Biography
- Philippe Karl was born in 1947.
- In 1968, he drops his medical studies to dedicate himself to working with horses.
- From 1968 to 1971, he studies breeding first at the Zootechnical Studies Centre (Centre d´Enseignement Zootechnique) in Rambouillet, and then at the national stud Haras National du Pin.
- National riding instructor certificate in 1971.
- From 1972 to 1979, he is head of the riding department at the Centre d´Enseignement Zootechnique in Rambouillet. There, he is in charge of various branches of professional training.
- From 1980 to 1985, he runs his own stables.
- During all these years, he is regularly competing in eventing and show jumping.
- In 1985, General Pierre Durand appoints him as a member of the national riding school École Nationale d´Équitation in Saumur, and he becomes an Écuyer at the Cadre Noir.
- Being especially dedicated to the shows of the Cadre Noir, he creates two historical scenes, presentations at the long reins – both in jumping and High School – and participates in the shows of the Écuyers. For thirteen years, he takes part in all the gala shows of the Cadre Noir in France and Europe.
- In 1998, he leaves the École Nationale d´Équitation to devote himself to the clinics he is giving in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the United States.
- After two years in Germany, he settles down with his wife Bea Borelle in the Drôme Provençale department in the south of France.
- Since 2004, he has been especially dedicated to the training of riding instructors at his "School of Légèreté".
