Holland’s top jumping rider Piet Raijmakers officially retires from international competition during the international horse event Indoor Brabant (25-28 March 2010). The farewell will take place during the Rolex FEI World Cup presented by BMC. Indoor Brabant president Gerrit Jan Swinkels predicts "that it promises to be a real Brabant-worthy party!"
Piet Raijmakers can look back at a very successful international jumping career. His first big success was in 1991 with his world famous horse Ratina Z during the European Championships in La Baule, France, where they won gold with the Dutch jumping team and just missed out on the individual medals when finishing fourth. 1992 was a top year: Olympic team gold and individual silver with Ratina Z. In 2006 he won team gold with Van Schijndel’s Curtis at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen. He was National Champion in 1980 and 1996. Piet rides for Van Schijndel Bouwgroep. He is married to Dorry and has two sons: Joep and Piet Jr. Junior is also jumping successfully on international level.