Well, we are still thinking but tomorrow we will decide if 'Donoso' is going to SICAB to represent Sweden or not. He is so handsome and I am not just saying that because I love him, and I am definitely not selling him, but just look at his profile here, this is not a pretty horse, it is a beautiful horse. You can see his outline well with this backround, we did them this evening. And at the swedish championships he only got a 6 for his absolutely wonderful head and neck, I am sure he can get better scores here and also for movement as they did not come out to his advantage with me as a nervous wreck and running like a silly mum being scared he would trip and hurt his cross ligament-bleeding in patella. And there is also the vets advice and that is to take it easy peasy until end of this year. He feels and looks good and has never been lame but this is still the expert advice. For us SICAB is a fun event, we normally go 2 days to meet friends, study the horses, the judges etc. But for the horses it is hard work and quite stressful. We have to arrive one day before (monday) and we have to be there, no matter what the result, until the following monday, no horse can leave before and that's the way it is. This year they have again instigated the 'wheel', the horses go around and the judges pick some that are out, left are 15 in each group. Just like that. So after having paid a huge amount of Euros, dragged the horse there, left other animals behind, got a hotel etc, etc some horses don't even get a chance to trot! Do not agree with this system. Possibly for this reason there are also less participants this year.
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