Horses have always been part of Herrie’s life who was totally engaged by his dad’s love for both breeding and riding sport horses. At his debut and early tries, Harried seemed to be everything but a promising rider: the approaching poles had to basically be buried in the ground in order for him to finally decide to take even the minor risk of jumping the smallest of jumps… ! And then he was so involved in soccer… But as soon as the first successes started to stream in, he changed to become a consistent winner who has been standing at the very top of the world rankings for the past ten years. 

Harrie is father to two children, Pim and Siep.