sunnuntaina, syyskuuta 25, 2011

Donaueschingen



Hei kaikki!

Ei nyt ollut meidän viikonloppu. Sini oli jo perjantaista lähtien treenissä hermostunut kaikesta hälinästä mitä kilpailupaikalla oli eikä meinannut rentoutua millään. Perjantain treeni meni siinä vain hölkätessä ja Siniä rauhoitellessa. Lauantaina aamulla otin vielä Sinin ulos ja pääareenalle. Se sujui jo vähän paremmin ja Sini malttoi jo hieman keskittyä minuun. Sain lähtöpaikaksi mukavasti numero 1:n. Sini oli verryttelyssä jo oma itsensä ja lähdin hyvin mielin radalle. Ensimmäisessä lisätyssä ravissa tunsin jo miten Sini jännittyi ja saimme tahtirikon. Ravi sulut ja ensimmäinen passage-piaff osuus vielä sujui jotenkuten, mutta käynnissä Sinin jännittyneisyys jo selvästi näkyi. Jotenkin onnistuin luotsaamaan Sinin radan läpi viimeiselle keskihalkaisijalle, jossa emme sitten päässeetkään enää eteenpäin. Sini taisi saada jonkun flash backin EM-kisoista ja sirkus vaihde iski päälle. Valitettavasti jouduin jälleen keskeyttämään suorituksen ja niin me pakkasimme kamat autoon ja suuntasimme takaisin kotiin.
Luulen, että lähdemme taas ensin hieman rutiinin hakuun, jotta Sini pääsee taas sisälle kilpauluhevosen elämään. Pää pystyyn ja kohti uusia haasteita.

torstaina, syyskuuta 22, 2011

Donaueschingen

Hello,

The truck is packed again and ready to go to the next show. Tomorrow we will drive to Donaueschingen. It's starts with vet check on Friday and the Gran Prix is on Saturday. The preparing has been going well and Sini Spirit feels good. I'm looking forward to this weekend!

keskiviikkona, syyskuuta 21, 2011

Donaueschingen

Hei!

Ollaan toivuttu EM:istä ja nyt nokka kohti uusia koitoksia. Huomenna käännetään heppa-auto kohti Etelä-Saksaa ja Donaueschingeniä. Perjantaina on vet check ja lauantaina ensimmäinen luokka. Valmistautuminen on sujunut hyvin ja Sini Spirit tuntuu hyvälle. Positiivisella fiiliksellä mennään!

tiistaina, syyskuuta 13, 2011

Sini Santos second in S class!

Last weekend I competed with Sini Santos for the first time on S level. He did nice job, no big mistakes, only the pirouettes in canter need more practice. He scored 67,65% und was second after my other horse Fiaro Lacendos who is more experienced than Santos on that level.

Sini Santos is for sale.

Sini Santos depytoi S-luokassa!

Osallistuin viikonloppuna Sini Santoksen kanssa ensimmäistä kertaa S-luokkaan, joka oli avoin 7-8 vuotiaille hevosille. Santos teki puhtaan radan, joskin piruetit vaativat vielä harjoittelua. Tulos hienot 67,65%. Samassa luokassa ratsastin myös toisella hevosella Fiaro Lacendos, joka on jo hieman kokeneempi tällä tasolla. Fiaro voitti luokan ja Santos oli hienosti depyytissään toinen!

Sini Santos on myytävänä.

sunnuntaina, elokuuta 21, 2011

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!

lauantaina, elokuuta 20, 2011

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.

perjantaina, elokuuta 19, 2011

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! 

tiistaina, elokuuta 16, 2011

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.

maanantaina, elokuuta 15, 2011

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.

tiistaina, elokuuta 09, 2011

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

sunnuntaina, heinäkuuta 03, 2011

Åtoftens Volanti 1990-2011







Kauniina nauhana vuosien päivät,
helminä jokainen muistoiksi jäivät.
Elämän päivien ketju on kallis,
helmist' en yhdenkään kadota sallis.
Koskaan ei tiedä,
onko aikaa paljon vai vähän.
Yht'äkkiä huomaa,
se päättyikin tähän.
Muistot kauniit voimaa antaa,
surun raskaan hiljaa kantaa.
Ei jaksanut sydän kultainen,
vaan lähdit luokse pilvien valkeiden.
Kyyneleet eivät tuo sinua takaisin,
vaikka hetkellisesti sitä toivoinkin.
Katseesi pienessä ikkunassa,
on vieläkin muistoissani olemassa.
Talletan tuon kuvan syvälle sydämeen,
kun pyyhin silmäkulmastani kyyneleen.
Nuku siis rauhassa syvää unta,
ympärilläs sateenkaaren valtakunta.
Hannele Vänskä


Volantin muistoa kunnioittaen

Emma

sunnuntaina, kesäkuuta 05, 2011

Home again. It was a nice Weekend in Hamburg. The show was good organized, the surroundings were nice and the weather perfect. On Friday I rode Kaspar in intermediate II. The test was ok, we still have some difficulties with the piaff. Kaspar wants to do the piaff on one spot and it's hard for him to get out. So in the test he was doing nice piaff but jumped out and we lost there many points. Unfortunately we didn't qualify for the next day. On Saturday I rode the GP special with Happy. He got a little tired in passage and piaff tour but canter was without any mistakes. We got still 63.5% and got placed.

torstaina, kesäkuuta 02, 2011

Hamburg 2011

Hi!

So, I'm in Hamburg now. I was supposed to ride Sini Spirit here but he is not in full training yet. He got this inflammation to his hind leg just before Hagen. Instead I took 10-year-old Happy Louis and 8-year-old Fürst Kaspar to the show. I have been riding Happy about 2 months now after he game to our stable. He is such a nice horse to ride and very uncomplicated. Today I rode the international Gran Prix with him. For the first time in such a big show he did well. Only some small misunderstandings but I'm very pleased. We got 66.3% and 13th place. We qualified for the Gran Prix Special which is on Saturday morning. Tomorrow I'm going to ride Kaspar in intermediate II. This is the first show in a long time for him and first show at this level.
Unfortunately I can't ride Sini Spirit in Finland in two weeks because the healing takes longer than we thought and I can't prepare him well enough to compete in such a short time.
I have to plan my show calendar again and make sure that Sini will be in top condition for the European championships.

Best regards Emma