No time to write too much work at the moment, if I don't answer straight away please bare with me I'll be right back!! Thanks.  
Posting these pics of Brillantino after-work today, OF COURSE no sun today either, I can't believe I don't have even ONE session of pictures in sun of these boys with their shiny sparkly coats in 3 YEARS!? How is that even possible living in Spain? So here my little gold-dust boy shining away all by himself under the clouds today. Have a great week everyone, hasta pronto!

BRILLANTINO VIK 
               

Sooo, here we are again! New year new possibilities and alot to look forward to! What else is possible!!? I have been to my beautiful country Sweden to visit family and friends, no horses, I had not been back home for 2 years and wow it was super great to see everyone irl. So last week I got back to my horse family here, found everyone well and with charged up batteries, I honestly think they had missed me! Very nice to walk into a stable and hear a choir greeting you, how did I get to be so lucky :) So now we have been back with our routine working for 1 week, little young guns are asking for action so this week they will now start riding school, wohooo here we goo,. We have had some rainy days so at the moment everyone are sleeping inside, simply the best evenings to have everyone snuggled up, happy and dry, love it.

I have also (is constantly) been selecting and searching on behalf of my clients and I've now got new exciting sales horses listed and here's one of my new favourites; An advanced PRE with an important curriculum of merits from serious spanish championships and professionally trained, super interesting horse for opening up possibilities in the dressage world or to just have incredible fun with!
I hope to hear from or even meet you somewhere in horse-Spain this year, ciao y hasta pronto! 

 

Looking back at 2015. It has been a intense year with the arrival of baby Gacela that had us all running and feeling intensively. Ella la más bella only lived for 2 months but she showed me what it is to love altruistically and how to choose light when there is alot of dark. This year has to be dedicated to her.
RIP Ella la más bella, my baby forever.

   


Our worldwide horse family has grown with the five new 2015 arrivals of Donoso VII offspring on three new continents!!! USA, Southafrica and Australia,.. Well done all breeders and gooo PRE breeding!
      
   
   
And we have made new D-babies for 2016. Mine will be for sale as I will focus on the work with my stallions. I so believe in the genes of D and now we are seeing that his offspring are even better than himself. This year Donoso VII did a great debute in Intermedia I. 
   
   

In May I went to do a clinic in Israel! 


Starti did his second serious Grand Prix! And started working on his freestyle that will hopefully be performed 2016!! :)))) 
      

I have prepared for the breeding season 2016 and Vikingapre will be able to offer these 5 incredible PRE stud stallions for international PRE breeding.

                

I have matched people with their perfect iberian horses, here are some of the 2015 ones. Look forward to making new successful ones 2016, love my job! 
                     


I will always remember 2015 as the year I cured myself from fibromyalgia, the non curable disease I lived with for 10 years, yes it's possible. 
I have fallen in love totally. I have fallen out of love but dammit I will keep loving with all my heart until I hit the right note. I have danced to 6 am, made new real friends and re-connected with old ones. 
    

And I have bought a new car. I think I did pretty well this year. So I guess I should to give myself some credit, hell yes, give yourself some credit people! We do our best to live the good life and we rarely turn gratutude towards ourselves. How did I get to be so lucky and how does it get any better than this!? Thank you all for being You and for sharing You!
I hope to meet you one day and I wish you the lovliest christmas and best 2016! 

Happy second advent! I just realised I forgot to light the second candle today so I do this now, cosy times with christmas lightning although we've had outstanding weather here and my front door has been wide open until 6m!

This weekend I have selected new exciting PRE movement talents, trained the boys, went to a dinner concert and had visitors from Norway and Madrid- busy days are good days! Hope you had a great weekend too!! 

   
Fuego son with movements to die for!

And here's a greeting from Margaretha in Sweden who bought a PSG PRE this year;

Just want to write and tell how grateful I am for my beloved Nero. He has now been with me just over three months, and begin increasingly to get acclimatised. Kinder horse is hard to find, he is very social and friendly. Always ears forward and happy and willing to work, but at the same time very delicate. He is teaching me the button locations, and the riding just keeps getting better and better. There is a horse that always wants to please his rider and work as a team. It's always a bit of a lottery when buying a horse. Who is the individual and we will fit together? But I must say that Viktoria did the right match!

Best regards from Margaretha.

'Vill bara skriva och berätta vad tacksam jag är för min fina Nero. Han har nu varit hos mig drygt tre månader och börjar alltmer acklimatisera sig. Snällare häst får man leta efter, han är mycket sällskapssjuk och social. Alltid öronen framåt och glad och arbetsvillig, men samtidigt jättekänslig. Håller på att lära mig var knapparna sitter, och ridningen blir bara roligare och roligare. Det är en häst som alltid vill göra sin ryttare till lags. Det är ju alltid lite av ett lotteri när man köper häst. Vad är det för individ och kommer vi att passa ihop? Men jag måste säga att Viktoria prickade rätt i matchningen! 
Bästa hälsningar från Margaretha'

Happy first week towards christmas!   Have been to see International dressage at MHW this weekend, saturday I spent the day studying the warm up ring and yesterday I saw the GP freestyle, what a show!!! Top level rides and horses, I share the ones I found especially interesting here, enjoy!
Felicidades a todos y muchas gracias por la inspiración! 

Altaneiro & Sergio Martin Palos FEI Grand Prix CDI3* 69,800% 
https://youtu.be/QV-TYt3kPqE


Manuel Veiga & Ben Hur Da Broa FEI Grand Prix CDI3* 71,125% 
https://youtu.be/ISSHMGAOcFw

Grandioso & Jose Daniel Martin Dockx FEI Grand Prix CDI3* 77,550% 
https://youtu.be/KadbGURk1UQ

Happy monday, glorious winter has just arrived to Guadarrama sun, blue sky and snowy mountains, how does it get any better than that?!

Back from the best ever SICAB. F a n t a s t i c horses, just mesmerizing animals and the way they are being presented in this incredibly artistic way only spaniards know how to. I have selected new breeders and horses that made a great impression with a professional point of view. Personally I had so much fun I stayed another day just couldn't leave in the middle of the party and wow what a party!!! People letting go having fun and being themselves, so thank you so much everyone (you know who you are) for being you, you make all the difference!!!

Here a collection of some of my best impressions from SICAB 2015!

Hello from a autumn Madrid, have had some busy and lovely days with visit from a client that converted into a genuine friend, started to breed with the herd of PREs I sent to her over some 7 years, in the very north of Sweden where she lives with her family, home of the beautiful aurora borealis, santa claus and the reindeer! After my experience with the product ASEA we are now also collaborating with this business, I am dedicating some of my time to get this product on the spanish market as I believe we ca all benefit from better health, a residual income based on cooperative networking,. It's fun!

Happy evening in Vikinga stables with Eva-Lisa, vet Jorge and Starti

Working, love my job! So greatful.
Kitchen networking,.
 

And here's four of Vikinga's autumn collection of iberian sales horses selected and lined up for clients, both PRE and Lusitano, contact me on viktoria.vikingapre@gmail.com for more info!  

And a clip from a work-break having fun with Chula and Fiero in the field!

https://youtu.be/PK1o9KkKN7U
 

I want to congratulate Team Capriole Farms for their achievments and excellent results with their two Vikinga selected dressage PRE stallions in the US Copa USPRE! Now part of the USPRE Dressage Team!! 

Go Kate and Julie!

https://www.usprea.com/winners-of-the-copa-uspre-and-final-rankings/

This weekend was time for Donoso VII to do his first Intermedia I. We drove 35 min up the road and didn't have to stay over which was great because I don't like to leave my horses anywhere. We arrived late so just unloaded and got up riding straight away. Luckily D is 100% with me no fuss and makes everything, relaxed and easy. I was not nervous just enjoying and so was D. Starting the PSG the sky opened, bring it on,. and whilst I was trying to grip the wet slipping reins Donut just went for it and did his best test ever!!! What a feeling! Next day in Int I we had a very heavy muddy arena but despite this he did a great test, nailed all trot extentions, tempi-twos and pirouettes, he was tired but he delivered - my hero! Amazing horse all the way, how I wish that everyone could get a horse with the same type of connection we have, it's simply the best!

Donoso VII warming up at Club de Campo, Madrid.

https://youtu.be/enNWM5f7tYg