Visits, Shows and Sun!

The end of July and Beginning of August has

been packed with many adventures. My mother Dagmar Fortmuller and my two littlest siblings (Jade and Ross) flew over for two weeks for an action packed visit.

Here is a group picture of my mother, my Uncle and Aunt, my grandfather and all the kids (I still count myself as a kid :-) ! 

While my mom was here Orion, Blitz and I made the trip down to Dresden with Heike and two of her GP horses for the Dresden Grand Prix held on July 30 to August 1. 

 Orion and I did the the Int. 11, the short GP and the GP.  scores were an average of 65%, I made some little mistakes here and there, but this was only my second show running through the whole GP and I am now slowly starting to relax, breath and let my knees down now in the ring and am getting used to the extreme pressure and high expectations of the GP test. I am so very thankful for Orion, he has really become my buddy and I am just having so much fun learning and improving with him. I promise to add a link of Orion and I dancing through our Grand Prix test.

Here are some pictures of Blitz and I performing the PSG and the Int.1 in Dresden. Over this last month Blitz has made some significant leaps forward in his training and as a result Blitz is now developing the balance and strength required to be competitive in the ring, I am so proud of him :-)

I also had had the oppurtunity to watch the 2010 Young Horse World Championships last weekend in Verden- this was a true highlight to see such talented young horses in action. 

This weekend I took advantage of my Sunday off and drove down to Münster and watched the 2010 German National Championships. Which was extremely inspiring because not only did one of Germany's top Dressage riders and their horses perform one beautiful freestyle after another, but today was also the determining performance for the selection of the German team for the 2010 WEG, which will be held this September in Kentucky.

Next weekend is off to another GP in Göttingen which I am very excited about, updates and details soon to come! 

I hope that the summer is treating everyone well, 

Miss you all!