Pure chaos!

Whew, it's not easy to give a bunch of hungry horses food! Today it was my turn to drive hay out to all the horses at the Flower Farm. And they are just so hungry. They are used to have access to hay 24/7. Because of all the rain there's now very much mud at their feeding place . So now we are driving food out to them 2 times at day, so we avoid all the mud. However, they are really hungry now, it's a bit crazy to go from food 24/7 to 2 times at day... I and many others are not satisfied... But peace be with that. I don't dwell on our long discussion.

Darkness, mud and many hungry horses are not a good mix, I'll tell you that! I was driving out with a small tractor and there was just SO muddy, so it slid around, I had absolutely no control of it. And it's not smart when some of the horses has no respect for the tractor. I was really close to run multiple horses down. I can promise you that my heart was sitting up in my throat several times. However, it seemed like the horses was amused. They jumped and galloped around me. They were probably just happy to see the food. Thankfully it ended well. All the horses were alive and they got their food :-)

Christmas "wish list"

My christmas "wish list" this year is very long. There's simply so many things I want. When you have no money, the list quickly gets quite long!

But here's some of my wishes

And if anyone is in doubt, it's the equipment I want, the horses are probably out of my budget...

Today's Quote

"The difference between the show-horse and the school-horse is that the show-horse remembers the exercise the school-horse understands the aid."

~ Bent Branderup

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend.

My've been pretty hectic. I had to drive to Jutland and get our horse trailer that had been "stolen" by the old owner. It's a very long history. But now it's back at home and ready to move the horses on the 30/11.

In addition, I still may not ride or do anything active (because of my knee). But I rode Giga yesterday, stupid I know.. I can feel that Giga she thought it was a little odd to have such a stiff legged girl up on her back, so she was quite angry and a little confused. However, I have two lovely ladies that look after my horses and it's just really nice especially now that I don't have the energy to train them seriously.

"The Big Horse Day"

In Denmark we have here on Zealand each year (in August), something we call "The Big Horse Day". It's a big horse event where horses are judged, there are shows, competitions and more. In addition, there are lots of small stalls selling horse equipment, food, fur/skin care, etc. This year I was there with my school and I was helping with getting some of the school horses ready. Two of the school horses were rated best in their breed and got on with the day's horse. Of course a Friesian won!

It was hard to get up at 4 am to take care of horses and first get the day off at  6 pm. But it was all worth it. I met a lot of lovely people and horses.


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The schools icelandic horse

The schools Pinto

I think the result of my pictures tell all about the horses I love the most, or what do you think ;-)

Today's inspiration

What a balance. I find a lot of inspiration from many different riders. This girl is just so cool. I wish I could do that on Giga or Victor! Unfortunately I don't have the best balance, but I might learn it one day, who knows ;-)

Here's two videos of her and the horse: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jBjg717TJc&list=UU6EbB5q1T13B4B99pIJSayw&index=3&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkK29D6NHQQ


What inspires you?

Accepting each other?

Why is it so difficult in the equine world to accept each other? I think it's one of those sports with most hatred and jealousy involved, or it's at least my experience. Why is it so hard to accept we not all are alike? It's so broad a sport with many niche so you can't expect everyone to agree but you should still have a mutual respect for each other. Or am I wrong?

It may well be I am very much in favor of bitless riding but I still accept all those who ride their horses with a bit in their mouth. As long as the horse is treated and ridden properly, it shouldn't be a problem.

Think how much we actually could achieve without all that hatred? I think it stops many on their way up. I often sit and think to myself  if this industry is for me. I hate so much the drama and jealousy but it will probably never change. But think twice before you talk bad about other riders, or something similar. Remember to look inwards nobody is perfect and we should all respect each other :-)