New Home

The fabulous four and I have been in our new home in Walle at Heike Kemmer's barn "Amselhof Walle" for almost a week now and we are just absolutely loving it!  The facility is wonderfully versatile and huge! Along with the large stalls deep bedding and "Canadian" quality ;-) hay. There is a gorgeous 20x60 indoor lined with mirrors, a indoor and out door lunging ring and my absolute favourite: a 30x70 out door ring surrounded by a race track!! I think all four horses must think they've landed in heaven! There are also beautiful paddocks that the boys will get to play in once the weather gets better. Below is a picture of the outdoor ring and the surrounding race track:

This is currently Zeph and Anited's favorite view:

And the great thing is that the footing is so super that we can tear around this track at top speed and I don't even have a single doubt in my mind that my horse might slip out or lose their footing. I'll try and get an action shot next of one of the boys and I "playing" out here. Below is a picture of the indoor ring, which is also great to work in, the mirrors make you feel like your in a ballet studio.

It has also been very inspiring watching Heike Kemmer in her daily work, she is so creative in all angles of her program. Every detail including the feed management, work routine, training program, farrier and a the list goes on, Heike makes sure that each aspect is helping the horse as well as rider be the best athlete they can be.
The last two days Herr Meyners (the seat Guru who invented the "Balimo") did 1 hour seat sessions with each of the riders at the barn. I was so impressed with how much Herr Meyners was able to help me with my balance gave me some very important insight to how to become a much more efficient rider.
I also had my first training session with Leonie at the new barn, and it worked great. Leonie knows all of the four boys so well we were able to get right back into our natural training rhythm. In between my lessons, Heike also rode a couple of her horses with Leonie and it was so interesting to be able to watch how Leonie and Heike work together. Overall I am very very happy with my move and all four boys are  extremely content in their new home.
Some further very exciting news, Heike has given me permission to have a dog in the new apartment and in the barn, which means Lecoya is also making the big move to Germany!! I am really looking forward to having my shadow at my side again :-)

My first official show will be on March 21 in Wolfsburg with Blitz. I will do my best to get some action shots and maybe a video to post.

Hopefully everyone's spring is off to a good and warm start!!