Sunday

The day after. I slept over the night and thought about what happened. I'm still very suprised that Sini reacted that way because he has never done anything like that. But at the end I'm still happy that I got so far and we were able to ride in European championschips. Now there is only one way, to look forward. Once again I learned a lot and got also some nice memories.
We will drive home today after the freestyle and then tomorrow I go to work like always.
Thank you all for your support and nice words!

Saturday

So today was the special. And it didn't go very well... When I started my warm up Sini felt already a lot nervous than before Gran Prix. I couldn't make him to calm down, there was not enough time. And in the test he got so tense and scared that he got out of control. There was nothing for me to do than to put my hand up. I'm really sad about what happened.

Friday

Today we have a day off. I worked Sini already early in the morning and he felt good. I thought he might be tired but everything was ok. We didnt train too much that he still has enough power left for the special tomorrow. My starting time wil be at 14:33. I hope there will be time today to see the city of Rotterdam. So far what I have seen it looks wonderful!

Thursday

Unbelievable! I'm so happy right now. I didn't expect such a good result from the Gran Prix. Sini felt good from the beginning and even if we made mistakes in 2 tempis I'm still very happy about it. I was a bit afraid that Sini doesn't have enough condition to make it trough the test because he just had the break. I did my best to help him and he really gave everything. He is a fighter. Tomorrow is a free day and I will ride Sini only little bit in the morning. Saturday is the Special. It's wonderful that also Terhi and Fia qualified for it. So there are 3 Finnish riders in the semifinals! 

I think the most stressful day this week with the vet check is over! All our team members passed it and finally it is becoming real that we have a team in European championships! I can't be happier about it! Also my training went much better than yesterday. Sini was more relaxed and concentrated on the main arena than yesterday.
Tomorrow it starts. The first half from all the riders, 2 members from each team, will do the Gran Prix and the other half will do it on Thursday. My starting time will be on thursday at 11.51. So tomorrow I'm going to train Sini  with Hubertus and then support Terhi and Alexandra when they have their tests.

3. Day

Slowly everything is working out here. More horses are coming every day and our team
is also now complete. Fia and Terhi arrived yesterday. Now we are waiting for the vet check. I'm going to ride Sini in the evening because I have to wait that my trainer arrives.

Slowly everything is working out here. More horses are coming every day and our team
is also now complete. Fia and Terhi arrived yesterday. Now we are waiting for the vet check. I'm going to ride Sini in the evening because I have to wait that my trainer arrives.

The journey begins!

We left home today early in the afternoon. Sini travelled well and after 5 hours drive we arrived to Rotterdam. The show place was not quite ready yet and only few lorries were already there. Later in the evening I took Sini out for training. He felt good, very relaxed which I'm happy about. Tomorrow we are able to train on the main arena.

Rotterdam and European championships are coming closer and closer. Sini Spirit is recovering in time and I
still hope that we could participate.
In our stables everything is normal and I have still many horses to ride. I'm very happy about Happy Louis that I had the opportunity to ride him in some Gran Prix shows. Even if in Verden we failed. It was important to me to get the routine because we had such a long break with Sini.

Shortly more news!

Emma

EM lähestyy

Moikka!
Elokuun puoliväli ja Euroopanmestaruus kisat lähestyvät kovaa vauhtia. Sini Spirit on kuntoutumassa ja kaikkien vastoinkäymisten jälkeen saattaa EM reissu sittenkin onnistua! Vielä täytyy pitää sormet ja varpaat ristissä, että kaikki sujuu loppuun asti hyvin.
Muuten tallilla kaikki sujuu entiseen malliin ja hevosia riittää ratsastettavaksi. Olen ollut iloinen, että olen saanut startata Happy Louisilla muutamat GP-radat vaikka Verdenissä epäonnistuimmekin. On hyvä kuitenkin pitää tuntumaa yllä sillä viimeisestä startista Sini Spiritin kanssa on kulunutkin jo jonkin aikaa.

Pian lisää kuulumisia!

Emma