We have had great and also somewhat bad start for 2016.
We have done lot of fitness training for all our horses during the spring. Great weather has been helpful and we have been able to train every single day!
Marja / Farid Ibn Shadwan raced 80km at 13.03.2016 in La Crau. The race went great and the horse felt really good. With speed of 13,8km/h and last pulse of 41bpm it was really easy for the horse. It also gave second place in this speed limited race! Horse was really good and everything went without any problems!
Lauri / Super Pearl raced also 80km at 02.04.2016 in Les Mees. The race was really hard with lot of rocks and total climb of 1200m! However Super Pearl was able to finish the race with speed of 13,5km/h. Even though in the last leg she was not as eager to go (too) fast as she normally is. Next day it was clear that she had small flu coming that took its toll. Nevertheless with good last pulse the day was rewarded with second place!
Marja / Farid Ibn Shadwan started 60km at 10.04.2016 in Vezenobres. The route was really hard and rocky. However the horse felt really good and metabolically everything was perfect. Sadly during the last leg of the race the horse was ripped from his right front shoe by some unlucky rocks. That caused light deviation in trotting during veterinary inspection which resulted disqualification by lameness. However the horse completed the full 60km with good speed, regardless lot of time was spend while replacing the lost shoe. With excellent last pulse it would have resulted with clear win! But sadly no luck this time.
Lauri / Jiicee Superstar raced 20km at 22.04.2016 in Uzes. This was the second race for the Jiicee Superstar which is still officially only 4 years old. She races in 5 year olds as she will be 5 year old during this year. Everything is completely new for this young horse but still she was acting really well in every part of the race. Literally hundreds of other horses, unfamiliar people and cars (!!!) was surprisingly well tolerated by Jiicee. Race went really well and she finished 7th of 25! Last pulse was also surprisingly good! We are really proud of Jiicee and we are looking forward for next races with this young horse!
Lauri / Super Pearl raced FEI1* 80km at 24.04.2016 also in Uzes. The race included many of the best riders and horses total of 65 participants! The race went really well even though Super Pearl was really hot during the first leg of the race due to the vast number of horses. This took some toll and we had to slow down for the last leg of the race, but still we were able to finish without any major problems. This resulted 46th place with speed of 14,3km/h for which we were really happy!
For now we are making sure that Farid Ibn Shadwan will recover fully before we start with him again but we hope to get him to the next race quite soon. Super Pearl has had many races within very limited time so we are giving her also time to recover. We have some great plans for Super Pearl which will be revealed later! We are looking for next race for Jiicee Superstar and if everything goes well, we will start again really soon!
So, not everything did go as planned but still really great start for the year 2016!
We have done lot of fitness training for all our horses during the spring. Great weather has been helpful and we have been able to train every single day!
Marja / Farid Ibn Shadwan raced 80km at 13.03.2016 in La Crau. The race went great and the horse felt really good. With speed of 13,8km/h and last pulse of 41bpm it was really easy for the horse. It also gave second place in this speed limited race! Horse was really good and everything went without any problems!
Lauri / Super Pearl raced also 80km at 02.04.2016 in Les Mees. The race was really hard with lot of rocks and total climb of 1200m! However Super Pearl was able to finish the race with speed of 13,5km/h. Even though in the last leg she was not as eager to go (too) fast as she normally is. Next day it was clear that she had small flu coming that took its toll. Nevertheless with good last pulse the day was rewarded with second place!
Marja / Farid Ibn Shadwan started 60km at 10.04.2016 in Vezenobres. The route was really hard and rocky. However the horse felt really good and metabolically everything was perfect. Sadly during the last leg of the race the horse was ripped from his right front shoe by some unlucky rocks. That caused light deviation in trotting during veterinary inspection which resulted disqualification by lameness. However the horse completed the full 60km with good speed, regardless lot of time was spend while replacing the lost shoe. With excellent last pulse it would have resulted with clear win! But sadly no luck this time.
Lauri / Jiicee Superstar raced 20km at 22.04.2016 in Uzes. This was the second race for the Jiicee Superstar which is still officially only 4 years old. She races in 5 year olds as she will be 5 year old during this year. Everything is completely new for this young horse but still she was acting really well in every part of the race. Literally hundreds of other horses, unfamiliar people and cars (!!!) was surprisingly well tolerated by Jiicee. Race went really well and she finished 7th of 25! Last pulse was also surprisingly good! We are really proud of Jiicee and we are looking forward for next races with this young horse!
Lauri / Super Pearl raced FEI1* 80km at 24.04.2016 also in Uzes. The race included many of the best riders and horses total of 65 participants! The race went really well even though Super Pearl was really hot during the first leg of the race due to the vast number of horses. This took some toll and we had to slow down for the last leg of the race, but still we were able to finish without any major problems. This resulted 46th place with speed of 14,3km/h for which we were really happy!
For now we are making sure that Farid Ibn Shadwan will recover fully before we start with him again but we hope to get him to the next race quite soon. Super Pearl has had many races within very limited time so we are giving her also time to recover. We have some great plans for Super Pearl which will be revealed later! We are looking for next race for Jiicee Superstar and if everything goes well, we will start again really soon!
So, not everything did go as planned but still really great start for the year 2016!
