Ilja van de Kasteele and Anna are the co-founders of Pferde verrückt, a German-language horse community and podcast they launched in 2015 from the Eifel region of Germany. Their work is rooted in a shared conviction that meaningful relationships with horses begin with trust, empathy, and understanding rather than control. Together they have built Pferde verrückt into both a media platform and a peer community — one that has resonated with a dedicated audience of equestrian enthusiasts across German-speaking Europe. Anna and Ilja bring to their work a deep personal commitment to natural horsemanship as a philosophy and a daily practice, and have created a gathering place for horse lovers who seek an alternative to conventional training methods.