A good week-end in Den Bosch

We had a really good show in Den Bosch, Tore was placed 10th and 7th in two classes and Räven was 6th in his World Cup debut, he jumped an amazing double clear!
Now we have three really good horses Tore, Räven and Actrice that can jump the biggest classes, not bad!
Den Bosch is probably one of the nicest indoorshows, the only downside is the late nights but with only two horses there I had quite a nice week-end.
On my way down to the Netherlands I also had Turmalin (Tores five year old son) with me. I stopped in Germany to show both him and Tornesch in Oldenburg and they both got approved! Turmalin stayded there over the week-end to take part in a stallion show, and everybody loved him! Picked him up on my way back so now he´s back home with us again.
The best thing when I got back home was that allmost all the snow is gone, finally its starting to feel like spring up here as well!
Sara

Off to the Netherlands

Tomorrow its time to leave for the Netherlands. The lorry is packed and the horses had a bath. Malin jumped both Räven and Tore today and they both seemed to be in great shape.
I´m driving down to Danmark tomorrow, then resting there over night to continue down to s´Hertogenbosh early on wednesday morning. Sara

I´m back!

Today I was working a full day for the first time this week, finally starting to feel a bit better!
We got about 15 cm of snow yesterday so its white everywere. The horses seem to enjoy it anyway and were happy to play in the snow. In the picture its Tamina enjoying the sun.
In the afternoon I clipped Räven, its only him and Tornesch thats going to s´Hertogenbosh. I leave on tuesday so I still have a couple off days to recover and to organize everything for the trip. Sara

Snow again

This is what it looked like when I opened the door this morning, and it hasnt stoped snowing yet. In the begining of the week it was almost feeling like spring, but I guess we have to wait a little bit longer now.
Malin jumped three of the horses today, Myran, Uffe and Actrice. They were really good all three, it will be exciting to see them at the shows when the outdoor season starts in a couple of weeks! Sara

Show in Linköping

This weekend the young horses went to a show again, this time in Linköping. On Saturday Malin road Turmalin again and he jumped beutiful. Jenny road the other three Challe, Dunder and Olle and they were all really good, they have really come far in the past couple of months! On Sunday Malin took Uffe and Myran there, and they were both jumping amazing.
I have been really sick for a couple off weeks so I went to the doctor on friday and unfortunatley I have pneumonia so I have been in bed for a couple off days now trying to recover in time for s´Hertogenbosh next week. Sara

Swedish championship

Home from the swedish indoor championships in Helsingborg, we have been there with Arctic, Cissi, Lelle, Danny and Chicago. Arctic and Peder got a bronze medal =) The other horses jumped good, Cissi had jumped the qualifyer and had 2 down there and Arctic was clear and finished fifth in that class. This weekend we have a small show in Dagstorp with Danny and a new 6-year old stallion, 2an.

Next week I have my final test for the lorry license, I hope I get it =) And next friday we're off to Arezzo, Italy!

Malin

How to plait a horse.

I got a request to show how to plait a horse so here we go, the topmodel is Tamina! The most important thing is to have a good mane, it can´t be to thick or to long, then it gets very difficult! I also always wash the mane before, otherwise all the dirt comes out. I use a normal hairclip to keep the rest of the hair away, Before I start plaiting i wet the mane to make sure the plait gets really tight, the end of the plait I fold in so all the little hairs don´t stick out. Then i roll the plait all the way up and secure it with another rubberband. And voila, Tamina is now ready to show! I normally make around twenty plaits depending on the horse. Sara

Welcome!

From now on also the blog is going to be in english so all you not swedish ones can follow our daily life in the stables. If theres anything special you would like to read about or if you have any questions don´t hesitate to comment on this page! And I better start off with appologising for my bad spelling, hopefully it will get better over time!
The last big show we did was Gothenburg wich was not very succesfull for us, but thats the way it is sometimes, the horses are having a bit off a rest now and will hopfully be back in form for the next World Cup show in s´Hertogenbosh in two weeks. In the mean time its been time for the young horses to compete, on sunday I drove the lorry to Helena Lundbäcks place only ten minutes away from home. Malin jumped Turmalin the son of Tornesch for the first time on a show and he did a nice clear round! Jenny jumped the other tree fiveyearolds, Challe, Olle and Dunder. They were all good except for Dunder who seemed a little bit chocked, but the second time around he got it and jumped really good!
In the afternoon Malin continiued with Uffe and Myran who both did really nice clear rounds, and Uffe was behaving really well wich is a bit unusual for him!
Sara