HRH Princess Benedikte

                     In 1986 Her Royal Highness Princess Benedikte became the Patroness of Danish Warmblood Society. The Princess is both an active breeder and rider. Many great horses are born in her stables, of which several are Danish Warmbloods. HRH Princess Benedikte and her husband HH Prince Richard zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg live in the wonderful castle of Berleburg in the mid-western part of Germany.

                      At the age of five, Princess Benedikte found herself for the first on the back of a horse. “There I was, this little girl on a giant horse! Instantly my mother saw my interest and excitement with the horse, and she bought a pony for me. At the time, there were no small horses in Denmark, so mother had to buy it in England and have it shipped to our home at Fredensborg,” says princess Benedikte.
                      Princess Benedikte shares her passion for horses with her daughter, HH Princess Nathalie, who is also an active rider and was in 2002 winner of the National Championships in Dressage. Princess Nathalie is on the national team, and is often sent to world championships as well as Olympics.  

                      In August 2005, HRH Princess Benedikte put up for auction one of her foals. It was at the Elite Foal Auction taking place at the annual Elite Mare Show at Vilhelmsborg, the headquarters of the Danish Warmblood association. The foal was sold for $18,000 – to an American.