Kees and his family have worked very hard and made a great success of their 'flower farm' and quite recently Kees has moved towards a full time involvement in horse breeding. He says that flower farming and horse breeding are very similar ... you have to work hard to get things right.
With the great depth of knowledge that Kees brings from Holland and many homeland contacts, Kees is now importing semen from many of the best stallions in the World. His knowledge is a great asset to ISSA.

lessons. Dick was a keen competitive rider and found this to be of great value when assessing the bloodlines which had a greater aptitude for training. Having settled to life in Australia Dirk has been a keen breeder for many years and understands the European way of breeding to perpetuate certain highly desirable traits. Dick is founding member of ISSA and has much to offer the selection panel.

Mary has twice represented Australia at Olympic Games level (Atlanta and Sydney) and believes that Dressage training MUST start with a suitable, purpose bred young horse.

ISSA is delighted to have Mary on the selection panel.

with the right conformation and temperament are coming up to be available for clients and students of the centre. The Djikstra's have many contacts in their native Holland, and have imported the semen of some of the best stallions in the world to upgrade the Australian performance horse gene pool. Daughter Stephanie is now a keen dressage rider and showjumper. She is having great success on AEA bred horses.