It was a whirlwind trip! I never knew a week could go by so fast. By the time I was back at the airport on Saturday, I looked over at my mom and said it felt like I had just arrived. I had a wonderful time but was very, very busy with all sorts of appointments over the […]

This week has been very quiet. It’s back to fall here, pouring rain for almost a week strait, and I have had to pull out my down jackets again. A big change from 25* from the previous weeks. Just means I get all my laundry and cleaning done. Vitall has been good and had the weekend off. Saturday […]

It felt like the Anky Pony Club on Friday morning with all of us running around gathering our gear, preparing the truck, hanging hay nets, adding shavings etc… We had Anky’s head groom Wilica’s mom drive us which was nice. She acted as everyone’s horse show mom and helped out everywhere she could. It felt nice to have a […]

FORWARD, FORWARD, FORWARD Through the weekend and today that is all Vitall and I have been working on in our lessons. I’m working on keeping him forward and short. Every time I ask him to stay forward/active he goes forward a few strides then shrinks back behind me. To counteract this, I have been having to […]

In past few lessons I have realized how important speed control and the frame is. Even more important than working on the excersises. Everything comes down to speed control. Wether you can move forward or slow down at the drop of a hat. If your horse is really on your aids then your excersises come naturally. […]

This past sunday the girls and I got to sit on bonfire! No… not the real one of course but in the town they have a life size statue of him. So we decided to be funny and go for a ride. It was a beautiful sunny day and we were on our way to […]

Sara arrived safe and sound and it’s been non-stop adventuring since! Last Friday I did a practice test in Uden which is 10 min away from Anky’s. It was like a mock show where you had to be all dressed and braided and it was really helpful. When you rode your test the judge would […]

This weekend we had the Anky sample sale. Everyone in the barn got to shop at cost for the spring collection. It was like kids in a candy store. All of us girls rummaging through sweaters t-shirts etc everyone yelling ‘Is this color ok?’ ‘Does this fit ok?’ It was hilarious. I was really pleased […]

After this weekend I am feeling very inspired. I went to watch the Final at Brabandt in Den Bosch which is a convenient 20 min drive from the barn. I finally got to see Edward Gal and Totilas and their performance really does give you goose bumps but I was impressed with all the freestyles. The competion was in […]

Today was a day out of the ordinary. I spent my birthday at a reining competion which was actually really fun and made me feel as though I was back home. They even had big trucks and trailers. Europe went has gone slightly wild west. Twanny, one of the girls that works for Anky, asked me […]