Frequently Asked Questions

From April 3 – 5, 2025

If you want to know more about the Spring Games, please fill in the contact form via this link.

We will start our sale at September 6th, 2024

Yes, this is also possible. If you want to bring your partner to the Spring Games, we also have partner tickets for sale.

This ticket is for partner(s ) of our participants (Important: This ticket can’t be purchased for/by farriers, vets, trimmers). Ticket for 3 days: incl. 3x dinner, 2x lunch and 9 consumption coins (worth EUR 132,-). Visit the marketplace, watch the competition as well as a swinging evening programme on 3 days. Not for entering lectures or participate in competition. Cost €242,- incl 21% VAT.

We are forced to calculate the TAX on ticket sales, because the event takes places in The Netherlands. The government obliges us to pay TAX.

Notice: you can reclaim the TAX through your own government. Consult your own government for this matter.

Yes you can, but we cannot guarantee that at that moment there are still tickets available. To be sure you better can buy the tickets online before coming to the event.

Unfortunately not. We are very busy organizing the event at the site and therfor there is no time to do factory tours. We are more then happy to show you around any another time.

We will wear clothes with Werkman Spring Games Crew on it. You can ask us anything.

There are 3 classes: novice, intermediate and open.

The specimen/samples of the different classes will be known around November this year and then will be communicated to the participants.

We have 40 spots in novice, 40 in intermediate en 65 in the open class.

Jury 2025 OPEN CLASS:

• Vincent Lamaille
• Tobias Vilssen

Jury 2025 INTERMEDIATE / NOVICE CLASS:

• Daniel Bennett
• Andrea Ridolfo

Find out more about our judges via this link

Send us your details through the contact form and we will put you on the waiting list. You can send us your details via this link.

For information about stands on the tradeshow you can contact Geert Jan Staats by email.

4m2, 8m2 or 12m2 stands are available.

Yes, you can contact Geert Jan Staats by email.

That is possible, if you want give a demo or use of ovens on your stand you can  contact Geert Jan Staats by email

Jenny Hagen

FWCF Simon Moore

John Craig

Monique Craig

Simon Alt

Berni Prins

Florian Haefner

You can find the topics of the lectures and biography of the speakers here

The lectures will be in English. We will try to arrange translators to German and Dutch. If you want it translated in your own language, please contact us for the possiblities via this link. (you can bring your own interpretor).

You can take the train, buy a ticket to Groningen Central Station (find our more via this link), there you can take a taxi to the eventsite in Tolbert. Or you can rent a car. It is approx 2 hours drive to Tolbert from Amsterdam Schiphol (Airport), here are the directions.

By your own car.

Or with the shuttle bus which will drive from time to time to the hotel (mostly early in the morning and late at night). We will communicate the schedule on our website and at the event. If you have missed the bus, please call a taxi or ask your fellow farriers.

You can order a taxi by using one of the following contact details:

Taxi de Boer / Noordenveld

Phone: +31615231965
Website: www.taxinoordenveld.nl

Taxi Nuis

Phone: +31594549999
Website: www.taxi-nuis.nl

Ofcourse, please ask any of the Werkman crew or at the info desk. They will order a taxi for you.

We have different possibilties and arrangements with hotels, you can find the hotels and their telephone numbers via this link.

If you need help finding a hotel please contact us.

Yes, you can book your camping spot via this link.

Costs for breakfast are EUR 15,- per day/per person.
Power supply and breakfast payment arranged directly via the questrian centre.

Depends on the ticket you have bought, but a full conference or a full competition ticket is including lunch and dinner and access to all areas. Please read carefully on your ticket what you are entitled to.

What’s included: