Team Sosath

The family
For a strong performance you need a strong team. For this purpose, the Sosath family is supported by experienced and motivated employees who take care of the welfare of the horses and the entire farm.
The Team
In addition to the competent team on the stable, we work with many long-standing partners around the world who train individual horses and present them at competitions. 
Rainer Böning
Manager of the Insemination Station
Janet Bröscky
Professional Riding Master & Insemination Technician
Jacek Stasiuk
Facility Management
Hanna Knüppel
Show Rider
Hugo Bleuzen
Show rider
Wiebke Lippert
Show Rider
Annika Günther
Excercise Rider
Christian Schröder
Breeding
Mirja Pohl
Apprentice Breeding
Jeremy Justin Cordes
Apprentice management and service
Rebecca Maier
Apprentice Riding
Lukas Brüning
Apprentice agriculture
Emelie Schenk
Apprentice office management assistant
Anna Christians
Herd management, breeder relations and website
Gabriele Gley
Office Work & Customer Service
Frauke Stümper
Office Work & Customer Service

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2002

2009

2023

1647

First documentary mention

The history of the farm and the Sosath family goes back to the 17th century. In 1647, the first ancestor was mentioned in a document. Until the fire in 1908, the farmstead was a classic farm with a cattle tract in front of the living area. A barn stood next to it on the left.

1908

Farmstead near the Weser

After a fire in 1908, the farm was completely rebuilt. The residential house and stable building have remained the same for over 100 years.

1950

The classic farm

There were always some horses on the farm. However, these were mainly mainly used as work animals, as the farm's agricultural of the farm was dairy farming and fattening bulls, sows and pigs. and fattening bulls, sows and pigs. In addition, there were also, as typical for a farm, geese, ducks and chickens.

1982

Focus: Horse husbandry

With the handover of the farm from Heino to his son Gerd Sosath in 1982, the business orientation changed fundamentally. From then on, the focus was on horse husbandry. While in the first years there was still fattening of pigs and bulls, the number of horses increased continuously in the following years. Horses were bought or bred, but always ridden by Gerd Sosath and presented at competitions - primarily in show jumping, but also in dressage and eventing. The construction of the first indoor riding arena in 1983 made it possible to work the horses at any time and in any weather. With 15x35m it was still quite small, but it was enough for the time being. The ten adjacent stalls also provided enough space for the riding horses.

1985

Extensions

In 1985, the indoor riding arena was extended to 15x50m and a horse walker was was built. In the years that followed, more and more extensions and renovated. The pig and bull sties were converted into horse stalls. converted into horse stalls.

1988

More storage space

In 1988, a straw and machine hall was built. This hall has since been converted into a stallion stable.

1993

Start of stallion husbandry

The stallion husbandry came into being in 1993, when the self-bred stallion Landwerder by Landadel was licensed. He was the first of three licensed sons out of the elite mare Fureida 2 in a mating with Landadel. Landor S followed and then the winning stallion Lagoheidor G. Landor S stayed on the farm. on the farm. The demand for him was so great that an insemination insemination station was built.

2002

The winning stallion: Stedinger

In the following years, more and more stallions were added, whether homebred or purchased. or bought. The main focus in the stallion lot was on show jumpers. The breakthrough in dressage horse breeding came in 2002 with the self-bred stallion Stedinger, who became the Oldenburg Champion Stallion. In the same year, there were already ten sires at the Sosath stallion station. They were given optimal keeping conditions in the newly built stallion stable.

2009

The last construction phase

The last construction phase was marked by the new riding facility in 2009. A large indoor riding arena (25x60m) with casino, flats, office, preparation room and stable wing as well as a large storage hall with adjoining open running stables for the young horses were built on the site of the former straw hall.

2023

Today

All family members are involved in the business and are supported by a team of motivated and qualified employees in maintaining the farm with about 300 horses.

Successful horses