@fromjumpingtodressage #1 – Get to know us

Først av alt, tusind tak for at du har klikket ind på min blog, og læser det som bliver min første post herinde. I dette indlæg tænkte jeg at fortælle lidt om mig og min hest Sambuca, og så håber jeg at du vælger og følge vores rejse fremadrettet. Hvis du har nogle spørgsmål eller bare ønsker at sige hej, bliver jeg rigtig glad hvis du har lyst til at skrive en kommentar til mig.

Jeg har været en hestepige så længe jeg kan huske. Faktisk har min mor fortalt mig, at jeg lærte mig at gå ved at holde i en lille plasthest på hjul. Når jeg så var blevet 5 år fik jeg endelig lov til at starte på en rideskole, hvilket jeg havde plaget om i flere år. Ikke overraskende blev jeg helt vild med at ride, og da jeg så blev 10 år fik jeg endelig mig helt egen pony. Han hed Akill og var en max 1’er pony av racen fuldblodsaraber. Til at begynde med var det mest for hyggens skyld, men efter noget tid viste det sig at Akill havde talent indenfor spring. Efter det kom vi så i gang med at starte spring stævner. Akill var ikke bare en fantastisk spring pony, han havde også verdens lækreste temperament, og passede så godt på mig i næsten 5 år.

Da jeg så var faldet for aldersgrænsen var det på tide at finde en hest, og endnu engang var jeg så heldig at fine en med et fantastisk temperament. Han hed Chess, og var en rutineret herre som aldrig stoppede foran et spring. Det hændte dog at han tog en bom eller to med ned, men det var mindre vigtig for mig. Jeg havde omkring 2 fantastiske år med Chess før han desværre brækkede benet og måtte aflives. Det var en av de værste oplevelser i mit liv, og efter det kunne jeg ikke klare tanken om å få en ny hest. Lige efter startede jeg på universitetet, og i de næste år tog studier og senere arbejdet meg av min tid, så heste og ridning gik lidt i glemmebogen. Noget jeg ærgrer mig over i dag.

I årene som kom red jeg lidt her og der. Lidt på rideskole og lidt på part heste, men jeg fandt ligesom aldrig rigtig noget som passede mig. Så for lidt over 1 år siden flyttede jeg til Jylland, og min hyggelige nabo introducerede mig for hendes rideskolehold. og så var jeg i gang med hest igen! I forbindelse med mit nye arbejde i Jylland kom jeg i kontakt med en pige der rider dressur på højt plan, og jeg fik så lov til at ride på hendes unghest. Det var min første tur på en rigtig dressur hest, og jeg var helt solgt. Nu ville jeg lære mig at ride dressur, og jagten på den rette hest for mig startede. Det var så der Sambuca kom ind i mit liv. Jeg vil fortælle mere om hvordan jeg fandt hende, og alt det med at købe hest i mit næste indlæg. Sambuca er en 6 årig dansk varmblodshoppe efter Fürstenball, og med Negro som morfar. Og igen har jeg fundet en hest med et helt fantastisk temperament.

Så dette var lidt om os, og jeg håber det har gjort at du vil følge os videre. Du må også rigtig gerne følge mig og Sambuca på Instagram, derinde hedder vi @fromjumpingtodressage.

Bedste hilsner fra

Hanne

 

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First of all, thank you so much for having a look at my blog, and you are now reading my first post. To start it of I would like to tell you a little bit about myself and my horse Sambuca, and I hope that you would like to follow our journey onwards. If you have any questions or just want to say hi, it would make me really happy if you would write a comment below.

I have been a horse girl for as long as I can remember. Actually, my mother has told me that I learned to walk holding a little plastic horse on wheels. After begging for it for several years, I was eventually allowed to start at a riding school at age five. I totally loved riding, which came as no surprise, and when I turned ten I got my own pony. His name was Akill and he was a category 1 Arabian horse. To being with it was all just for fun, but it turned out that Akill could jump. And then we started competing in showjumping. Akill did not only jump, he also had a temper out of this world, and took such good care of me for nearly five years.

When I became to old to compete in the pony classes the search for a horse started. And yet again I managed to find one with a superb temper. His name was Chess, and he was an experienced gentleman, who never stopped in front of a jump. It did however happen that he dragged with him some poles, but that was of less importance to me. I had nearly two amazing years with Chess until he unfortunately broke his foot and had to be put down. It was one of the worst experiences of my life, and after that I could not bear the thought of getting another horse. Just after that I started university, and during the next years studies and later work took a lot of my time, so I forgot a little about horses and riding. Which I truly regret today.

As the years went by I rode a little here and there, some on a riding school and some on leased horses, but I never seemed to find something that fit for me. For little over a year ago I moved to Jutland (northern Denmark), and my new sweet neighbor introduced me to her riding school. And then I was back to riding again! At my new work I got to know a girl who rides dressage on a high level, and I was allowed to try and ride her young horse. It was my first time on a real dressage horse, and I was hooked. I decided that it was time for me to learn dressage, and the search for the perfect horse for me began. And that was how Sambuca came into my life. I will tell more about how I found her in my next post. Sambuca is a six-year-old Danish warmblood mare after Fürstenball, with Negro as her grandfather. And yet again I have managed to find a horse with a fantastic temper.

So this was a little about us, and I hope that has made you want to follow us onwards. I would love it if you would also follow us on Instagram, where we are called @fromjumpingtodressage.

Best regards,

Hanne