I've had a predilection for
piebald horses since I was about 12 years old. I always told
anyone
who wanted to listen that 'when I buy my own horse, it will be a
piebald, black
and white or brown and white didn't matter'.
Here he is - Mickey came to us August 17th 2004, at Poppers 5th
birthday.
The reason I was searching for a horse right then was that I'd cared
for a Swedish warmblood
for 12 years, and suddenly he was for sale.
The owner and I couldn't come to an agreement on
what price I should
pay for him, so she had to take him back.
My new (own!) horse should be a new companion, able to compete in
smaller competitions and
someone to have fun with.
I went to try three other horses before I found this magnificent
gelding on the internet.
I called the seller and went to see him the next day - and fell head
over heels! His eyes had IT!
If he was the least rideable, I just had to have him.
Pictures from the first day I saw Mickey - the seller shows him to
the left and I have just
mounted to the right.
Mickey is called Mickey Mouse, because it fits his
personality better than his real name, Mike Dundee.
He is a big horse (at least 172 cm at withers) but sometimes he acts as if he is small as
a mouse.
Mickey is being trained and educated by Jari. When
it became clear that he has a lot more potential
than I knew when I bought him I
realised I needed help with the education. I ride and play with him,
and Jari
works and competes with him. As an 8-yearold he competes in
Prix St Georges
and
Intermediare I, so far with very good results.
September 2nd 2007 Mickey & Jari served as "showing equipage" at
Ribersborg in Malmö, they showed
"Dressage with Kristian von Krusenstierna" (who
has competed in the swedish international dressage team)
and it looked like this:
November 4th 2007 I left Mickey in
Jari's care, to train and compete.
Mickey is still owned by me but has moved to the nextdoor stable
where Jari and his wife have
their other horse. I'll continue to ride Mickey now and then.
Two pictures from February 2008 in Dagstorp, it's fun to compare pictures and see the
changes in Mickey's body and movements.
We still have two horses in our
stable, Arkona and Thór:
Arkona is a mare, Swedish warmblood born in 1987
Thór is an icelandhorse, a gelding, born in 1978
We have a yellow cat in the stable.
His name is Audi.
Our cats are named after car brands, since the cat who lived
here when we moved in was called Mercedes.
Our grey female Alfa was hit by a car and died in december -08
