Polishing my boots

There's nothing new regarding the horses, they are well and they got their food :-) I didn't have time to ride them today.

Right now I'm sitting in my living room and polishing my boots. I'm just so happy for these boots, yesterday you couldn't see the logo on it because of all the mud! So I got busy with cleaning them. My equipment should always be in top condition otherwise I get some minor "abstinences", I hate when things doesn't look nice :-)

I'm speechless! :-(

I'm speechless. I found this photo on Facebook with this text:

Beautiful horse, he is waiting for a show no doubt, and his head collected helps build muscles in his neck makes him carry himself from his hind end which makes him less likely to injure himself , also helps stretch the back muscles. I bet they has it like that just long enough for the picture. If he really had a problem with it he could rip the reins apart.

You have to be an idiot if you can't see nothing's wrong in this picture! And you have to be an even bigger idiot if you think that a forced position has any beneficial of building muscles correct. I'm still surprised at how many naive and ignorant people lives in this world. It just shows that science hasn't yet made a breake trough regarding training of horses.

If I quickly analyze this pictures I can see that the horse is over bent in the neck and the head goes too far back. So I would call this a "mild" Rollkur. In addition the reins are very tightly tied to the saddle so it pulls the horse in it's mouth. As it stands tied here the back can't carry it self natural and I can almost assure you that the back certainly is swaying. And funny he says it can easily tear the reins in pieces. In this position the horse can't do nothing, as soon as he moves his head too much the reins will pull him hard in the mouth and with this sharp bit it's gonna hurt a lot. So if the horse starts to fight back he'll get his own strength right back straight in his mouth.

Now I'll let you judge the analysis of what appears most correct.

I can only say that I feel sorry for this beautiful horse. It deserves a better and wiser owner.

Beauty of the Day

That's what I call charm, confidence and nice hair!

Horse Quote

Sleep tight!

Sleep tight, now I'll go to bed after a minor exhausting day!

My day started very relaxed at the farm, But...

My day started very relaxed at the farm but ended up being a minor disaster.

Me and my friend went out on a real chill ride on the horses in the forest. We rode without saddles and bet, we're so cool ;-) It was a nice relaxing trip. We should do it more often and the horses enjoyed it so much!

When I came back to the farm I found out I had the day's gig with giving all the horses hay. Sigh, it's not exactly what you most want to do when the weather is a bit gray and dull and with mud up to your knees. Well, I was optimistic right until I found out that the mini tractor only had enough hay to the geldings!

Hmm yea okay, so I had to fight the tractor back agian through the mud and drive back to the farm and all alone load half bale of hay up into the tractor. It's VERY heavy, I'll tell you that!


I still hadn't lost courage. So I drove out to the mares and I had to really drive fast if I wanted to get through all the mud. And of course when I reach the middle of the hill a horse runs in front of the tractor, so I had to hit the brake which then leads to I'm stuck in the mud!

I struggle and struggle but I was just stuck the same place. Then I had to call the owner of the farm who then later came and pulled it up. So I had to throw 80 kg hay up on a hilltop in mud up to my knees! When I got home and looked at myself in the mirror, I thought that I had become a mud monster! My shoes, pants, jacket and face were filled with mud. So I have spent my whole evening washing all my clothes and boots. 

But I must say that the trip in the forest saved the day, without it, my day had probably been really bad...

Christmas fever

Normally I don't really look forward to Christmas, just only a bit. But this year has been quite different. I look forward to everything about Christmas this year, decorate, buy gifts, food, everything!

So I just found some beautiful pictures which can almost get everyone in the Christmas spirit.