Watch & learn: the hoof GP
Maybe you wouldn’t have thought you would be looking at videos of cow’s hooves, but I frankly have found it very educative. I always saw …
Patting horses on the neck, reward or cause of stress?
We all know those riders who finish a great test and then pat a horse on the neck with enthusiasm. But does this ”patting” mean a rewar…
Riders, be mindful of how you use ‘your’ photos
Lately, competition photos have become a hot item. They are everywhere. On Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, personal websites, isibless, Eiðf…
AT: Salzburger & Tiroler championships
This weekend, the Salzburger and Tiroler championships took place at Islandpferde Burghauser, which is half an hour from the city of Salz…
Exloo day 3: Anne-Jet 2x, Bram, Lisa & Chris win
The third and last day of IJRN international ended yesterday. It was a day filled with finals, preliminaries and sports! Luckily the weat…
IJRN International day 1&2: Tom in the T1&F1 lead
Yesterday the annual IJRN (IJslandrijders noord) international tournament took off. Sadly, the WR competition has always had the tendency…
“Outhorse” your emails to the Horses of Iceland
According to the initiative “visit Iceland”, nothing ruins a holiday in Iceland more than those constant incoming work emails. When you a…
Icelandic politics: sheep farms and local elections
This week the prime minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, left her workplace in Reykjavík for a day to help out at a sheep farm in Sk…
WR Hermkus Hof: Marianne & Prinsessa rule T1 & V1
Today was the first edition of the WR ranking competitions at Hippisch centrum Hermkus Hof in Merselo in the dutch province of Limburg, w…
Daði Freyr: An ESC legend in concert
This Monday the multiple times postponed concert of Daði Freyr finally took place in Tivoli Vredenburg in Utrecht, and yes, I had tickets…
NL: Mée hestar Iris and Freya win sports B
Yesterday the first competition of the year on the property of the Versteeg family in Rijswijk took place. Mée hestar is the stable of th…
NSIJP Breeding assesment Ermelo NL
This Saturday the dutch breeders gathered in Ermelo with their young horses, because it was time to assess the three and four-year-old st…