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EQ Olympics 2024

With excitement building for the Paris Olympics, it's time to put your best hoof forward! The Olympics are coming to EQ, and our first Olympic Qualifier is underway!

We will host two R-Shows for horse and rider pairs to qualify for the upcoming Olympics, which will take place as a T-Show. The EQ Olympics will feature Eventing, Dressage, and Show Jumping. Entries into the Qualifiers are unlimited, but members will be allowed only one pair per discipline during the T-Show. Additionally, there will be a concurrent challenge for those wanting to enter the Olympic spirit without competing.

We look forward to seeing you at the EQ Olympics Individual Qualifier!

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Saraste stable tour- the stallion barn

One barn with stalls for 16 horses.

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Calpawald’s Valkyrie & Adeline L We recently welcomed a new horse at Highgrove. Valkyrie is a promising 4 year old KWPN mare from Alataire Park and will be Rosy’s new show jumping prospect. Unlike most of the other horses at Highgrove, she’s a very reserved type and needs some extra encouragement to come out of her shell. But she has already found a trusty companion in Adeline and likes to explore her new home alongside the older mare. Due to the warm and mostly snowless winter, she’ll be spending her days on the pasture with the rest of the group and has all the time she needs to settle in.

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Hello to anyone who still follows this blog. I know it’s been a long, long time since I last posted anything even remotely Sims, especially Equus Sims related. It has been what? At least 2 or 3 years since the last time I was even the slightest bit active here? Well, now look who posted a rushed Sim picture!

Can I say without any doubt I’m back? No, sadly I can’t so I don’t make any promises but at least you all know now, I’m not dead. So there’s that at least.

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Katrin & Ctrl S in CTJL Stockholm, 1.30 m class.

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Micah loves to dress up the mules for Christmas. However, Halloween was a first…

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RME Beijinhos

Beijinhos is a 7 year old Lusitano stallion and, unexpectedly, arrived at Highgrove a while ago. Owning a Lusitano was always Maria’s dream but she never found the right horse in her area and whenever she found an interesting one, it had to be imported and Maria simply didn’t have time to go to Spain or Portugal to look for a horse.

She got a call from Fura, who had worked with Beiji ever since he arrived from Portugal. He was meant to be Fura’s horse but she sadly realized he wasn’t for her and was looking for a new home for the ‘promising, ugly duckling’, as he was described by his breeder. Maria wasn’t ready to make that decision. Not at all. She didn’t have time to visit Fura at Raymeaess to meet this mysterious horse and she definitely didn’t want to do a blind bargain. Although Maria never had the opportunity to visit Raymeaess, she knew Beijinhos had the best life there because she heard how beautiful and magical it was. ‘Heavenly’ was the word people used to describe this place. From the snow-capped mountains, to the way the horses live there and how the team works with them. Maria asked Fura to give her some time to think about it and to please send her as many pictures and videos of their training and his everyday life as possible so she could at least get to know him that way if she can’t meet him in person.

She wasn’t disappointed and she lost count of how many pictures and videos she got over the next few months. At first she remained professional and reserved whenever she sat down to study his behaviour and movements in the latest video but she soon caught herself getting excited whenever she received a new message from Fura. Beijinhos was incredibly photogenic with his big floppy ears and the black patch on the left side of his head gave him a black and a white ear, which also added to his striking looks.

He arrived at Highgrove a few weeks later in the early hours of the morning and he was as wonderful as Fura described him. Everyone expected him to be vocal and nervous, like any young stallion, but he unloaded calmly without any issues. Beiji raised his massive head and took a few slow and deep breaths and eagerly followed Maria to one of the pastures. It was magical and Fura mentioned he did the same when he arrived at Raymeaess. He seemed content in his new environment. Beijinhos didn’t bolt as soon as Maria removed his halter either. He just stood there and absorbed the familiar and unfamiliar sounds. The overpowering buzz of cicadas, the rustle of hay and the clatter of grain spilling into a trough, the sound of Berthez’s hoof banging against his stall door as he was impatiently waiting for his food and the mules braying in protest because they wanted to go outside, something he probably never heard before. Maria gave him a soft pat on his neck before he finally took off to explore the pasture. @zinniaandthepixels

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OA POINSETTIA,

hanoverian mare

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Maria reached over to her nightstand and tried to find her phone without having to open her eyes and without suffocating due to her incredibly stuffy nose. She squinted and her head pounded even more the second she looked at her unnaturally bright phone screen in her otherwise dark hotel room. ‘6:30′ she sighed and read the text she got “I fed the horses. Samy is in a very bad mood as always. Good luck later. Hurry up, we are waiting for you.”

The Highgrove team arrived in France a few days ago to attend the CTJL Paris, another big show to prepare them for the finals. Maria bought a new horse a few months ago and decided to take the gelding to the show along with her other show jumpers to see how he’d behave in front of a big crowd and it was the worst timing to get sick. Not only because she was supposed to ride the new horse but also because she didn’t want to miss the last few shows before the finals. But she felt horrible and the thought of getting up was excruciating so she decided to call Alexander to let him know and to figure out what to do.

“Why are you so grumpy?” Rosie chirped at Alex, who was walking back into the barn with a frown, and continued to braid Cascari’s mane “i’m not grumpy” Alex replied with his eyes still glued to the phone screen “Maria is sick and she asked me to enter with the new gelding today” Rosie broke out in laughter before he could properly finish the sentence and Alex finally took his eyes off of his phone and looked at the tall blond woman in front of him. She brushed her hair behind her ear and tried to stop laughing before she finally spoke “you? The only time i’ve seen you on a horse was when you’re warming them up for us before a competition” “That’s because you only have eyes for yourself, Ro” Alex smiled at her “believe it or not but i used to compete. I just stopped a while ago because i didn’t enjoy it as much anymore and found my joy for all the work in the background” “how can someone enjoy that” she raised the braid she was working on “riding and competing is the fun part. Everything else is just extra work and I’m glad if someone else does it for me” and as soon as she said that, Cascari took a step back and stepped into horse manure and Rosie almost lost it.

“Oh, I can see that. The last braid looks a bit weird, maybe you should start over. You don’t want to start your perfect round with a lopsided braid, do you? And you should clean his hoof again” Alex smirked at her and pointed at the once perfectly cleaned hoof covered in horse manure and walked over to Chester’s stall. “funny.. very funny” Rosie glared at him and ended up re-doing the braid when she thought he wasn’t looking.

Maria settled down with a cup of tea and a big blanket over her shoulders and grabbed her laptop to watch the livestream of the show. She felt a bit sad when she saw the amazing arena and the imposing Eiffel tower in the background. She’s never seen it irl and she was really looking forward to it and bent everyone’s ears about it on the way to Paris. She read articles about it online and told the entire team about the history of the Eiffel tower and how it was once called the ugliest building in the city and nowadays it’s the centerpiece of Paris’ cityscape and attracts millions of tourists every year. Rosie asked her to stop, Micah simply put her headphones in and Alex tried to drown her out by turning up the volume of the car radio. ‘Philistines’ she thought and wrapped herself further into the blanket.

The weather wasn’t great but at least it wasn’t raining when the show started and she saw some very familiar faces and horses and silently cheered for them in her hotel room while sipping her tea and waiting for her team’s turn. She held her breath when Alex entered the arena with Chesterfield and pulled her blanket all the way up to her eyes. ‘They look good together’ she thought and waited for them to start their round. It all went very well and Maria almost jumped with them on her bed but when they reached the 4th jump it started pouring rain out of nowhere and she prayed Chester wouldn’t spook as the spectators pulled out their umbrellas. He didn’t. He was just as focussed as his rider and they finished their round completely soaked but happy.

“Alex, I think you just got a new horse. Chester is perfect for you” “Wait wait.. who said i will compete again in the future? it was an exception.. an emergency or whatever you want to call it” “Oh come on, you had fun! You smiled at the end of your round. I saw it” “it pelted with rain, i was smiling through the pain of being soaking wet from head to toe” “liar. You enjoyed it”

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EURODRESSAGE 2021, ROUND 1

HOPE FALLS, UPSTATE NEW YORK 12:39 PM

Fig and Yury in the Intermediate II class. ==============================

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It was late in the summer afternoon as the golden hour was starting to seep through the tree crowns; its shimmering late summer light accompanying the idyllic southern countryside to the sound of birds tweeting in the treetops, a lonely bumblebee buzzing by in search of a flower to sit on and … the sound of the internal orchestra of primitive trumpets from Elefant, as he was making his way across the centerline, zig-zagging this way and zig-zagging that way, leaving an everlasting destructive trace of … horse. Iris fought hard to keep her face neutral, but couldn’t hold the sheepish grin in at the last halt in front of the judges when Elefant let out a final two-directional sigh of relief that the dressage test was finally over. So much for dressage elegance.

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It was very early in the morning when Maria opened the door to the barn to get Berthez ready for a show near Highgrove. It was just a 30min drive to the showgrounds, but they had to ride quite early and Maria wanted to make sure Bert had enough time to settle down before their start. She opened the barn door and immediately bumped into the stallion’s big chest. Maria stared at the big chestnut for a second trying to understand what just happened while Bert was casually eating one of his stablemate’s hay and looked at her in anticipation as if he’d say “oh good morning. I was waiting for you”. Berthez has a history of leaving his stall at night whenever he’s bored.. no matter how many locks you put on his stall - he will find a way to open them, especially when he’s bored. Usually they’d occupy him with toys in his stall, but whoever mucked out Berthez’s stall last night apparently forgot to put all the toys back in. This is nothing Bert would ever forgive, so he decided to leave his stall and say hello to everyone else. Thankfully, the barn doors are always closed at night and he didn’t learn how to open them yet. After taking Bert back to his stall, giving him his breakfast and loading up the trailer for the show, Maria and Bert made their way to the showgrounds. It was a very nice change for them to drive on their own without the entire team and to enjoy some time together. There was no huge parking lot with 100 cars and trailers, instead they all parked on a field close to the arena and some even used the field as a warm-up arena. It’s been years since Maria participated in such a small show with less than 30 entrants. It felt nice and homey, and it felt more like a competition training with a few other people to her than an actual show. Their round went very well. Berthez was perky as always and once again Maria realised how much this horse loved to dance. It was his passion and nothing was stopping him once he entered the arena. They entered in a collected trot and came to a halt in front of the judges. Maria gave Bert a small nudge and the big stallion immediately started to trot and their round officially started.

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After not having been out showing for a long time because of the pandemic and all, it was only to be expected that Buzz would dance in the greenish arena at the Kasterup arena with a firecracker under his hind-end. Being the horse holding the highest record in the stable of most riders (mostly just Vendela) tossed to the ground, it was fair to say that when she turned him up for the centerline to perform a transition between passage and piaffe, he was practically exploding with heat and desire to run a winner’s lap around the arena with his rider hanging by the stirrups. Fortunately for her, he saved it until they exited the arena on a long rein, just as she had begun to relax.

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This is too beautiful ma'am ❤🥺