Sport horses

Horses we bring on.

From Johnny, European U25 freestyle champion, to the young horses and stallions we train for their owners. And the horses Marten made his name with.

Horse in training Meet Johnny

Marten Luiten riding towards the camera in extended trot

Freestyle gold at the 2026 European U25 Championships, placed first by all five judges: 81.565%; Freestyle gold at the 2026 European U25 Championships, placed first by all five judges; Johnny
Winning score in the ZZ-Licht class at The Dutch Masters 2026: 76.050%; Winning score in the ZZ-Licht class at The Dutch Masters 2026; Forever
In the FEI World Ranking, in every youth category: No. 1; In the FEI World Ranking, in every youth category; Fynona
Dutch pony titles in 2017, Marten’s last pony year: 3×; Dutch pony titles in 2017, Marten’s last pony year; Movie Star

Star of the yard

Johnny, European champion in the freestyle.

Johnny, formerly known as Janus GIH, is a bay Westphalian gelding by Johnson out of a World Magic mare. He is owned by Aat and Lida Both and has been with Marten since 2021. In 2022 the pair became Dutch Z2 champions.

Johnny has had few international starts. His international debut, at The Dutch Masters 2024, ended in victory in the Small Tour freestyle. In 2026, Marten’s last year in the U25 division, they won the Dutch U25 title and three medals at the European Championships in Hungary. The freestyle brought gold: 81.565%, with all five judges placing them first.

Programme

Johnny

Johnson × World Magic

Sex: Gelding
Colour: Bay
Studbook: Westphalian
Formerly: Janus GIH
Owners: Aat and Lida Both
Rider: Marten Luiten
With Marten since: 2021
Level (2026): U25 Grand Prix

Highlights

GoldFreestyle to music, European U25, Pilisjászfalu · 12 July 202681.565%
SilverIndividual, European U25 · July 202672.769%
BronzeTeam competition, European U25 · July 2026
ChampionDutch U25 Championship, Ermelo · 2026153.096
WinnerSmall Tour freestyle, The Dutch Masters · 9 March 2024, international debut76.360%
ChampionDutch Z2 Championship · 2022

In training

In training for their owners.

Marten rides and trains horses for their owners, from young horses to stallions in training. At The Dutch Masters 2026 two of them won their class.

Forever
Gelding, 10 years old · ridden for Anchor Excellent Horses
The Dutch Masters · 14 March 2026
1st in the ZZ-Licht76.050%
Paparazzi
Mare, 6 years old · ridden for the De Booij family
The Dutch Masters · 13 March 2026
1st in the Z1 freestyle71.237%

Stallions under saddle

Hall of fame

With Fynona to the top of the world.

From 2018 to 2024 Marten rode the KWPN mare Fynona (Ampère × Gribaldi, out of Wynona RB), a full sister to the stallion All At Once. She was bred and owned by Willeke Bos of Stal 104. Together they went from Juniors to the U25 Grand Prix and topped the FEI World Ranking in every youth category.

Her last competition with Marten was the 2024 European U25 Championships. In January 2026 Eurodressage reported that Fynona had been sold abroad.

Marten Luiten and Fynona wearing the winner’s rug at CHIO Aachen 2021

championship medals

National: 10; 7 gold
2 silver
1 bronze
International: 13; 5 gold
4 silver
4 bronze

Dutch champion in Juniors (2019, indoor and outdoor), Young Riders (2021) and U25 (2022, 2023 and 2024).

International career

2018
International debut, CDI Nieuw en St. Joosland
2019
European Junior Championships · San Giovanni in Marignano, Italy
- silver · team
- silver · individual
- silver · freestyle
2020
European Young Riders Championships · Pilisjászfalu, Hungary
- gold · team
- gold · individual
- bronze · freestyle
Individual gold with 77.559%, placed first by all five judges.
2021
European Young Riders Championships · Oliva Nova, Spain
- gold · team
- gold · individual
- gold · freestyle
A unanimous freestyle win with 83.155%. That September the pair won both classes of the Young Riders Tour at CHIO Aachen.
2023
European U25 Championships · Pilisjászfalu, Hungary
- bronze · team
- silver · individual
- bronze · freestyle
Highest score of the four Dutch riders in the team competition.
2024
European U25 Championships · St. Margarethen, Austria
- bronze · team
Fourth in the individual U25 Grand Prix with 71.692%. Her last competition with Marten.

Marten Luiten in his pony years with the champion’s sash

The pony years

Movie Star

Welsh pony mare by Hagelkruis Valentijn · 2015–2017

Movie Star saw Marten through his last pony years. In 2017, his final season on ponies, they won three Dutch titles: the indoor championship, the KNHS FEI Pony Cup final and the outdoor championship, with 80.375% in the freestyle. At the European Pony Championships in Kaposvár they finished fifth in the individual test. Movie Star then went to the Willemsen family.

Peter, the companion pony, in his stable

Also in the yard

Peter, the laziest in the yard.

Alongside the fit sport horses we have a companion pony: Peter. He is by far the laziest resident of the yard, and yet indispensable.

Role: Companion pony
Hours in training: As few as possible
Indispensable: Yes

Your horse

Could your horse be next?

Forever and Paparazzi show how it works: Marten trains and rides them for their owners, in competition too. From first saddle to Grand Prix. Tell us where your horse is now and what you are aiming for.

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Your horse

Owner: You
Rider: Marten or Romy
Route: First saddle to Grand Prix

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