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NEWS FROM WINDY
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SUCCESS AT BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS
Paula won first prize in Intermediate Tölt and Intermediate
4-gait at the British Championships held at the end of June.
She also won the trophy for overall 4-gait. Her horse Viğblainn is
by our stallion Svanur fra Midfossum and out of one of our brood
mares, Lukka fra Viğivöllum. Viğdblainn spent his first year in
Wales before coming north to be reared with the herd at Windy Gowl.
Paula can take all the credit for training this horse, as he was
given to her as a 5-year old by Mum for her birthday. Viğblainn is very versatile and is adept at herding cows
and sheep and
loves to climb the hills at speed. We also have 3 sisters of Viğblainn in the breeding herd and they show great potential.
All the participants from Pentland Hills
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POSTCARD FROM PETRA
Petra Links came on holiday to PHI over 12 years ago and took Glampi
fra Skipanesi back home with her to Germany. She has just sent the
following news:
"I only wanted to tell
that Glampi is still doing fine. He's now 20 years old and still
full of power. It's fantastic! Every day he goes very clear tölt
without any sign of pace or trot. He's still great.
But the best! Last
weekend we had the masterships of "Nordrhein-Westfalen" - it's the
big region around Cologne. We had at about 272 starters. A very big
mastership. And Glampi won the mastership in the eventing. It was so
great! And it was such a good conclusion because it was his last
tournament. I want you to know that! I never regret that I bought
him! He' s really great! Now I ride him through the forest and only
have fun with him."
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OUR LATEST TRIP TO ICELAND
This month we travelled to Iceland
to look at horses and caught up again with Hemmi who comes regularly to
give training courses at Windy Gowl. He is a great source of
help and information on horses and on riding in Iceland. For
more information, visit his new website on
http://www.efri-brunavellir.is, |
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Hofsi |
GRASS SICKNESS
It's great news that we
have to report that Hofsi who was diagnosed with Grass Sickness in
2005 has made a fantastic recovery and has now been lightly backed.
He is lucky to have survived and the knowledge gained in nursing him
has helped to support Andrea Addison's little horse Aischa in Belgium
- she too is well on the road to recovery.
Sadly these cases of
survival are rare and grass sickness is usually a fatal disease.
This highlights again how important it is that we continue our
fund-raising efforts, to support efforts to find a solution to this
awful disease. To read Hofsi's story and learn more about Grass
Sickness, click here.
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POSTCARD FROM UNDRI
Undri, born in 1994, is a
son of Gjosta and half brother to Glaesir. Caroline Schurmann,
who worked at PHI for a year, bought him as a 7 year old and took him
to Switzerland when she went home. She has trained him on and is
now having great success in 5 gait competitions.
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ABEL
The well-loved stallion
Abel from Rickarton passed away at Windy Gowl. He was 29 year
old. He had lived a very full life and his offspring are now spread
far and wide - with two getting as far as Germany!
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