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Four weeks as a groom at Helgstrand Dressage: Rebekka Klubien St.GEORG - der Pferde-Podcast
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Her research caused a stir: Danish tv journalist Rebekka Klubien worked as a groom at Helgstrand Dressage in Denmark. At the big sale stable operated by Danish Olympian Andreas Helgstrand she was able to create video footage with a hidden camera. In this podcast the journalist talks to podcast host Jan Toenjes, editor in chief of Germany’s oldest equestrian news outlet St.GEORG. Rebekka describes how she managed to get the hidden camera positioned in the indoor arena and what she experienced in the stable doing her daily routines there. In this talk the two journalists discuss about the consequences that the documentary called “the horse billionaire” – billionaire because the yearly revenue at Helgstrand in Danish Crowns (DKK) sums up to more than a billion Crowns (146.083.500 US Dollar) – have had already in Denmark.
The documentary’s first episode was aired on November, 22 last year and it raised worldwide about the way horses were treated at Helgstrand Dressage. CEO Andreas Helgstrand had tried to avoid the broadcast of the footage taken in his stable early in the year 2023 but judges in Denmark saw a public interest because of the animal welfare issues the program made visible.
Who is Rebekka Klubien?
Born in 1996 Rebekka Klubien graduated from university in 2021. She started working at the public broadcast tv station TV2 in 2022. Currently she holds the position as a TV producer in the investigative journalism department. https://www.tv2.dk
What ist St.GEORG?
St.GEORG is Germany’s oldest equestrian publication founded in 1900. Operated from Hamburg it covers everything of interest in the horse world. Amongst other topics it was St.GEORG that first came up with a discussion about dressage training and in what frame dressage horses should be warmed up. The term “rollkur” often quoted for horses ridden in a position with the nose line behind the vertical was first used in a headline of an article discussing training methods that later were called LDR (low, deep and round).
Her research caused a stir: Danish tv journalist Rebekka Klubien worked as a groom at Helgstrand Dressage in Denmark. At the big sale stable operated by Danish Olympian Andreas Helgstrand she was able to create video footage with a hidden camera. In this podcast the journalist talks to podcast host Jan Toenjes, editor in chief of Germany’s oldest equestrian news outlet St.GEORG. Rebekka describes how she managed to get the hidden camera positioned in the indoor arena and what she experienced in the stable doing her daily routines there. In this talk the two journalists discuss about the consequences that the documentary called “the horse billionaire” – billionaire because the yearly revenue at Helgstrand in Danish Crowns (DKK) sums up to more than a billion Crowns (146.083.500 US Dollar) – have had already in Denmark.
The documentary’s first episode was aired on November, 22 last year and it raised worldwide about the way horses were treated at Helgstrand Dressage. CEO Andreas Helgstrand had tried to avoid the broadcast of the footage taken in his stable early in the year 2023 but judges in Denmark saw a public interest because of the animal welfare issues the program made visible.
Who is Rebekka Klubien?
Born in 1996 Rebekka Klubien graduated from university in 2021. She started working at the public broadcast tv station TV2 in 2022. Currently she holds the position as a TV producer in the investigative journalism department. https://www.tv2.dk
What ist St.GEORG?
St.GEORG is Germany’s oldest equestrian publication founded in 1900. Operated from Hamburg it covers everything of interest in the horse world. Amongst other topics it was St.GEORG that first came up with a discussion about dressage training and in what frame dressage horses should be warmed up. The term “rollkur” often quoted for horses ridden in a position with the nose line behind the vertical was first used in a headline of an article discussing training methods that later were called LDR (low, deep and round).
25 min