Christopher Bartle

Christopher Bartle, FBHS (born 19 February 1952 in Harrogate, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British equestrian who has enjoyed success in both Dressage and Eventing. He is currently the Managing Director of the Yorkshire Riding Centre and Performance Coach to the British Three Day Event Squad. Chris Bartle was a member of the British Dressage Team from 1981 to 1987 and was placed 6th in individual dressage in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. From 2001 to 2016, together with Hans Melzer, he was the German Three Day Eventing National Team Trainer. He also travelled with Word Perfect to the Sydney Olympics in 2000, as reserve.

Past Rides

Dressage - Wily Trout & Honey Tangle Eventing - Wily Trout, Up River, Castle Hill, Word Perfect II, Oscar

Trainer

British National Team After his successful dressage period, Bartle was invited to train the British Eventing Team, with whom he went to the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney

German National Team From 2001 to 2016 Chris was the National Coach to the German Olympic Three Day Event Team - Winners of Team and Individual Gold medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, with Michael Jung also becoming Individual World Champion, Kentucky 2010. His experience led to him write Training the Sport Horse, which he co-authored with Gilliam Newsum. The book was published by J. A. Allen in 2004.

Training Individuals Locally Christopher Bartle trains many British International level riders, notably for many years the British team rider Nicola Wilson from Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

Yorkshire Riding Centre

Bartle has been the Managing Director and resident instructor at the Yorkshire Riding Centre in Markington near Harrogate for many years, sharing his wealth of knowledge. He does not exclusively teach international or high level competition riders, and is known to teach developing riders on their own horses.

Accomplishments Dressage Highest placed British Dressage rider in the Olympic Games to date (6th, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics) National Dressage Champion in 1984 and 1985 4th place at the 1985 European Championships 2nd place at the 1986 Nashua Dressage World Cup Awarded the British Equestrian Federation's Medal of Honour in 1986.

Eventing 1991 Scottish Open Champion (Up River) Placed at 1995 Burghley CCI**** (Castle Hill) 3rd at 1996 Blenheim *** 5th at 1996 Bramham *** Completed 1997 Badminton **** 1997 Scottish Open Champion (Word Perfect) Team Gold Medal at the 1997 European Championships 1st at the 1998 Badminton Horse Trials CCI**** (Word Perfect) 1st at the 1999 Achselschwang Horse Trials *** (Oscar) 5th at the 2000 Burghley **** (Word Perfect) Reserve for Sydney 2000 British Event Team (Word Perfect)

Training Was awarded the British Horse Society's Trainers Award in 1995 Dressage Trainer to British Event Team at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Games German National Trainer Eventing since 2001 (together with Hans Melzer) Was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the British Horse Society (FBHS) in 2001