Marcus started riding at the age of seven and at the age of sixteen Marcus changed from riding ponies to adult horses. During this time Orchidee, Opium and Talan were his most important horses. With these three horses, Marcus won the Gold Medal in the European Championships four times in the five year period of his junior and young rider time.

Especially with his horse Opium he won over 40 classes, amongst them the “Preis der Nationen” as well as the Grand Prix in Warsaw.

Marcus achieved his first adult international show successes with the horses “Costa”, “Antares” and the above mentioned “Opium”.

With the arrival of “For Pleasure” at the Ehning’s barn close to Christmas in 1998, the real success story started.

Plot Blue, Cornado NRW, Singular LS La Silla, Comme Il Faut and Sabrina belong to Marcus’ top level horses.

Besides the top horses, Marcus also trains a set of promising young horses. Up to 10 horses are trained by him on a daily basis.