Spanish steps

Right now I practice much trick training with Giga. As I have said, I've much focus on rearing, which goes really well, I've tried twice to sit on her now while she does it. It's so awesome!

Today the horses got a day off, but I couldn't resist practicing some tricks on Giga. We are practicing Spanish Steps. It goes very well, however, she has a hard time getting her hind legs with her. She's very focused on making big beautiful steps with her front legs so she forgets the rest of the body. But it's okay, it will come :-D

So sorry

Sorry, I haven't been active here on the blog.

There has been a lot of drama at the stable after the farm owner got two completely crazy horses to the stable. One was a Frederiksborg horse the size of a freaking tower! It was new neuterd and had never been on a field with other horses, and the owner had never owned a horse before, she seemed sweet but very insecure - SUPER, to take such a horse in to a farm, especially now that the mares on the farm is going in the same herd with the geldings. Which isn't generally a problem, but if you have a gelding that still thinks it's a stallion, it's bad business

The other horse was a Fjord horse mare, which had gone without human contact in 3 years. It almost killed me when I was trying to give its muzzle and halter on. The horse had laminitis and should have a muzzle on - damn smart when you know that all the stables' horses is going on huge field with knee high grass!


The Fjord horse created trouble in the sense it was not easy to handle, but with the herd it was all good. Victor was totally in love with her. BUT the giant Frederiksborg was a nightmare. As predicted, it didn't have natural horses languages ​​and was still very like a stallion. This means ALL horses got beat up, which in sense of big wounds and sore muscles. Even Giga has gotten problems with her lower back after that crazy horse. She constantly had to kick it away.

With all this said, I have nothing against the girls who own the horses. I just think it's very irresponsible that neither the owner of the farm had asked thoroughly enough into the new horses and the owners had not informed enough regarding their horses. It is a shame for all parties. And we've now got a lot unnecessary damage to the horse and the fence had to be made many times. So that's why I have been a bit distracted...

Happy Giga

I had such a nice day with my boyfriend. Giga absolutely loves him, it's so fun to see her.

She comes running everytime she sees him! I may think his delicious bread plays a small role in her excitement.

More pictures from KMM

I spent my day off today at CPH medieval market. Unfortunately, it was really bad weather, so there was not much activity with the horses. I managed to see Lopes and the others ride a little, but it was not much. All seemed tired incl. the horses, so I think people became even more sluggish due to the weather, which is fully understandable. It was fun to see Victor in action, he was actually quite good today. I am still very impressed and I'm certainly motivated to continue in the same style.

CPH Medieval Market!

Today I went to Copenhagen medieval market (KMM) with Sille who's riding Giga for me some days in the week. It was a great experince. Victor is soooo cool. Peter has trained my horse really good! I got a bit Star Strucked by Mishaël Abia Lopes Cardozo, I blused a lot when Peter threw me up behind him, I'm so shy. But it was just such a great day, I'm kind of out of words xD

Deep red color

Look at my new saddle blanket for Giga. I'm in love with this deep red color, it suits her. Now I'm just waiting on my new saddle so I no longer have to ride in this ugly old one. 

I have ordered a Spanish / academic saddle. And I'm looking forward to getting it soon!

The TREC Team

Here's my cool TREC girls. The picture is from the TREC event last sunday.

So pretty horses <3

Trick Training

Right now I have a lot of focus on the trick, rearing. Giga is really good from the ground, she carries herself well, we're pretty damn close to the levade.
However, I'm fighting much with teaching her to rear when I sit on her. She refuses and is really angry when I ask her about it. I have been told by many that the reason she refuses is because she's afraid to risk anything happens to me.
She protects me a lot and have never really tried to throw me of or do me any harm, so the trick is not natural for her.

But I hope that Peter can help us in the future when he has time :-)

Victor is now a TV Star!

It's way too fun. Victor was in the news today. He got really long TV time. The man who rides him is obviously a well-known actor who has been in Game Of Thrones and has been featured in many other knight inspirations movies.

I was kind of star strucked and wildly impressed with how calm Victor was. It's as if he has always has done, like everyday.

See the clip here:
http://www.tv2lorry.dk/arkiv/2015/05/22?video_id=103470

The man standing beside of Victor, is Peter whom trained Victor and cured his muscle injury.

Victor is on the road again

Victor is on the road again....
As half agreed, I had promised Peter that if he lacked horses to KMM (Copenhagen medieval market), he could borrow Victor, especially now that he has helped him so much on the right track regarding his muscle injury.
And Peter stood suddenly and lacked horses, so Victor was picked up today, and will now experience a lot of fun the next 4 days. I'm just glad that others can get some benefit from him now that I don't really have the time or the money for all the fun :-)

I'm looking forward to drop by Sunday and see what my little knight horse can do!



Head over to their website here:
http://kmm.dk/

Pictures from the TREC event

Some pictures from the TREC event.

R.I.P. my little angel :'(

Today when I came home from work I had received an e-mail from the family who bought Baltazar. When I saw the mail in my inbox, I was so delighted,  I thought that they probably had sent me some cute pictures of him. However, it wasn't the case at all.

I got some news beyond my wildest imagination!
The owner wrote that they had to put Baltazar down yesterday due volvulus. They wrote that they didn't understand it because he was a very healthy and happy pony, even the vet couldn't give them an explanation.

I'm deeply heartbroken! It's still quite surreal for me. Although I had sold him, rarely a day went by without me thinking about him and now he's gone, his beautiful and unique soul has left this earth.
It makes me so sad, and I've almost cried continuously since I read the mail.
I can't help but think that I never should have sold him, but as many of my friends say, neither I nor his current owners could do anything. It comes so suddenly and one can rarely save the horse, unless you have the opportunity to operate the horse immediately.

It's safe to say that I have lost the most good-natured, friendly, cute, unique, cheeky and always happy pony. There will never be a pony like him and it hurts me so much that he at the age of only 13 years had to leave this earth. I had an idea that he certainly would live until he was 40 years, but fate wanted him something else.

He has taught so many children to ride and many who have never had an interest in horses has got it because of him. He has been the cause of countless smiles and laughs through time, all who met him loved him, even all the horses, dogs and cats, and he loved them all back as much.
In all the time I've had him, he has been nicknamed, King Baltazar , many have said it before I mentioned it.

He carried an aura that made him very majestic, he loved to stand on the highest hill and look out on "his" herd. His confidence was as large as the tallest Shire. I'll try to remind myself of all the good memories he has given me and many others. I think it gives me peace of mind that despite a tough start in life, he had many good years with me, and 1.5 at his new family. He has been loved to his last day and is still loved by many.

18.05.2015
R.I.P. my little angel, I'll never forget you<3

The TREC event

The TREC event went very well yesterday, despite what little I had trained with Giga, I'm simply so happy and proud of her. The first two parts, i.e., orientation ride and control of gaits went really good. It was mostly the last part with all the obstacles that didn't go so well. Among other things, to open a gate and to jump over a hedge (which btw. was not a hedge but a fence with two branches on), didn't really go that well. I couldn't get close to the gate, because she was not interested in standing still and she ran around the hedge!

However, I got many points for my style, which is mainly my horsemanship, which is pretty nice.

I have not yet received photos from the event, but I opload as soon as I get some.

What is TREC?

TREC is a fun and challenging activity for all riders and horses who enjoy riding in the nature. TREC is a test between horse and ride in how to communicate and collaborate well as a team.
It offers horseback riding in a varied terrain with natural obstacles and passages.



TREC consists of three tasks:

- The first task is a orientation ride, where the riders get a route marked in a certain speed. It's not about riding fast, but finding a ideal time to get past the finish line.

- The second task is the control of gaits. Here, one obtains the most points, you have to show a slow controlled canter (trot or tölt is also an option) and a forward energetically walk.  Here it is important to keep the horse at a steady pace.

- The third is a terrain ride with small manageable natural obstacles. The obstacles can be natural or constructed. Obstacles may include a jump over a log, open a door, riding up and down hills and so on. It's a bit similar to Western Trail, just more biased at what you encounter in the nature.


Each sample is evaluated by a judge.

Exciting day tomorrow!

It's tomorrow we're going to the TREC event. I have absolutely no high expectations when I literally haven't been practicing. I've had so many late days at work, so my energy has not been available to a lot of training with Giga. But I take the event as an experience and more a pleasant day in the company of my friends and many other great people and their horses.

However, I of course hope Giga behave exemplary. I'm looking forward to tomorrow, although I'm quite destroyed after a long weekend of hard work.

A very naked horse

After work, I threw myself into a big project - That was, to cut Gigas ENTIRE body. She needs to look nice on Sunday, at the TREC event. Plus she sweats a lot with that long coat she had.

It took about 1.5 hours. And now I have a very naked but beautiful and very clean horse. Fortunately, Giga is very easy to cut, she stands still and enjoys it despite the noise.

Go Away Spray

I purchased a product which, according the danish Irish Cob society should be a wonder product against sweet itch, lice, mites and many other things. Especially Giga is often affected by sweet itch. I have struggled with it since I got her and I've almost tried all various products the veterinarians have recommended.

But now I'll try this spray. It's been talked a lot about on various social medias. It's called "Försvinn Spray", (Go away spray) and it's a natural product , which of course is just even better!

I'm lookingforward to see if it works. Many apparently has great success with it.



Here is the link to their website: http://www.skogsapoteket.se/forsvinn-spray-p-20.html
I can recommend it so far in terms of price and customer service. I ordered it late one night and received it about 1.5 days after despite it being sent to Denmark from Sweden. And the price is extremely affordable.

The gate to Paradise is open

Almost literally has the gate to the horses' paradise opened. From now on is the gate to the huge summer pasture open. I always love to look at them the first day. They are simply so excited and eager, they can't stand still, it's almost like they don't know where to start.

TREC Training

Right now I use all my time to train up to TREC tournament next Sunday. It's going okay but Giga and I are quite rusty.

What I absolutely love about Giga is that she actually always does her best and I can always convince her, despite the things I command her to do can be frightening. However, she has a tendency to lose her temper, if she does not understand what I want her to do. She has trouble understanding the logic of that I sit on her back and have to open the fence.

I think the thread scares her a little as she probably thinks it's a electric fence. However, after many attempts I convinced her, and when she first understood what she had to do AND that she should take small and calm steps, it went actually quite good.







I look forward to Sunday, it could be a little fun if we were well placed. But I do it mostly for the fun of it. It's a pleasant arrangement, and two of my friends also participates.

Fridays like this...

Fridays like this makes me so happy. 

Spring is on its way and the sun warms delightfully at the moment. 

Today my boyfriend actually suggested that we should go for a ride. He is so brave, the last time he rode was last summer. But he has much confidence in my horses and have spent much time in the stable with me. He's just every horse-girl's dream. He has learned much in 1.5 years I have known him, and I actually think his interest is sincere.

We spent many hours today at the horses. First we let them eat grass while we laid there looking up at the blue sky, and after an hour in the fresh air, we muck the boxes and then we took off on a little trip.

Got my boy back!

Last Wednesday I went to Rønnede with my friend and helper Kristina, to go get Victor back home. I've missed Victor terribly much, but I knew Peter would take good care of him.

Victor has become a completely different horse. Not only has Peter virtually cured his muscle injury, he has also helped Victor mentally. He's gotten a tremendous confident and he berries himself as a stallion. He has a confidence that makes him no longer a little unsure sissy, but now he berries me with pride and strength that comes from deep inside.

I'm just so impressed and grateful for the help I've gotten! Peter is a very unique trainer and weighs his training much in that it should be fun and enjoyable for the horse. He is a trainer that gives the horses time and peace to develop. And then he just has a very special ability to understand Irish Cobs. Irish Cobs/Gypsy Vanners is a very special breed and often a breed that's difficult to train, especially those that comes wild from Ireland. But once you know how to handle them you get without a doubt the best horses.


I handed over a rather broken horse, which tended to be very lazy and unwilling, and has been given a fresh, happy and very willing to work horse home. I am so happy to see this development and I will do everything to carry it on.