Who Is M.E.S. Horses?
M.E.S. Horses was founded in 2004 by partners Jonathan Murray and Iris Rathmaier.
The company is focused on providing a high quality, ethical and tailored service to
anyone looking for the highest quality horses for the showjumping sport.
Iris' passion for showjumping started at the age of nine at home in Dornbirn, Austria where she
had a successful junior career. She has extensive experience in horse management, including a period managing a
horse stud in Austria. Iris moved to Switzerland in 2001 to take a job as a flight attendant with Swiss Air.
She travelled the world for three years and met her partner Jonathan on one of these trips.
In 2004 she gave up flying to focus full time on her showjumping career and to manage the M.E.S. Horses business.
She has been competing internationally and with a National license in Switzerland for the last three years.
Jonathan has a full time career as an executive with a leading software company. Although his role entails extensive
international travel he is fully engaged in the business when at home. His key roles include; technical support,
official photographer and coach at competitions.