... – not in the saddle, but at the microphone as a laudator.
My former apprentice and rider Laura Strobel, who now rides for Sissy Max-Theurer's Vorwerk Stud, has earned the Golden Riding Badge - and had wanted me to do the honours at the Trakehner Stallion Market in Neumünster. A task that I was very happy to fulfil.
After all, it is something very, very special - and of course it makes me very proud when my students achieve such extraordinary successes. Already during her time with me at St. Stephan Stud, Laura was successful in the Piaff-Förderpreis at Grand Prix level - and now she has continued this success with the Vorwerk stallion Valparaiso and the Hämelschenburg stallion TSF High Motion. Congratulations, Laura!