Hello in the middle of THIS week, another one, still riding in t-shirt we have 25 degrees in the evening   only joking, I love it!

Just wanted to show you what Donita looks like right now, au natural, no posing and no spanish hairdressers are allowed at my mums stables but she takes such good care of her so fair enough! This is how I feel when I look at her 
Donita VIK, 1 year and 5 months old

Here we are still walking around in a t-shirt, delayed summer?! Busy day with phonecalls and email and Moli has started working again! He was coughing alittle in the beginning but then he stopped, no temp no bumps, as new! He is now on oat and straw diet until we get labresults. Today a new horse had a fever, 41 degrees... The vet is thinking Duke, one of the spanish team horses, brought some virus when he came back from Germany, he had a cough when he arrived. So it makes sense that Moli picked up on that as he had his immune system sensitive because of the allergy. Start, Donut and Hagge are fine even though they have had close contact, they all have normal temp and I worked them all three today. I give them MSN for immunesystem and I have always been rigorous with vaccinations, then they are also very fit which helps. Now Moli is going to be super duper fit aswell! He's having iron supplement as his blood showed he was slightly aneamic. I had planned to compete and qualify him to SICAB this year but that's not gonna happen, so now we aim for the morfo-functional shows 2012 instead. So we'll be chilling out in Sevilla as tourists this year, look forward to it (am I?) I hope I will see you there?! And here's some favourites in rewind, man it was exciting.. Even though my nerves always kill me I have to say I love competing!!
Festivo MR and me at SICAB 2011
         

Been very busy but have had some rest and social time too this weekend - very important! Moli got a new allergy reaction last week, we went through his allergy-history carefully with vet and now we are having a test done because I do not understand what he is sensitive to. But he has been totally fever free one week now so tomorrow I will ride him again, he will be a happy bunny!
Start was too 'furry' so he got a bodyshave and looked smashingly handsome. My clever beautiful horse, he did 8 straight tempi ones straight towards the mirror on centreline on the saturday, easy-peasy he said! And on the snaffle of course, that's what he likes the most. Hagge and Donut had fun in paddock, SO much fun, I feel we have all relaxed and set ourselves up for a new week. Aniara is now recovered and up for starting her new life so now I am making the decition for Donita also..
Tomorrow a new invasion again, hopefully it will be the last day, we had a barbie on the friday for the workers, celebrating it is ALMOST over, I LOVED cleaning the house this weekend.. Tomorrow massage-morning and then I will be perfect for a brand new week that will be finilized with spanish dressage championships, fun fun! Wishing you a good one!
Halagador & Start
     

Hello in the middle of the mess, today the electrician, painter, plummer, builders and sattelite men has been here all at once, total chaos, hopefully it will be worth it. After 6 hours the internet nor tv did not work so me and Betty left them all behind and went to the stables. Moli now has a normal temp but today he had allergy again so now we are suspecting the pellets so we went to buy some new. He is happy but in paddock you can see he is not totally recovered because he is not as lively as usual. Rode all three others belly-boys, they are getting rounder for everyday, not sure if we can go on with strawbeds, hrrm.. Start happier than ever because he can eat straw all day and when he is happy he works the best. And I said to Javier that if Donoso was not a horse but a person he would probably have been my husband, he does everything I tell him!! Here some crappy photos of beautiful black Cárdenas Halagador loving his macho-moves this evening, love him lots, like Bridget Jones said; JUST as he is..
Over and out, definitely need some sleep before invasion tomorrow.
   

Horses worked out light in pessoa this evening and Moli is in good spirit so all well. This weekend we have had summer temperatures and I have been deciding colours for painting inside of house. I find it difficult to match other colours already painted, the light in the house and then get the right mood that gives a good feeling. 
Some tragic news; I read one of the horses on the spanish team Jade de Mv passed away in a colic, we are very sorry to hear this. Here he is when he was training at our stables 1999. Jade de Mv was the horse we almost sold to Chad several years ago, but his sponsor lost all funds in a hurricane so he had to wait for his top iberian and now he has Festivo instead. Jade was born 1999 and was a CDE Lusitano.
Jade de MV 2009
     
 

All rights reserved Javier Villard

Update from USA that Ravel has done his first clinic, is making his 'mum' Candy a very happy lady, thanks for letting us know!

We have been viewing horses and if anyone is looking for a PRE TRC stallion our friend is selling, I can seriously recommend this horse.
Moli is better, his temp has come down with antibiotics and antiinflammatory, no other symptoms and he is eating well. I am still worried until I see his temperature is normal whilst off treatment.
I am taking temp of the others before work and they are fine. Hagge is looking very good and feeling it too, he has built up a better topline now. He was not even able to canter on a circle when I got him so I am giving him his time, he is a soft elastic horse. Start is over himself and I was going to compete this coming weekend but I cancelled it for Moli. I have to treat him twice a day and I want to give that responsability to someone else, I need to see him to know how he is. Today Donoso showed me exactly in which moment it is best to do the flying change to make it bouncy, so smart and quick in his head. I prepared and he picked the perfect moment and said - see? That's what you wanted right? We are a team, great feeling. You think I love him and of course I do but he is also my student. He has the capacity to surprise and I have been with him for almost 3 years now, creative horse! I have a video from TRC when he trots by hand and all people go quiet, I will ask Javier to upload it so you that are interested can see, his personality really shines out, he knew exactly what it was all about there. Enough praising, sorry I can't help it!
House is almost finished on the outside, next week on the inside, puh it will be a mess.. But first weekend, wishing you all a great weekend and happy riding!
Donoso in Aranjuez 2010
     

Five people have made inquiries on Donita VIK and I have not even replied, that's how much I feel like selling her.. IWhen we sold Reina Vikinga I had the same hesitant feeling because she was a mare I wanted to use for breeding. I would buy her back instantly if she was for sale. With Donita it is the same feeling, the personality is spot on, the quality of conformation and movement is top and I know she has IT and some more. Tomorrow I will reply to you all though because I might be unsure what to do but I am not unpolite, thank you so much for your emails.

Poor Moli is ill, he had 40,6 degrees so fever and he is coughing saliva, has a sore swollen throat and not a happy bunny. Vet came out and gave him antibiotics and antiinflammatory. I have watched over him all evening whilst riding the others, he got a shower and some love. When I left he was eating alittle and looked better. He has not had any bumps and we are not sure what this is, I have never had a horse with these symptoms, anyone?
Molinete & Halagador yesterday
  

Yesterday I rode all four horses, Moli was first out and he is now doing sitting down trot, he has a very comfy back to sit on and is a good boy. Then another and another and another, all good guys and kind to my body but today a massage was very welcome yes. Moli has had a allergy problems, poor little thing, he had big itchy bumps all over the body so we have been swopping food around to find out what it is. It has not come back after we have also changed box, desinfected and changed to strawbed instead of woodshavings. All four are now on strawbed, a change is always fun, hope Start won't eat it all and get big belly, we'll see.

My house is now getting in better shape, today we have once more been to IKEA. It has changed colour, dramatically I'd say, I couldn't stand the 'fjomsy' bland colour it had previously, you had to look real hard to see which one it was. I wanted a warm earthy colour yet feminine so I decided for Terracotta, perhaps I thought it would be a little less.. strong.., but there you go, here it is happy and loud! 
      
I got a message from NY and Festivo is doing fine, he's spirited and happy to be working twice a day. He will see his new owner the 12th of October, I hope she likes him after all this! If not I take him back immidiately :-)
More tomorrow, have a nice evening everyone!