My favorite stud until now

I just love Imperio! :)

He's a 6 year old Trakehner stud and is already very successful:

Imperio is

- reserve champion of the keuring in 2005

- Trakehner champion in 2007

- 4th place in the German Bundeschampionate in 2007

- reserve World Champion of the young dressage horses in 2008

- German Bundeschampion in 2008

He scored a 10 for his trot!

And even more important: he's very very calm and I'ms ure he would fit my Bella. :)

The only thing that speaks against him right now is that they doubled his stud fee in 2009 :(

Here is the link to his site. (sorry, just in German)

Her tendon healed!!

Wohooo, I'm allowed to lightly work her again, the vet said her tendon looks very good now. It's not 100% healed but 99% and he said that it's good enough to work her a bit again.

Working a little bit seems to be very very good for her happines. She has always been a very very good girl the time she was only allowed to be walked, but now she seems to be happier.

When I tried to canter her the first time under saddle she completely refused to canter, pushed all four feet into the ground and bucked. My barn owners adviced me to let her canter at the lunge before I'd try it under saddle again. The first time I lunged her she bucked a lot and was very happy to canter, the second time she almost did nothing anymore. Then I tried it under saddle again and she was suuuuuuuuch a good girl, didn't buck at all.

We guess that it was kind of girth pressure she got when I tried to canter for the first time under saddle as I tightened the girth a little bit more that day...
My Bella is a very sensitive horse and maybe a little diva, too. But on the other hand I would trust this horse my life, she's so reasonable and nice. :)