#calderon stud

7.  Valegro HA, Dutch Warmblood dressage stallion

Kilimanjaro "Kili" CN and Jack Howard. This will probably be my last edited picture before I leave...

Also, I've done something stupid. Again. With nearly all my horses out on lease, it felt kind of lonely to only have two horses. So... I created a new one, a jumper. Meet Kili (yes I love The Hobbit) a.k.a Kilimanjaro CN, a 7 y/o black Swedish Warmblood stallion. I love him already!

I felt a sudden urge to edit a picture. Said and done. God, I'm going to miss this like hell.

All our horses, except for Visby HF and Solitary Walker CN, are now out on loan to different members. I just wanted to wish you good luck with them and thank you so much for helping me out <3 Please don't use the horses for breeding (only if I've said yes to it) and don't change confo, coats or anything like that. If you want to get in touch with me, please just PM. I will answer you within a week. _______________________________ Gosh, this is so stupid. I'm leaving in less than two weeks and what do I do?! Building new facilities of course! Which I won't have any use for in a year. But I had to... All of a sudden, people started bombarding ES with pictures of their facilities and I got hooked. Damn it, what a waste of time for me! I don't think I'm the sharpest tool in the shed right now... ...aaaanyway, have a few preview pictures of our new mare/broodmare barn lol!

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Étoile d'Or CN and out new show jumping slash eventing riders, Esther Hedengård on her back and Måns Wester in the foreground.

I've never done a portrait of a horse and it's rider before. That had to change. Freya grabbed the reins and pulled them over Stay Gold's head. Jack had promised to attend at their jumping session today and Freya had a feeling that they would have to work very hard to make up to Jack's demands. The weather was much more pleasant than yesterday, thank god. The dark rain clouds were all gone and the warm sunrays were shining on the two of them as they walked out of the barn.