KL Performance Horses is well known in the Eu-ropean reining community. It is run by ChuckKlipfel and Sabine Lisec and is located in Steyr,Austria. Klipfel, originally from Texas moved toAustria in 2005 and founded KL PerformanceHorses with his Austrian wife Sabine Lisec.

KL Performance Horses is a full-service reiningfacility offering training, showing, breeding, salesand non pro coaching.

The facility lies in green and calm surround-ings—a perfect place for breeding, raising andtraining horses. It offers an indoor arena, a bigoutside riding ring, stallion stalls and more than30 stalls for their own horses, training horses andpermanent customer horses.

FAMILYThe Klipfel/Lisec family (the part that is involvedin the sport of Reining) is made up of Chuck—an NRHA Professional and non pro coach andSabine who oversees the office and facility man-agement and their daughter Anna, who is only 19 years old and very successful in non pro com-

petition all around Europe. Apart from the horses, Chuck’s second big pas-

sion is cooking. He likes to cook for friends anddoesn’t mind staying in the kitchen for hours (oreven days).

WORK & GOALThe family works together closely with NRHA Mil-lion Dollar Rider Bernard Fonck and his wife AnnFonck, both NRHA World Champions, and NRHAMillion Dollar Rider and past NRHA World Cham-pion Cody Sapergia.

Their common goal is to support the sport ofReining in Europe. Klipfel and Lisec sponsor thebiggest European NRHA events like the NRHA Eu-ropean Futurity, the NRHA European Derby, theNRHA German Breeders Futurity and many more.They want the sport to be clean and support the

Their common goal is to support the sport of Reining in Europe.

KL PERFORMANCEHORSES

F R O M O U R C O R P O R A T E P A R T N E R S

Apart from the big

shows they also want

to make it possible for

young riders in Austria

and Germany to learn

horsemanship, improve

their skills and get

better with their

horses.

Cody Sapergia rode Klipfeland Lisec’s Made In Walla tothe NRHA European FuturityLevel 4 Open championship.

Anna Lisec

NRHA European Region's Medication Policy.Apart from the big shows they also want to make it possible for

young riders in Austria and Germany to learn horsemanship, improvetheir skills and get better with their horses. So they started the cam-paign “Youth for the Future” in cooperation with the Austrian QuarterHorse Association. There are many clinics where young riders canlearn from the best horsemen and women.

Chuck and Sabine supervised the Young Rider Team at the 2015FEI European Championship at the CS Ranch in Givrins/Switzerland.With Klipfel training and preparing the young riders the team haswon the Bronze Medal the last three years.

In 2015, KL Performance Horses became an NRHA Corporate Partner.

STALLIONSTwo great stallions belong to the “KL Performance Horses—horsefamily”: Tari Whizin and Start A Revolution.

Tari Whizin is a 2009 sorrel stallion by NRHA Ten Million DollarSire Topsail Whiz out of Tari Badgekin (Doc Tari). He was shown byCody Sapergia who liked his great maneu-vers and his cool demeanor in the showpen. His most remarkable achievementsinclude: 2012 French Futurity Snaffle BitHackamore 3-year-old Level (L) 4 OpenChampion title, 2013 ARHA Western StarAustrian Futurity L4 Open Champion,Breeders Futurity L4 Open Champion,2013/2014 NRHA European Derby finalist,and much more.

Start A Revolution is a 2010 beautifuland very athletic black stallion by NRHAMillion Dollar sire Einsteins Revolution outof Plenty Of Rest (Custom Crome). His showrecord includes: 2013 NRHA European Pre-futurity L4 Open Champion, 2013 WesternStar Austrian Futurity L4 Open Champion, 2014 NRHA European Fu-turity L3 Open Reserve Champion and much more. His NRHA Life-time Earnings (LTE) total more than $34,000. He is now in trainingwith Bernard Fonck who will show him in the 2016 show season.

Bookings to both stallions are welcome any time.

SUCCESSNineteen-year-old Anna Lisec had an unbelievable first full show sea-son in 2015. Anna has been interested in horses since her childhoodand was taught by her father on the family-owned horses. In 2014she decided to do an NRHA apprenticeship and worked with severaltrainers to learn and improve. Although the talented young lady wassuccessful in the open classes (e.g. 2014 NRHA/IRHA Futurity L1-4Open finalist with This Wimps So Fly), she decided to remain a nonpro, which may be her best decision ever. Anna had a more than

successful 2015 with her horses: This Wimps So Fly (2010 gelding byWimpys Little Step), Gotalotta Cash (2012 mare by Big Chex To Cash)and Whizable (2005 mare by Topsail Whiz).

Her achievements in the 2015 show season included:• With This Wimps So Fly: NRHA European Derby L1-L4 Non Pro

Champion (score 219), Arcese NRHA Novice Horse Non ProChampion, NRHA High Class Reining Maturity Non Pro L3 & L1Champion and 3rd place in L4 (219.5), NRHA/IRHA Non ProDerby go round leader in all four levels (217) ending up 6th inL3 and L4, Arcese NRHA Novice Horse Non Pro Champion at theNRHA European Futurity

• With Gotalotta Cash: NRHA/IRHA Futurity Non Pro ReserveChampion in all four levels, NRHA Pre Futurity Non Pro Cham-pion Levels 2 and 4

• With Whizable: Bronze Team Medal at the FEI European Cham-pionship for Young Riders, NRHA Non Pro Reserve Champion atthe NRHA/IRHA Derby

With these successes Anna made it to the2015 NRHA Top 20 Non Pro list with earn-ings of more than $36,000. Furthermore,she was on the cover of the November edi-tion of the NRHA Reiner.

This year she will ride Sho Nuff Spook (bySmart Spook) and Gotalotta Cash in the fu-turities and This Wimps So Fly in the matu-rity and derby divisions.

At home she is responsible for all thefamily-owned horses. She starts and trainsthe young horses, prepares the older onesfor the shows and keeps them fit and ingood condition. Gotalotta Cash was the firsthorse that she started on her own. Annadid a really good job on this horse so every-

body is looking forward to her work in the future.Apart from Anna having a great show season it also was THE year

of Made In Walla with Cody Sapergia in the saddle. “Woody” is a 2011gelding by Walla Walla Whiz out of Hollywood Made (by HollywoodDun It) and was bred by Ambrosini Quarter Horses. Sabine and Chuckbought him as a 3 year old in Italy and brought him to Cody Sapergia.The team was 2015 NRHA European Futurity L4 Open Champion,2015 NRHA Breeders Futurity L4 Open Bit Champion with a 224 afterwinning both go rounds and NRHA High Class Reining Open Stakes'Reserve Champion.

Because of these great successes—thanks to the riders and es-pecially to the horses—Sabine made it to the 2015 NRHA Top 20Owners list.

For more information on KL Performance Horses please visit:www.kl-performancehorses.com or facebook.com/Klipfel.Lisec. ✦

Chuck Klipfeland Sabine Lisec