15 October 2008
  4. ↑ , SA Horseman Magazine May 2007, Referenced 15 October 2008
  5. 1 2 , Areion Warmblood Horses & Dressage Academy, Referenced 15 October 2013
  6. ↑ , National Colours Recipients, Referenced 15 October 2008
  7. ↑ , South Africa leading the Tri-Nations at HOY, Referenced 15 October 2008
  8. ↑ , HAWKE'S BAY TODAY: Youngster gives it full throttle on Britten, Referenced 15 October 2008
  9. ↑ , FSNC Newsletter, Referenced 15 October 2008
  10. ↑ , FEI World Dressage Challenge Results 2005, Referenced 15 October 2013
  11. ↑ , SANEF Dressage Rankings, Referenced 15 October 2008
  12. ↑ , CALLAHO Training & Sales, Referenced 15 October 2008
  13. ↑ , Eurodressage: 2006 World Equestrian Games, Referenced 15 October 2008
  14. ↑ , Championship Results, Referenced 15 October 2013
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