Hana Vášáryová (Pelikánová)
Hana Vášáryová was born on 12 August 1981. Horses are her big love and passion, they have been accompanying her through the whole life since early childhood. So instead of playing with princess puppets she drew horses at least. Hanka could not ride at that time yet, perhaps only during her regular visits to ZOO, on ponies.
Her dream about riding a horse came true when she was 9 years old. She started riding in the Jockey Club in Přední Kopanina where she stayed till the age of 16 years. She spent nice childhood here and thanks to Mrs Vlasta Kadlecová she met with dressage for the first time.
She participated in the first competition in 1996 (level Z1) with the horse Norton (the owner Dáša Karásková) and finished on the nice 4th place. In 1997 she made her christening in the National Championship (the category Juniors). She competed with the horse Jarda and the result was in the meaning „somebody was perhaps behind her".
The next year Hanka took part in the National Championship in Karlovy Vary with the horse Pamír who was 4 years old at that time (the owner Miroslav Pavlík). She rode him until 2006 when Pamír was sold to China. In 2001 she achieved her first valuable success in her riding career - she finished on the second place with the horse Perun in the FEI test. In 2002 the other good results came - the 1st and the 2nd places in the Young Horses Criteria (KMK) of five-year old horses (Samanta and Floresta).
The winter of 2002 and 2003 was the period of fulfilled wishes for Hanka. The money she earned by selling Perun was used for the internship with Sona Grossauer (still one of the most successful Austrian dressage rider). She took part in the internship with two horses - Pamír and Samanta - and also participated in several competitions. At that time, the results of Hanka's hard work started showing themselves (for example, she finished in the 1st and the 3rd places in CDN - A in Klasse L with Samanta and in the 5th place in Klasse M with Pamír). Her sports career started turning another direction slowly. 
The year of 2003 was full of riding successes. Hana took the 5th place in the National Championship of seniors in Karlovy Vary (with the horse Pamír). The first, second and fourth places in the Young Horses Criteria (KMK) of six-year old horses (Samanta, Angie, Floresta) and the fifth place in the Young Horses Criteria (KMK) of five-year-old horses with the mare Legacy followed. At that time, the mare Legacy had a foal and fulfilled her maternity duties perfectly between her working tasks. For her results, especially in the sphere of work with young horses, Hanka was also awarded her first big prize from the professional sports public - "Rider of the Year 2003". In the same year, Hana received the information on the selection procedure for the position of working rider for the world's most prestigious dressage stable Kasselman. On 2 January 2004, she took the position of stabler/working rider there. She spent here a nice period full of hard work there, but also fulfilled dreams.
During her stay, she trained the horse Ricco (the owner Celestyn Pfaffel), and at the beginning Bianca Kasselmann helped her a lot.
At the beginning of April 2005, Hana returned to the Czech Republic to finish the Faculty of Arts at the Charles University. That year she participated in two competitions with Ricco. In the National Championship they finished on the 5th place and won the Challenge Cup in Radimovice. Hana rented a stable in Neuaigen (the Federal Republic of Germany) where - in addition to Ricco - she had 10 other horses for training.
The year of 2006 was the first excellent sports year that also showed itself in the results and stable professional performances Hanka had been dreaming about already since 1996. Ricco and Hanka became the champions of the Czech Republic, the winners of the Czech Dressage Cup (CDP), they were awarded the prizes "Rider of the Year" and "Horse of the Year" and won the Riding Cup.She has got GOLDEN RIDERŚ BADGE. They started taking the top places regularly not only in local, but also international competitions. Successes came also for the other horses trained - for example Rebel, Melante, World Willy, Půlnoc, and the others did well.
A very important year in Hana's life was the year of 2007. With the horse Ricco they achieved very high-quality results in foreign arenas as a part of the small round of the World Cup. After good placing, for example in Stadl Paure, Landshut, Warce or Lipice, they achieved three victories in CDI-W in Brno and the 4th place in the qualification for Nurnberger Burg Pokal. The icing on the cake was the defence of the National Championship title carried out by Hanka in her fifth month of pregnancy. Richmond also "sparkled" with his results as the champion of five-year old horses and Melante as the vice-champion. On 1 September Hanka married Tomáš Vášáry and on 27 December at 11:27 a.m. Johanka Vášáryová was born. For this season, Hanka was awarded for the third time the title "Rider of the Year" and Ricco received the title "Horse of the Year".
In April 2008, the stable DS Pelikan moved to the so long-desired premises in Všetice. Hanka competed on the lent horse Gaurdian Angel (the owner Kačka Říhová) and achieved with him the National Championship title as well as the victory of the Czech Dressage Cup (CDP). In international arenas she achieved, for example, the 5th place in CDI Wroclaw. In the Young Horses Criteria (KMK) Championship for young horses Richmond took the first, Melante the second and Clarissa (the owner Jaroslav Turek) the forth places. The first training successes also came. Her trainees Michaela Bohuslávková and Marie Vranková became the champions of the
republic in their categories.
The year of 2009 was characterized by youth. A lot of new young horses joined the stable who are a promise for the future, for example, Saladin V, Rimbaud V, Luis Lassale, So Easy, Zaffier, Red Maserati, Ehrengold and Real Cookie. In April, the reputable dressage specialist, Mr Peter Holler, became Hanka's trainer. The whole season was devoted to work with young horses and, for example, Welterfolg (the owner Pavla Daumann) and Saladin V experienced their first moment of fame in competitions. The biggest successes in this season were achieved by Zaffier (the owner Petra Čmejlová) - the final third place for the finale of the Young Horses Criteria (KMK), Clarissa - the winner of the FEI test and the second place for the final of the Young Horses Criteria (KMK), Luis Lassale - the winner of the FEI test, and Richmond - the winner of the CDP-Novice Cup.
WE WILL MAKE EYES OF CHILDREN SHINE!
We fulfil our dreams, not only sports ones. From the moment when we settled down in Všetice, we can finally realize fully the project being prepared for a long time that is absolute »pro bono« and really helps make eyes of children shine.
The project consists in providing the sports and interest programme to children within state institutions they attend regularly (primary schools, kindergartens, etc.). We realize that the financial possibilities of just kindergartens and primary schools are permanently limited, and therefore regular visits of interest programmes for ensuring healthy physiological and psychical development of children is considerably limited.
The programme itself consists of three mutually related activities. In the first case, it concerns understanding the horse as a live being. The first contact of a man with a horse is accompanied by ambivalent feelings, the most often by a mixture of fear and admiration, refusal and desire. As experience is growing, fear disappears gradually, admiration and desire are increasing. In this phase, children listen to the explanation and at the same time they improve all their knowledge by practice (cleaning a horse, feeding a horse, guiding a horse, physiology and needs of a horse). In the second part, children learn, in the form of games and quizzes, something about the social environment of the horse world. For example, the length of the horse’s life, the number of teeth, the mare’s pregnancy, the horse’s development, the relation of the horse and the rider. Understanding the structure and personality of the horse is the basis for the long-term harmonic relation. Of course, the same also applies to interpersonal relations, and just this is the target of the second third. The last third is focused on riding horses. In this phase, the horse is not only an animal for children any more on which they will ride, but a friend accompanying them. The first ride provides strong emotional experience. Shining eyes, smiles, sometimes also slight respect, but always some experience. Also from the perspective of simple psychological description it is certain that already the size of the horse and the possibility to ride and control an animal weighing half a tone provides the idea as well as the feeling of power. The fact that the horse is reserved towards humans and does not try to win their favour by force encourages the child’s activity. On the other hand, the horse reacts defensively to inadequate stimulations, whereby it is a source of corrective experience without being suspected of vindictiveness or malicious intent. These characteristics of the horse support motivation, self-confidence and activities of children. The horse is the individuality in itself, it is a sensitive creature reflecting changes in emotions of children. Hereby the horse influences and regulates the child’s behaviour and affectivity with the feedback. Then the child learns, in a consequence of unambiguousness of the horse’s reactions, natural consequences of his or her behaviour without feeling to be punished.
In 2008, we established cooperation with the Primary School Neveklov and after conducting the programme gradually for all classes of the first level we feel that it is enjoyed and brings real values for all parties involved, i.e. children, teachers, us. The project is a long-term project and we ourselves will actively search for state institutions which we will try to provide help to. If some tip from your environment crosses your mind after reading these lines, contact us at the address info@dressagestablepelikan.cz and we will together make other eyes of children shine.
We thank to the company Synottip supporting us in this project considerably.
MANOIR
DE
VŠETICE
Hanka and Tomáš
tel.: +420 602 376 018
e-mail: info@dspelikan.cz
Rural accommodation at our Manoir de Všetice
Comfort 4 stars, Suite apartment, Living area 45m2, Pets welcomed
For people who do not feel well in classic hotels located in the heart of tourist centres, but at the same time want to get to know well the country visited, culture, monuments and local inhabitants. Všetice is only 40 kilometres far away from the capital city, and so you can get to know this wonderful historical town in detail. You can be accommodated in a quiet and private place and at the same time take a look round one of the most beautiful places in Europe with preserved architecture and monuments whose origin goes back to the 10th century.
Manoir is a part of the yard dealing professionally with horse dressage. It is owned by Hanka and Tomáš Vášárys running the sports club DS (Dressage Stable) Pelikán here. The municipality of Všetice is situated nearly in the bosom of nature and it is a part of the Benešov upland with the boundaries of the rivers of Vltava and Sázava. In its neighbourhood, there are several interesting stately homes (for example, the former seat of Ferdinand d´Este Konopiště) and preserved ancient castles (for example, Český Šternberk). Some other places are also worth visiting: the Slapy dam (indoor swimming pools and relaxation centre), the natural museum „Zlaté baně“ in Jílové near Prague and, of course, we must not forget the capital city itself. Lovers of water sports can go by boat in some section of the river of Sázava.
Either you arrive for a weekend or week, certainly you will not be bored. We will be glad to advise you how to have an interesting stay and what is worth seeing in Prague or the Czech Republic. We will tailor-made the programme for you, exactly according to your ideas. You will make yourself understood with us in English and German. We will ensure a car for you, transport from the airport or also other services so that you feel comfortably and well with us.
Prices for suite apartment:
EUR 70/night
EUR 120/weekend (Friday through Sunday)
EUR 300/week
Apartment equipment:
2 rooms + bathroom, SAT TV, WIFI, fridge
Kitchen with all facilities for cooking, fireplace and piano is at disposal.
We are looking forward to your arrival. Our intention is so that you feel with us like at home.
