Dressage event

Yesterday I visited my brother. He lives about 40 minutes from me. I went up and saw his daughter - my niece, riding a dressage event on her pretty little pony.

She did so well, I'm so proud of her. She has come a long way. My brother is a rider, so she gets the proper education.

She thought she did poorly, but she won the class with 74%. Not bad ... I knew she would win ;-)

Another fantastic day

I have had another fantastic day. Giga is just the sweetest and calmest horse at the moment. I wonder whether the new food already works? But in any case she's really nice to be around. Today we trained a little improvement of her bad shape, she sweats rapidly and can't hold a pace for so long. We trained a lot of trot in different tempos. And we trained on the Spanish steps. She can now lift her legs when I sit on her :-)

Glorious day

What a glorious day. I've just had one of those days where everything just goes well and as it should - it happens very seldom in my life, not to say almost never. But I went up to Giga after work. She was really tense at the grooming area, so I took my whip and made ​​some stop and go exercises and after 5 minutes she stood still. I must say that Andrew McLean's methods is pretty effective. After that everything went really well. She was fantastic to ride and for the first we completed an entire outdoor arena with Spanish steps. Good girl.

If only I had Victor and Baltazar with me. I miss them so bad!



BTW. don't ride in tight jeans!

700 horses moving

If you have ever wondered what a herd of 700 horses looks like moving here it is! Unedited video footage of the Sombrero horses as they go through Maybell. Taken during the EPN Sombrero workshop, on a Canon 5d. Running 3 minutes, it is a LOT of horses!

---->  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbo8GDMsIz4

Luxury stable

Come on, how beautiful is this, right? Here I'd like to sleep!

This is what I call a luxury stable...

Eagle hunter

~ Bayin Olgyi, a Kazakh eagle hunter~

A really good day

Today has been a really good day, although I just have been really sick. But I thought it should not stop me from training my boys in the good weather. I drove a long trip with Baltazar in the woods. Once again we enjoyed it so much. He loves getting out and seeing "the world" with me. He's just so sweet!

I rode Victor on the outdoor arena without  saddle. It's wonderful to ride bareback on a horse that is so calm. As I wrote yesterday it is nice to feel 110% safe, I'll always be a little nervous on Gigas back because of her temperament. All my horses have good and bad sides and it has its charm!