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Nemah

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Epiphanies

Today I had an epiphany. A really annoying epiphany, as I have known the theory behind it for years and today I managed to try it out in practice. I managed to raise my eyes and look where I was going, instead of looking at my beautiful horse. One of

Happy horsey days

Happy horsey days

Appointment with the physiotherapist This week Nemah had an appointment with her physiotherapist, Helene, for a general checkup. In the past these visits has been a about Nemahs undeveloped back muscles and the stiffness in her hocks. My guess was that this visit would be no different, even though I've

Cross country camp at Runsten Equestrian

Cross country camp at Runsten Equestrian

A three day camp, with four lessons with the instructor Ulf Johansson [http://cykloneventing.se/] at Runsten Equestrian Centre [https://runsten.com/]. As I don't like going alone to strange places me and Nemah was accompanied by Sabrina and Spex. Preparations The information before the camp was sparse to say

Moving forward and jumping higher

A lesson aimed at practising more than just the riding between the fences. We started off with some ground poles on a volte, first in trot and then in canter, to get the horses warmed up. We also added a smaller volte on the short side, where we began with

Bounces all the way down

> The wonderful thing about Nemah is that Nemah is a wonderful thing! Her ears are pointed forward Her legs are just like springs! She’s bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun! Tigger's Song from Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too Bounces, bounces, bounces. Not just one or

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend

At last another lesson in academic riding. This time Suz had planned a really difficult exercise for us: The diamond. The diamond is ridden between the middle of the sides of the arena. To make it a bit more interesting I was told to test different ways to put my

There is no such thing as talent

No, really, there isn’t. The only way to reach your goal is to work hard and learn to push back when things get hard. And this day, me and Nemah pushed back! We started working on that canter of ours. The one that just keeps running away from us.

Turns turns turns

Time for a new show jumping lesson. Lennart and Timmen joined us again, making it a perfect family evening. This lesson started off with the whole group trotting ground poles. When Marie was happy with us all, she told us to ride small circles before and after the middle pole.

The fences have fangs

One thing I find really strange about Nemah is this: As long as we jump every week she jumps like a normal horse, but as soon as she gets a week off she starts behaving like the fences have fangs. Nemah seems convinced that the fences will eat her alive

More working equitation

Time for some Working Equitation. This time it was only me and Karin riding, almost like getting the instructor, Jackie, all to myself. We started with some free riding as a warmup, but after a while Jackie gathered us together and told us to ride on a big volte and

Not so fast any more

Since the lesson with Maria I have really tried to think about how I want Nemah to work and how we communicate. Time to try it out in reality with a show jumping lesson. The conditions wasn't the best this day. I fell of Nemah a couple of weeks ago

Academic Dressage

Academic dressage

Academic dressage is something me and Nemah has been doing for a long time. The most significant difference between ordinary dressage and the academic one is that the academic focuses a lot on the rider. As a rider you are supposed to help the horse perform the best it can,

Practise makes better

A new lesson in show jumping. This time Lennart joined me on Spex in addition to the usual three ponies. The warmup was free, followed by three trotting poles on a volte. The middle pole was raised a bit from the ground. Nemah felt really great this day, she listened

Telepathic riding

Maria Sundin [http://www.equevent.se/om-maria-sundin/] is a riding instructor and coach from the south of Sweden. I had not heard of her before this lesson and was just curious to see how she would let the lesson play out and what I might learn from her. I shared

Higher, faster, more...

Time for another show jumping lesson at the neighbouring stable. This day Nemah understood what was going on as soon as we entered the arena. There were fences and they were there to be jumped! Nemah just couldn’t stand still and shortening my stirrup leathers was almost impossible. It

Low flying jet plane

New day, new lesson. This time in show jumping, with the next door stable owner, Marie, as our trainer. The ride started with a couple of half crazy-horses running around in a paddock just outside the arena. On the inside we had five equally tense horses wondering what all the

Working Equitation

I have decided to try to put my riding lessons in print, partly because I think there are people out there that might find them interesting, but mostly as a way for myself to analyse our progress. Recently we rode a lesson in Working Equitation (WE). WE is a bit

Riding for Paolo Bastos

Riding for Paolo Bastos

For a while now I’ve been hearing about this great trainer that makes magic, training horses and riders. When a possibility to ride a lesson for him turned up I naturally took the chance. The lesson started right on time, something very unusual when dealing with horses. We started

Nemah is home again

She is thinner than before and extremely more hungry. Her colon is where it’s supposed to be and she is free of gases and pain and we didn't have to put her through surgery. However, she’s not allowed to eat as much as before until her stomach has

The call no horse owner ever want

Two days ago when I was just about to get up of the sofa and go make dinner I got a call from the stable owners. Getting a call from them can mean two things; either my co-rider has forgotten to take care of Nemah or Nemah is ill. Yesterday,

Ups and downs all at once

Ups and downs all at once

This autumn Nemah has been working more than ever before. It's been dressage trainings, hunts, show jumping competions, and working equitation, all mixed with some nice long rides in the woods. Sometimes I’ve had the feeling that something was a bit off. No-one has seen anything, Nemah's been working

Hunting

Sensing the horse's power in a fast canter, the hooves pounding the ground. Gigantic solid fences to jump. An occasional fall-off. Horses cantering past in the field. Everywhere horses breathing heavily, running willingly. All around me, horses. Horses with pointed ears, searching for the next fence to jump. Horses breaking

My horse is amazing

My horse is amazing

I know this, I have always known this, but the last week there were a lot of people noticing her as the star she really is. It started at the farrier’s, where he told me that he liked the fact that Nemah always gives back. What does this mean?

Saving princess Nemah

Since Nemah's last visit to the veterinarian three weeks ago we have given Nemah anti-inflammatory medication to ease her pain. Her hooves are better, but the left hoof has been acting up, being warm and the leg has been swollen. Since this is a recurring problem I decided to let

Day of confusion

Time to go to the veterinarian Today it was finally time for the visit to the veterinarian. Me and Nemah are frequent visitors due to the off and on pain in her hooves. By now I am quite used to it, but I would really like an explanation to the