We are hybernating now as we finally got a real wite winter. Temps dropped quickly and Tico got cold, we are not used to this weather and he had colicy symptoms, I called him in field and he came running towards me telling me he was in pain, my babyyyy! So I quickly got him but inside with blankets and after a injection and some excercise and he recovered thank you thank you thank you!
Today all boys has worked out, happy trotted Donoso and he is perfect. Can you imagine, 1 month in the box and only walking for 2 weeks, and he's not even the slightest hot or overenergetic? This horses' temperament is  subnormal! He is 100% controlled in his mind, I just picked up on where I left him, my D! 
   

Yesterday we did the vetting of the PSLusitano for Israel, 100% healthy strong horse so now we are doing the bloodwork for export, and this is the chosen one!

I saw a movie the other day and got this line that stuck to my mind; 

,. Life has a way of making the forseeable that which never happens,. And the unforseeable that which your life becomes,. 

Be happy, hasta pronto!

Here we now have some cold weather, wind and alittle rain even, we need it so it's ok. Riding the boys, Donoso is now walking perfectly and I am happy now that I am back on his back, the best in the world! And Starti finally had his ears shaved with the helping hands of israeli cowboy, he sweated more from that than from the training,. Quinto is doing tempi threes and passagy trot now, good boy. Working on his connection of topline-back-leg-hand and straightness, he want to turn in and disconnect back and neck, you can see this tendency in this video but now he is alittle more ok with being straight. 

Greetings from one very pregnant PRE queen in Africa! 
 
Sale for Sweden is now confirmed and this beautiful tall black PRE will be moving north onto the loving hands of Jeanette, big congratulations to this lovely kind big baby!! Here they met and connected for the first time  
   

,. And the sun keeps shining, all day long, incredible weather here! Here's a greeting from Carcelero in the middle of his new life in Luxembourg, very happy this sweet horse ended up in such good hands!
 
And this week I have been selecting and viewing horses for Israel, very lucky with weather and seen super horses, 3 options selected here one of them testridden by professional westernrider, now week start with one vetting for Sweden and I am preparing for next visitor that will be Denmark, wishing everyone a great brand new week!

   

Pro cowboy having his first experience of GP moves on Start! 

Whilst everyone are busy with holidays right now here in Spain me and my collaborators are busy working. I am viewing horses with visitors, selecting and preparing for next visitors, I have already sold two 2015 exports to USA, looks like 2015 is going to be a busy year! Stable workouts for me and the boys, I have been treating Donoso's leg intensely and he is now free from lameness and swelling so I will start low excercise, hurra!!

Super happy to get this message and pic from PRE breeder client, thanks alot it totally made my day :)

'Hi Viktoria, here's a picture from the revision this summer, he's turning out to be a great stud stallion and he got good quality numbers by the spanish guy that came to revise him!
So thanks for this great purchase love him very much and also that you have been very good with me when it came to purchasing good quality, can't thank you enough'

Sweden 2015 testride!

And Donoso is right now breeding PRE babies in Australia, so cool!        

Hope you have had a lovely week of Christmas! We had a long run of sunshine and as we swedes are used to the dark we had to close the curtains to be able to get into the cosy-xmas feeling with lit candles etc. This year we left some of our beloved family behind in Sweden but were happy to get to know a new family member Maja. As Maja can't hear anything we practiced signlanguage which turned out to be real fun because you have to really connect and pay attention when communicating. Maja is not only a football girl she also knows how to ride and communicate with horses, so on christmas eve we socialized in the sun and had some horse-fun!
                 
       

Yesterday I found D in paddock with a leasion - punch in the tummy-feeling - left frontleg very swollen in various places and did not want to put weight on leg at all. I found a flat and big stone and I am guessing he has probably tripped on this one and dislocated his hoof/leg whilst playing. Things that happens when a horse get to be a horse. So I cooled with cold water for 30 min, dried leg and massaged with Arnica and left him with a hot bandage and Hyal Acid and antiinflammatory. Today he was alittle less swollen and able to put alittle more weight on the leg. I cooled with ice, did laser treatment, Furacin massage with a hot bandage and gave antiflammatory, ASEA and Hyal Acid. Hopefully he is even better tomorrow. I have had my most beautiful D exactly 6 years now and he has not been lame even once before. He did injure himself also in paddock in Sweden, no lameness but I felt he did not pass the flying change as well to the left as he did to the right. So with a super hight tec ultrasound we could find a bleeding inside the cross ligament. But he still competed and won the Swedish Championships for PRE and became Absolute Champion and Champion Functionality with highest scores ever! D has a super strong physique so I am hoping he will also heal super-fast so we can compete together 2015, please please please I need this horse well!!
           

I was going to do a resume of the year but I rather look forward and say how thankful I am for my friends and for the the old and new connections I have/made with people and horses, thank You, it's the connections which gives magic to life and the living!
Vikinga herd is now enjoying their home in harmony of a natural environment and I am so grateful to have been able to make this dream possible for my animals and by myself, terracotta stable, new paddocks and my  w o n d e r f u l arena, I made it!! This is how we enjoy a weekend at the farm, my världens bästa dad has just finished our new paddocks and some painting and my mother is helping me so I get time to ride in the middle of all christmas, business and farm-tending.
So with these pics we want to wish you a Very Merry Christmas, with peace and happiness for all!! 
 

 
Super smart incredible Start enjoying his life!
       
         
Thank you Donoso, my inspiration to all.      

Donoso's breeding program is up and running in Australia and USA, he is expecting 3 foals in USA 2015 and the first D-baby will be born in Southafrica! Quinto has got one stunning España-lady booked for next year. These days we are busy working at the finca with painting and making space for new paddocks so everyone can be outside and enjoy the lovely spanish sunshine when it's here. I have lot's of work going on with selecting new horses and communications, no time to update list of sales horses on homepage etc but some are there but please contact me via email to request information of horses available. There are quite a few I wouldn't mind buying and working with myself but I don't get the chance because horses are sold quickly now. At least some land at my farm post-selling for gelding and transit which is nice as it gives a personal contact. There is a great demand for the PRE so please keep on breeding, the demand will be growing for sure!!
Here 'Capi' a 5 year old PRE I selected, sold and cared for during gelding before he left for USA, owner thrilled and super happy with her horse that is now doing his first dressage competition!

Back from long weekend in Sevilla and Spanish Championships, had some great days social days with international horse-family-friends lovely! Came back to perfectly happy boys and girls in a wintery Madrid, sun but few degrees and lot's of wind yesterday but horse workouts keeps you warm. Quinto is now more swift on his feet, D is playing 1,2,3 tempis low neck and Start just does it and is in need of a new bodyshave,. Here beautiful Carcelero doing his first pessoa workout, such a sweet horse, prefers to chat with people than eat his food so of course super easy to love :)

And here fantastic Curioso delivering another beautiful Grand Prix freestyle, such a refined and artistic horse and good rider of course!
SICAB 2014