Training With Anky van Grunsven, Author Jessica Burkhart & New Weekly Content

October 1, 2009

This is HorseGirlTV’s latest PR piece with lots of fun new material being launched all the time now! Gemert, The Netherlands October 01, 2009 Tune in. Tack up. with HorseGirlTV. There’s much new material and new happenings at HorseGirlTV this month! Training With Anky: HorseGirlTV’s, Angelea Kelly , has relocated to Gemert, The Netherlands (Holland) … Read More

Mini Tour Of Gemert

September 28, 2009

A local was kind enough to give me a mini tour of Gemert this afternoon after finding out I hadn’t done anything but walk to the square, the Lidl market, drive to Anky’s, a horse show and Eindhoven thus far. Gemert totally reminds me of Ashland, Oregon and definitely makes me home sick (home for … Read More

Compact Cars And Fuel Economy

September 27, 2009

So I has just finished filling up my super compact car hire with the cheapest petrol per litre you can buy here and I spent 37€ (approximately $57.00). I paid and pulled out of the station to follow this vehicle. Of course I would imagine you can’t get these from the car hire and it … Read More

Misc Anky And The Netherlands Slice Of Life

September 27, 2009

It’s been a long and short weekend. Is that even possible? Yesterday seemed like it lasted forever but today is going by so quickly. The dedication was yesterday then Anky did a clinic in the afternoon so I gave Carrara the day off with some hand walking and hand grazing. There were large crowds of … Read More

Dedication At Anky’s Stable

September 26, 2009

I’m not sure of the specifics but there was a dedication with the representative of the Queen of the province at Anky’s stables today. They had a reception. Anky gave a speech. The representative gave a speech. They placed a inscribed stone at the front of the new offices being built onto the indoor and … Read More

Watching Anky’s First Reining Competition

September 24, 2009

I went with Anky, Willeke and Whiz last night about 1.5 hours north from Erp to attend/watch/video Anky’s first reining competition. It was so so cute to see the Dutch walking around in western wear with country music piped through the intercom system. There were some really nice horses there and per Dutch style, everyone … Read More

Kermis And Life In Gemert

September 22, 2009

Here’s a few photos of the Kermis going on in Gemert right now. This is the downtown area. The carnival ends today and I can hear the workers outside tearing down the rides and booths. It was quite a cute little carnival (I’m not sure on the translation of Kermis because they call carnival something … Read More

Flying Horses And I’m Not Talking About The Circus

September 19, 2009

All of this took place, depending upon what time zone you are talking about, between ten in the evening on Thursday the 17th through Saturday evening on the 19th. The horses were loaded in cargo. Here’s the cargo door closing. Yes it’s blurry but at that point in the trip so was I. Haha! This … Read More