-
Back in the saddle with a hot mare!
Hello again! Somewhere among work and uni obligations, I finally found the time to take a riding lesson again at EGVUS. I had been off the saddle since last June and I was excited to start again! I had improved so much, I wanted to show him Yannis this rising trot I had brought to perfection, but to no avail, due to the long time I had abstained from riding :(( And here I was last Sunday, excited but nervous and unsure about my skills at the yard (thankfully I don’t have to spend a day travelling to get a riding lesson anymore). Yannis gave me a pretty, tall, brown…
-
Equestrian in the Ancient Olympics: Did you know?
Today I read Xenophon’s On Horsemanship and Hipparchus and, looking at the introduction of each book, I found interesting information about the add of equestrian to the classical Olympic Games, and I would like to share it with you. Besides, as a Greek and equestrian, I couldn’t fail to write about equestrian and the Olympics, right? 🙂 Equestrian was introduced to the Olympics in the 33rd registered Olympiad, that is about 644 BC (I say “about” because the games took place alternatively every 49 and 50 months, as a period of eight years comprises of 99 moths, which is 96 stable months plus 3 intercalary months). It remained an Olympic sport until the abolition…
-
Happy New Year! (even if I’m late)
Hi, horsey world! I’d like to wish everyone happy new year, with loads of horsey activities and… health! And I’m saying health, because I’ve spent the holidays so far sleeping, coughing, blowing my nose and getting angry about it all. So, when people say to me “Happy New Year” and the traditional wish “next year as well” -which goes with everything- I reply with the other traditional, going-with-everything wish “and next year with health”, in its literal form. I wish myself -and everyone who has been ill these holidays- to be healthy next Christmas holidays, including New Year”s Day!