Winter has arrived here now, it has been minus 10 the past few nights. When you are riding your fingers and feet just burn. Anky is bundled up in 3 jackets teaching us but never the  less we continue to train :). We even had a bit of snow in the arena which all the […]

The beginning of this week was pretty quiet as Anky was away in Kiev. I just worked on basics, stretching, transitions suppling, etc. Vitall also had his usual lunging day so he could get his bucks out.  When it was time to go back to work Thursday, Vitall was really good, loose and soft in the […]

These past few weeks it has been very crowded at Anky’s… Two ladies came from Italy and Estonia and another from Sweden. It’s been really interesting watching all the different lessons and it’s even better because Anky has to teach in English so I can understand. I’ve really learned a lot just watching. Everyone is at […]

These past few weeks since I have been back have been a big eye opener for me. Vitall and I have had a bit of a break through, something has just clicked between us and we seem more like a team. Over the last little while, we have started working on the Piaff and the Passage and starting the […]

This week has been lots of fun. I went to the presentations of the horses for the auction earlier this week. I saw 45 horses go. One nice one after another, and everyone very different from the next.  Each horse brought something different to the table, it was really a broad range of horses so there […]

It’s been a sunny but cold first week back in Holland. I am also learning what Jet lag is about now. Before I never suffered from Jet lag at all, I could bounce back between time zones no problem. But my last few trips I’ve not had the same luck. So all this week I […]

It has been a whirl wind trip with Sara. Three weeks went by so fast and she’s had a wonderful time with her horse who is just gorgeous. We also got to see lots of other young horses at IPS horse group. The inspector for KWPN came out to see Sara’s horse and he was approved to start the […]

The last little bit has been really busy.  My friend Sara is here visiting untill the 30th and her parents are also here for a visit. They’re like my second family so it was nice to see some familiar faces from home. Sara has a stallion over here so we have been traveling back and fourth […]

This week, Vitall really showed me how important balance is in training. This was my first lesson training with Anky again and it was good. She said that his frame looked much better which meant that I had improved some things while she was away which was nice to hear. That said, I still struggle a […]

This following week has been really relaxed. Anky has gone on vacation so all of us have slowed down training a bit and taking the horses out in the woods for a mental break. It was great fun riding in the woods and we also rode through the farmers corn fields. As we were walking […]