About Gerdine Hoeve
The Gerdine Hoeve was founded in 1991 by Paul van Rijswijk. He named his company after his first horse Gerdine. Since 2000, Aniek van Santvoort has joined the company and they have continued the Gerdine Hoeve together. Aniek was no stranger to Paul, as she had been taking riding lessons from Paul since she was 12 years old and then came to work at the stable during weekends and holidays. Aniek's horse Japie was also a breeding product of the Gerdine Hoeve and was of course purchased from Paul.
It cannot be seen as a surprise that Paul has continued his career in horses. Father Sjef van Rijswijk is also not a stranger to the horse world. He selected many stallions as a member of the KWPN stallion selection committee for many years and has designed and developed various horse stables in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Under the leadership of Paul and Aniek, large numbers of horses showed up at the KWPN inspections. They have prepared many champions, Ster-, Keur- and Elite mares and approved stallions. Nowadays the inspections are getting less, so they decided to focus on other markets. Horses are still prepared for inspection on a smaller scale, but since 2008 Paul and Aniek have focused especially on the export of horses. China is their largest sales market, but other continents are also on the rise.
Would you like to know more about the export of horses to China or anything else about our company? Please do not hesitate to contact us. Everyone is welcome in Hilvarenbeek!