Off to Globen

Now I'm finally finshed with packing for Globen. The horses are clipped and has got a bath and I've squeezed almost everything into the small lorry I just have a few things left to pack tomorrow. I'm taking Holliday and Arctic and Peder is riding them tomorrow morning and then I'm off all alone to Globen, Peder is flying there on thursday. I really look forward to this show, it is a special atmosphere there. It's also nice that it is near my parents home so they can come and visit me.

Last weekend the horses were warming up in Flyinge and they werw doing well, Holliday was 2nd in a 1,35 and arctic was 3rd in 1,45 and 2nd in the 1,50 Grand Prix so they seem to be in good shape. The other horses that was there was also doing well, Danny was 3rd in a 1,40 Centoo was 7th in the 6-year old final and Agge was also in the jump-off. Sibon was jumping very well but no coloured ribbons for him since Peder is not riding him against the clock yet.

Now I'm going to put my last stuff in the tumble dryer and then I'm going to bed.

Malin

Still warm weather

This morning Emelie and Rebecca left for a show in Lidköping with their horses so it's me and new girl Frida left at home. Jenny stopped working here in the end of the summer and about a month ago Frida started so now we'r a full team again!
Malin jumped Baltimore today and he looked really really good, exciting with new horses! We also went for another round in the woods with Actrice and Challe, we hack out at least once a week with all the horses and they all really like it!
In the picture it's Bengan, Uffe and Tore thats enjoying the nice weather, eight degrees today, wonderful! Sara

Show free weekend!

Still no winter in Sweden but I'm the last one to complain! This time last year we had loads off snow, hard to imagine now when the grass is still green (Actrice eating away in the picture). We went hacking out in the woods today with Räven, Cisco and Uffe and they were also happy to be out in the nice weather! This week-end we have no show so some quiet time at home before Globen next week ( there it's everything but quiet!) Sara

Clipping, clipping and some more clipping

This week we clipped almost all the horses again. They were really hairy and this time a year you can nearly see the hair growing! A really good tip when clipping a horse that doesnt like the sound is to use a padded flyhat ( in the picture Rebecca and Olle). I bought mine at a tackshop for trotters and its been working really well!
We had a good show in Sodertalje, all horses were jumping really good so it was fun to watch! Baltimore was already behaving better than last week, still crazy but at least its going in the right direction! Sara

Random pictures!

Finally managed to publish pics from my phone so here you go! From above: My stables in Madrid. Tore in s' Hertogenbosh. Lucas and best friend Pilou taking a nap in Lyon. Rolf in Oslo ( fancydress!). Warmup in Paris, impressive! Truckers dinner, not that impressive! Räven checking out his neighbour and last golden groom Celia in Madrid.

On the road

Rebecca recently took her lorrylicense so now I don't have to drive all the time. Very nice to sit in the passengers seat for once! This morning we got up early and had the horses on the walker and I lunged Bengan for a bit. Now we are on the way to the show in Södertälje so we hope for a good day and not to crazy horses! Sara

On to the next show

I've had a quiet week at home. My sister came to visit for a couple of days and we had a nice time with a lot of shopping and food! Nice to be a bit "normal" for once!
Tomorrow we are going to a show in Södertälje with Uffe, Olle, Dunder, Ture and Bengan so today we gave them all a bath and I clipped Dunder so now they are ready to go! The weather is getting colder now and you can feel that the winter is comming, not nice. Luckily I'm going to be away most of December!
Now I'm gonna pack my own stuff for the show (easy when it's only two days!) and then it's off to bed, early morning tomorrow. Sara