I have been checking this post hoping to find his time - how great to get it from the 'horses mouth'
Good luck with the Kur, this horse really is what dressage is about, he has a great personality that shines through, he makes me smile with his obvious enjoyment of life and the way his rider so obviously treasures him.
Congrats, your pink horse did an amazing test, deserved to finish higher imho. he looked amazing.
btw, he's the only one of all the dressage horses i really really want on my yard!
Wonderful to watch and I too got rather emotional. Just so expressive and obviously totally enjoyed himself in the arena. Im not surprised he has a fan club over in HK....I think if he comes to the UK we will end up hugging him till he is squashed!!!
Apologies for my silence, after an emotional kur i drank one wine too many at the after party and could not face a computer yesterday!! Fortunately balagur was only walking and hand grazing yesterday, which he really enjoyed as he got to have a good roll on the racecourse-he was no longer the well turned out horse you all saw!! He turned a nice shade of green and brown!!
Wasn't he fab in the kur?! Thank you everyone for all your messages of support. I spoke to Sasha (his rider) and she said maybe it would be a good idea to come over and do a masterclass, so watch this space and i'll keep you all updated.
Anyway i must go and pack everything for our long trip back home. I'll be back on Monday hopefully with some photo's!!
Hi all
It was so nice to read all the great things about Balagur.
I'm Russian myself, but living in US, and was super happy to see Alexandra do so well this year.