Robin

A few pics of our yearling colt Robin. He is really special with his unique colouring, white head and yellow - grey silverish mane. A little wet in the photos, but I guess you can see his colouring anyway......

He`ll be 1 year in June - and he is for sale ;)

~ Elisabeth ~

Lilo

While waiting for this years first foals to be born, I just thought I`d post some new photos of our 2 year old filly - Vestlandsbandens Lilo.

We shaved her last week to get rid of her wintercoat, and today we had a small photoshoot....

Her mum is Luna and Ickie is her dad.

She`s got the best from both of them - a small compact body, a great temper and LOTS of feathers :)

I think she will be our future, little star!

She`s a bay blagdon - sorry, not to clean in her white areas - I guess we`ll have to bleach her a little hihihi....

Had to add this cool picture - a real take off!

Flying low....

Nice movements..... :)

And just to illustrate how small she is - here together with Mikal...

I think she`s about 128 - 129 cms tall....

Feathers!!! :)

And here she is with her future rider...

Lilo is our daughter Miras horse and when they both grow up a little, I guess they`ll have lots of fun together!

Hope you`ve enjoyed....

~ Elisabeth ~

Just a short video...

.....of Victor.

I lend Monas` camera to make a short clip of our newly approved young stud.

My first film ever, so it is not the best quality, but here it goes....

If the video doesn`t work, you can follow this link to see it (not sure I got it right)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auhNBjxdCSg

~ Elisabeth ~

Yes!!!

I`m very happy to tell you that our boy Vestlandsbandens Golden Victory got his stallion approval this weekend! (Yes, I know Mona told you about it in her resent post, but I just have to mention it again! ;)

He did an okay driving test and I attach some pictures from it below.

He got his approval for 3 years and will have to be shown again when he is fully grown up at age 6. (He`s still just a teenager and I believe he will fill out a lot over the next few years...)

I`ll write down his grades (but unfortenatelly I don`t know all the terms in English so I can`t translate it all...)

The grades are from 1 - 10 were 10 is the best grade possible to achieve.

Type (breed character) 8

Body and muscles (conformation) 7

Feet 6

Movements 9

Body in total 7

Driving test 8

Temperament 9

Veterinerian notes 9

Nice head, well shaped neck, harmonic but a little narrow in body.

Very good and elastic movements.

143 cm high.

Well, here we are during the driving test....

Okay - I have to admit - I was a little nervous....

Not the best picture, but showing

from inside the riding area.... We also showed Holms La Coste of Picasso at the show this weekend, but he didn`t get his approval this year....he needs to develop a bit more, but I guess we will show him again next year when he has filled out some more;)

Anyway - he and Mona did an excellent driving test and he is really impressive with his size and all that hair!

Two happy boys and their horses ;)

~ Elisabeth ~

Stallion show

Happy, happy Happy we proudly announce that Golden Victory got his breeding aprovment by the Norwegian horse society this weekend!!!!!

I'm shure Elisabeth vil poste the judges grades and comments later on. If you are qurious here is a link:

Holms Lacoste of Picasso was also at the show. He did an exelent driving test - being the best among the tinker horses. Unfortionatly the judges found him to young and un finished in his body. So he had to go home - knowing that Victor woud be having a lot more girlfriends than him this summer:) Hopefully the judges will change theire upinnion next year.

Mc Claud - anothe tinker horse that got his breeding aproved. Owned by Marit Røkke.



- Mona -

video

Just wanted to share a small video from our 4 in hand drive this weekend. Enjoy:)

Am I dreaming???

So, I have to admidt - I love driving horses. And after this weekend - more is even better!!!

Inger lives in Stavanger, a two houers drive from me. She has two tinker mares, and drives them in pairs just like I'm doing with Thinka and Rose.

So we've been talking and bragging about putting them togeter for a 4 horse drive. The first 4 horsed tinker drive in Norway!?!

We've only tried and seen it live once before - and I have to admit that no one of us are realy qualified for it. But life is to short to only dream, and not do anything about it - rigth??

So this weekend we had Martin to come along helping us putting the girls together. At fist safe inside the arena. And the today - we just had to take the girls outside for a show off ;)

The girls were behaving perfect..the drive was undescribable.. We just need to do thim MORE, MORE and some more§!§§

So all of my photos were of Inger driving. But fortionatliy Sissel joined uss this weekend, gave us a hand, and worked as the photograper. So at the bottom her I'll share one of her's photos. Prooving I drove them to!!!

Thank you so much Inger and Sissel for spending the weekend playing a bit crasy along with me:)


- Mona -