Maya Wächter, the winner of team and individual test gold at the 2025 European Pony Championships, has reached junior rider's age and obtained a new horse.
The Wächter family has acquired Fides, an 8-year old Westfalian mare by Furstenball out of Sternstunde (by Sir Donnerhall x Rosenkönig). She is bred by Bernhard Faltmann-Asuterschulte.
Bundeschampionate Silver
The mare was first competed as a 4-year old by Thomas Stahl in the spring of 2022. He also lightly showed her in 2023 at A-level.
As of 2024 Claire-Louise Averkorn was in charge of the training and competing of Fides. They made their debut in Coesfeld-Lette in June 2024 at L-level and did two more shows from there. Their first real year in the spotlight was in 2025 when Fides moved up to L-level and showed at no less than 10 competitions to qualify for the Bundeschampionate.
In Warendorf, the duo won the silver medal in the 7-year old division after placing second in the warm-up round (80.207%) and second in the Finals (80.342%)
Maya Wächter
Fides has been sold to Tilmann Wächter, father of Maya.
The 16-year old Maya Wächter just concluded a very successful career on ponies with Hof Kasselmann's Nasdaq. The pair was second in the 2025 Preis der Besten, competed at CDI's in St. Margarethen and Hagen and represented Germany at the 2025 European Pony Championships in Le Mans, where they won team and individual gold as well as Kur bronze. They were sixth at the 2025 German Pony Championships. At their last show, the CDI Ornago, at the end of September they scored a triple victory. Maya also competed her second pony, Melli's Glückskeks, successfully in Germany.
Wächter trains with Nadine Dieterle.
Photo © Stefan Lafrentz
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