Alexandra Dannennman
Lead Trainer and Instructor
Alex Dannenman is our Lead Trainer and Instructor and has a pivotal role in the development of our business. She supports our nationally recognized training and educational programs. She accepted a valuable role in Germany in 2023 as the Trainer and Manager of the international subsidiary of our business. Alex has helped us gain a respected role in the international Icelandic community in both competition and breeding. She is training our two stallions, Spaði frá Stuðlum and Boði frá Breiðholti, and our mare, Ára frá Langhólti, and presenting them at the highest levels of competition internationally. With her help we have competed at the German National Championships and the World Championships. She has also actively promoted breeding with our two stallions and successfully built their reputations in Europe. This is an excellent foundation for us to bring these horses to the United States to add to our breeding program in the next few years.
Alex was recently chosen to represent the United States and Lettleiki Icelandics on the USIHC National Team. She is an integral part of our team and has helped build our skills and grow our business. As she balances her time between Germany and Kentucky, we appreciate her commitment to Lettleiki Icelandics.
Alex began her career with Icelandic horses in 1997 in her birth country of Germany. Before she moved with her family to the United States she competed with many different horses at various levels and achieved wins and placings at high level competitions in Germany and France. She competed and placed at the highest levels in Five Gait and Four Gait, including participation in the German Championships.
Having attained the IPZV Trainer B level in 2012, Alex moved on to accomplish her dream of becoming an International FEIF Judge. One of her greatest accomplishments was her success in the FEIF International Judges test in 2015, which she needed to pass in order to become a US National Judge. She achieved the highest score of all the candidates including highly experienced judges taking the test on the international judge level. It was an even greater accomplishment to pass the same test again in 2016 in Iceland for the international license. She was one of 3 people out of 30 who passed the test. Becoming an International FEIF Judge in such a short period of time has never happened before.
In 2017, Alex was nominated for the FEIF award of “Trainer/Instructor of the Year.” Despite strong competition from other countries, she won the award.
To find out more about her please visit https://www.alexdannenmann.com/
