Reset and back in Sweden again!
Back in Sweden for a reset! Did a bioresonance scan before I left and now I am going to take care of myself and get the body in balance. Working from here so it's not a real holiday but I needed a change of scenery after loosing Start and having Artico in surgery and moving horses around in the heat is exhausting and stressful. The boys Llamativo VIK and Artico VIK and Viva VIK are all together and in professional training so I can relax. Ole VIK is at home in Guadarrama, I have started to work him alittle as he needs to be stimulated and get's bored now when he doesn't have Start as a company.
So happy to be with my girls again! Proud of them both are very special. Quinie VIK is very tall and well built, she will have to do some championships for sure. Runa is super elegant, sweet as sugar and very social. Lovely quality and both buckskin pearl, I had a vision to breed a new generation of mares and these are definitely the ones. My parents are taking such excellent care of them, never have they had such glow to their coats and they are thriving, sleeping in their luxury suites every day with perfect bedding and quality food. Sweden is undoubtedly the best place for breeding and for young horses to grow up, the food is spectacular although this year they are having a very dry summer and the grass is gone. It is rather a question of not giving them too much, Picara has quite a belly. As she had her foal late this year she is not going to be covered, she gets a year to herself. She deserves it after all those years breeding.
Here are the girls from today!
QUINIE VIK
Born 2021
By Artico VIK - Viva VIK - Brillantino VIK
RUNA VIK
2 weeks!
By Picara PM - Pearl of Peace EV - Revoltoso XXIX
Winter is here!
In the middle of the winter here, today we woke up to a snowing world! Coziness is on, fire is on 24 hours and christmas decorations are up.
Life goes on riding my boys daily, Tico is so much fun now, we are playing with all the laterals, canter pirouettes and I am confirming the quality of the flying changes! My love bug 
We have had amazing autumn weather here making farmlife pleasant, horses grazing and eating the Fresno leaves rich of silica under the sun. I have been efficient this summer and contracted people to clean fields and cut the wood for my fireplace. Love the feeling of recycling and heating my house with farm wood that has been sheltering my horsefamily. Its a very grounding feeling to pick wood and bring it home, when I lived in Sweden we used to pick mushrooms and berries in the forest which gave me the same lovely down to earth feeling.
Hidalgo is now a very happy gelding, he will be living in Sweden at a luxury farm with friends and fields going into the forest, indoor arena and a absolutely beautiful stable.
His full brother Fiero VIK has recieved the genetic color test result and is it is now confirmed he has the brilliant and rare combination ggAaEeCr which means he has the possibility of bringing down ALL colour combinations even palomino, just like his son Olé VIK that is the super rare colour smoky pearl. The difference is as Olé is a double dilute and he guarantees a Cr gene to offspring whilst Fiero only gives a 50% chance bringing down the Cr gene. So much fun!
Listed colours;
Ref; TOX - Top class PSLusitano just pure eyecandy!
Ref; HOG Super dressage PRE doing piaffe, passage, counter canter, canter pirouettes, passage half pass, tempis!
Ref; NEL Luxury cremello unicorn lusi!
Ref; TER - Black gentleman PRE Competing Prix St George!
Advent is approaching
So time flies when you are having fun lol. I have never been so much time on my own. Riding my boys daily and working my business and watching series on Netflix. Did you see My Octopus Teacher? See it, its on Netflix really beautiful documentary. We have had amazing autumn weather here making farmlife pleasant, horses grazing and eating the Fresno leaves rich of silica under the sun. I have been efficient and contracted people to clean fields and cut the wood for my fireplace. Love the feeling of recycling and heating my house with same wood from the farm that has been sheltering my horsefamily. Its a very grounding feeling to pick wood and bring it home, when I lived in Sweden we used to pick mushrooms and berries in the forest which gave me the same feeling of down to earth. I used to train my horses in the forest, arena once a week and the rest forest workouts.
Hidalgo is now a very happy gelding, he will be living in Sweden at a lovely farm with friends and fields going into the forest, indoor arena and a beautiful stable.
PSL news! Inspired by my work and my horses
Had a lovely sunny weekend with lovely friends and we enjoyed Spain at its best, sunny warm weather with delicious food, special vermouths and hanging out in garden and with horses. My farm is so pretty now with the leaves turning and the ground is still dry and green as we get this second grass now. This afternoon the weather turned and got chilly so rugs are back on, at least they got 4 days with sun shining on their backs. Tomorrow back with routine of training Start, Fiero and sweet Hidalgo that is sold but will be staying in training until next year. And I am viewing horses for clients this week.
This will be Ole´s last week with his mami, he is 5 months now and huge so I reckon its time. brother Llamativo who is hanging out with Start next doors. Completely in love with Ole, I must have done something good to recieve a horse like that he is truly a gift from the horse-gods, so thankful. Next week Ole´s new playmate will arrive, it's a PSL foal I have selected for a client that is starting a new Lusitano breeding program, he is sired by an exceptional perlino PSL stud of the Palha line which represents the old type mainly based in Veiga blood, the PSL typically bred for bullfighting, not too tall, baroque type that easily learn the high school movements, classy and smart. The sire is an exclusive perlino, one of my hidden treasures that I offer my serious PSL clients, he is 5 years old, extremely talented and well trained. 100% temperament. Piro free and xrayed.
Ref; LOP 5 years, advanced perlino PSLusitano stud working advanced level. 
Pics from Vikinga-finca this weekend, have a great new week everyone! 
Fiero VIK
Hidalgo VIK - In training, sold to Sweden
Girls Picara PM and Viva VIK
Ole VIK By Fiero VIK - Picara PM
Llamativo VIK - Born 2018, full brother to Ole VIK
ANCCE; Changes in purebred spanish horse (PRE) coat colour names
So the rain has been pouring down and we feel refreshed and rugs are on. I love the seasons even though the summer is my favourite, but the darker colder days are also lovely as you can be cosy with candles and the fireplace.
Hidalgo has passed 5* prepurchase exam and he was completely clear on xrays. The xray machines are now with such high quality and normally we see some kind of finding being relevant or not, so completely clear xrays are highly unusual. With only 4 years Hidalgo has already been a shoolhorse for students including young children and we will miss our sweet stallion. Proud of the the genes of my babies. Congratulations to his new owner and I wish them both the very best life!!
Hidalgo VIK - By Donoso VII - Novedosa PM
Born 2016, Buckskin Cr
ANCCE has done a new study and denomination of the genetics and its colours, I enclose the writeup below for your interest. I am having 4 of my horses tested to get them registered with their new denominations, which are in my opinion now much more clear and descriptive.
Artico VIK (ggEEAaCrprl) was before perlino, now he is buckskin pearl (baya perla). He has been to summerschool for 1month as I had my knee injured, he is developing his talent nicely.
Artico VIK August 2020.
Picara PM, Artico VIKs mother, is (EEAaCrCrgg) and she was previously called perla, now she is perlino.
ANCCE report; https://www.lgancce.com/web/node/1103?lang=en
A wide range of terms are used by labs, breeders and others to identify a horse’s coat color. Until now, the genetic analysis that determined Purebred Spanish Horse (PRE) coat colors and the results that appear in the PRE Stud Book (LG PRE ANCCE) had always been performed by external laboratories, to then accept these names.
Since the creation of our own PRE Molecular Genetics laboratory (ANCCELAB) in 2019, all of the corresponding techniques were fine-tuned. Work proceeded to analyze the genes that intervene in PRE coat colors. For the benefit of breeders, and greater understanding, the LG PRE ANCCE stud book office has changed certain coat color names; at the same time, these have been adapted to coincide with those used by most international laboratories.
With this in mind, as of Wednesday, March 11th, 2020, the names used to describe certain coat colors will be as indicated in the table below:
Observations:
- Likewise, the name of the wild type allele in the Pearl marker changes; it goes from “p” to “N” with the allele producing the dilution appearing as “Prl”.
- In those horses with at least one G allele in its Grey marker, independently of the rest of the coat color markers, it will continue to be called GREY.
- The low dash (_) referring to the marker in the genotype indicates that any allele of that marker may be present. For example: in the case of gene A: A_ (the _ could be AA or Aa); __ (could be either AA, Aa or aa) and the same holds true for the rest of the genes.
The names used for all other genotypes remain the same.
These changes will appear on both the LG PRE ANCCE stud book web site and APP, as well as on all Equine ID documents issued as Wednesday, March 11, 2020.
Equine Identification Document (EID)
The new results from genetic coat color analysis carried out from now on will be indicated in the Equine Identification Document (EID) using the new coat color names.
In terms of the results for coat colors carried prior to the date indicated, those horses will maintain the previous names as already indicated on their EID.
LG PRE ANCCE Stud Book Web Site & APP
Both the ANCCE web site and the LG PRE ANCCE Stud Book App will list the names as indicated below on all new analysis:
- PERLINO (previously PEARL)
- BUCKSKIN PEARL (previously PERLINO)
- PALOMINO PEARL (previously PERLINO)
- SMOKEY PEARL (previously PERLINO)
- CHESTNUT DOUBLE-PEARL (previously ISABELLA)
- BAY DOUBLE-PEARL (previously ISABELLA)
- BLACK DOUBLE-PEARL (previously ISABELLA)
Coat color analysis performed prior to March 11, 2020 will appear as follows:
- PERLINO (NAME USED PRIOR TO MARCH 11, 2020)
- Isabella (NAME USED PRIOR TO MARCH 11, 2020)
- PERLA (currently PERLINO)