Riding accident!

I was in a riding accident last Tuesday. That's why I havn't had time or energy to write on my blog.

I was out riding last Tuesday on a school horse. We had to walk them warm outside in the snow. I rode on good old LouLou. It all went fine until she slipped in the snow and looked like Bambi on slippery ice. She rolled down on the side and I laid under her. I got a blackout but I stayed on the her. I got a little bruised and I thought my knee was sprained so I've been to a lot of checks. But I'm okay now. I was just a little tired of my life last week!

What to look for in an Irish Cob

 

 

This is what happens when...

 

 

So true, my boyfriend did the same once he treid to give Victor his halter on!

 

 

Ever since my knee got better

I've had another busy day, big surprise? Ever since my knee got better, I just enjoyed being able to be active again!

I got up at 8 pm and drove up to my beautiful horses, I mugede their boxes and my friend's box. I prepared food ready for all horses and fought my way through a wild snowstorm to get hay for them. The weather today has been crazy, you'd almost think that I lived in Greenland or something. I can't remember the last time I've seen so much snow in Denmark.

After that I went to school. There I had to do stable work and I helped my teacher with traning of a Friesian mare. She had to get familiar with a horse-drawn carriage. She paniced in the beginning but it ended really nicely. And she got a good experience.

I didn't get time to ride Giga today. But I have some exciting things to look forward to. We might participate in a small show at the school in January. My teacher said that he just wanted to see her first and then he would decide whether we could participate the show :-)

Their is no size for art

 

Their is no size for art.

That's why I love the academic art of riding. Everyone can participate :-)

 

 

 

 

 

Massive blizzard!

Yesterday the weather reporters had predicted there would be a massive blizzard today. And they where right. There was warnings on TV and on the radio that you shouldn't drive unless it was very important. Well, I thought, my horses are very important! And it didn't look so bad. But as I drove, I could see it was pretty serious. On the way out to the stable three people had a car accident. Fortunately no one was hurt.

Luckily, I'm half Finnish, so snow doesn't scare me ;-)

When I got to the farm I decided to muck the boxes immediately. Whew, it was hard work! When I have to get rid of all the horse dung I have to go up a really steep hill. And the hill was filled with snow. I think I'll soon get bigger muscles than my boyfriend with all the stable work I'm doing these days! :-D

Later I chose to ride Giga. Wow, I'm proud of that horse. She's just my dearest possession! There's great progress with me and Giga. She was just perfect today. She was beautiful and had a great posture. It may well be I don't always agree with my teacher's methods and approach to handling horses, but 2-3 hours of instruction each week has paid off. And I just love Kronplets indoor arena, it makes everything much easier when the weather is so bad and cold.

It is hard to see it in the picture but behind all horse dung there's a steep hill which I had to drive up and down with my wheelbarrow 5 times!

Poor Victor, he almost looks like a yeti :-D

A tough day

Yesterday I was so tired and exhausted that I just had to forget all about writing on my blog. I had two stables shifts yesterday. The first was at the stable where my horses are. I had to feed all the horses, give them hay on the fields, provide water and let them out. It was quite nice actually and I had the shift with a really sweet woman. I was a little excited to handle the stallions, you never know if they can be aggressive or fiery, but they were just so well-behaved that I completely forgot it was stallions I walked with!

After I had mucked my own boxes I had to drive to Roskilde where my school is located. There I also had  a weekend shift. I had to muck 9 boxes, give them breakfast, lunch and dinner hay and then I had to let the horses in from the feilds.

So I was active since 7 am until 5 pm. It's a long day, especially when you are sick and there are half a meter snow and -6 degrees.