Pia Fortmuller Contests CHIO Aachen

you're listening to an article from horse sport.com. pia fortmuller contests chio aachen by: equine canada |. pia fortmuller of priddis, ab, currently living and training in germany with her coach, olympic medalist heiki kemmer, contested among dressage’s international equestrian elite at the world equestrian festival, cdio5*/dci4*/dci-u25 chio aachen 2013, held june 21-30, in germany at the show grounds of the aachen-laurensberger rennverein (alrv). fortmuller and her partner orion, a 17- year-old dutch warmblood gelding sired by jazz, took on a field of world class athletes under the lights in saturday’s grand prix freestyle cdi4* test where their performance earned them a ninth place finish on a final score of 69.350%, bumping denmark’s duo, nathalie zu sayn-wittengenstien and fabienne (69.000%) down into the 10th place. in wednesday’s cdi4* grand prix test, fortmuller and orion took on 22 of their talented peers to finish 14th with final score of 67.340%. advertisement scroll to continue with content “it was an honor to be able to dance down the centerline with orion in aachen. it is such a magical competition because you really have to earn your invitation to be able to ride there. i was exceptionally proud of orion in his grand prix test because it was one of our best grand prix performances ever and to be able to perform a clean test in such an atmosphere was a true team achievement. our freestyle also had some great highlights but we unfortunately had a very expensive spook, as we were the first to go, and the strange looking tractor tread marks on the centerline really gave orion a scare. but overall i could not be happier with how the competition went, being able to compete successfully in aachen is a dream come true,” said fortmuller, the second reserve for the canadian team at the london 2012 olympic games.