Helsinki

Left home at lunchtime on tuesday after Malin rode the horses. To Helsinki we decided to take Raven and Undici, it's the first time that Uffe got to go to an international indoor show, exciting! I travelled together with Emma from Ahlmann again and we decided to make a stop at a place near Kapellskar for a couple of hours before catching the boat later in the evening. The trip went well and we arrived at the show on Wedneday morning. Helsinki is one of these nice shows were they help you unpack the lorry when you get there, very nice not have to drag all the stuff for once! In the afternoon I lunged both horses for a while and then took them for a handwalk. They were a bit tired after the trip but both seemed fine. Also in Helsinki you have to ride early in the morning but it was half an hour later then in Oslo so it almost feelt like having a sleep-in when the alarm went off at five! We had a really good show, Uffe jumped clear all three days and was very cool and not bothered at all with all new impressions. Raven jumped his second World Cup on Sunday and was third! He jumped fantastic and if it wasn't for a bit of drama in the jump off were Malin nearly fell off I think they would have won. Left the show in a rush and just made it to the boat back to Sweden. Was home this morning and now I'm getting ready to leave for Lyon in an hour. I'm teaming up with Peders groom so at least I don't have to drive all the way alone! This time we are taking Tore and Raven so we hope for another good show in France! Sara

Back again!

It's been a while to say the least since I last wrote but sometimes the time and motivation is just not there. Well a lot of things has happened so lets start from the beginning. As you all know the Europeans ended in the best possible way with Rolf winning the gold medal! The team result was a bit of a dissapointment since all horses jumped really good but we qualifyed for the Olympics next year wich was the main goal. From Madrid we continued on to Barcelona for the last leg of the Promotional League. Sweden had to win in order to make it to the Super League next year so the pressure was on! And after a thrilling second round Sweden came out on top before Spain and Ukrain, what a relief! We then started the long trip back home after nearly a month in Spain. On the way we stopped at Rolfs place for the Gold medal party wich was great but the last day of driving became just a little bit harder! Me and the horses were happy to be back home again and got some time off before it was time for the next big thing, World Cup in Oslo. Its not one of my favourite shows, the stables are outdoors and very cold and the only time to ride is at six o'clock in the morning so after four days of having the alarm set at 04.30 you feel a bit exhausted to say the least! The horses jumped good anyway but were a bit unlucky, Raven had one down in the jump off in the GP and Tore had one down in the World Cup. I drove straight home after the last class and was back at Jonstorp at three o'clock in the morning, put the horses in there stables and went to bed, finally some sleep! I spent Monday afternoon repacking the lorry and getting everything ready to leave for Helsinki on wednesday. My good friend Emma who works for Christian Ahlmann stayed at Lundbacks place just five minutes away so in the evening we went for a nice dinner and then I finally got a full nights sleep! Sara

Grevagården

Now I'm in the truck om the way home from Grevagården. I had Arctic, Danny, Sibon and Agge with me. Agge or Augustinus L A N which is his real name is a new 6-year old and he is really nice. All horses have been jumping good, Danny, Agge and sibon jumped two classes and were all clear in both. Arctic actually won the 1,40 the first day had two down in 1,50 yesterday and today he had one down in the 1,50. Now i'm going to sleep à little bit since peder is driving next week are going to be busy, we're off to Helsinki on tuesday with Danny and Arctic! Malin