Tag: Horse

  • Horse special in Karlavagnen – the jumping legend in the studio

    Horse special in Karlavagnen – the jumping legend in the studio

    It's about horses and riders in Karlavagnen Wednesday. Christian Olsson invites his friend and colleague Maria Gretzer – former Olympic rider, former national team captain and Radiosport's expert. In the program, you will hear the listeners' experiences with horses, stables and equestrian sports on the occasion of the Gothenburg Horse Show, which starts on February…

  • Get the best Christmas country – with Jill Johnson in the stable

    Get the best Christmas country – with Jill Johnson in the stable

    The P4 Country Christmas Special presents a cozily homely and sometimes surprising cavalcade of the best new and classic Christmas country. The program is broadcast from a stable, with the horses quietly munching in the background. From the chimney, guest Jill Johnson comes down and sums up the year, looks into the crystal ball and…

  • The Danish dressage scandal – that's why the equestrian sport is compared to bullfighting

    The Danish dressage scandal – that's why the equestrian sport is compared to bullfighting

    The hidden camera captured horses with bleeding spurs and streaked with whiplash. Danish TV 2's documentary shows a systematically harsh riding that is compared to animal cruelty. Sigrid Edseniusreporter at P4 Kalmar, talks about the revelation that shakes an entire industry and which now demands change. Host: Robin Olin Guest: Sigrid Edsenius, P4 Kalmar Producers:…

  • VMA in Rävlanda in Härryda municipality, Västra Götaland

    VMA in Rävlanda in Härryda municipality, Västra Götaland

    At 09.50–11.30 and 14.03–20.00 in P4 BiathlonWomen’s and Men’s World Cup (Alexander Lundholm and Uschi Disl)14.00 Hunt start 12.5 km ladies16.00 Hunting start 12.5 km men Equestrian sportsWorld Cup Jumping Sweden International Horseshow 17.00 Grand Prix jumping (Christian Olsson and Maria Gretzer) AlpineWomen’s World Cup17.00/20.15 Giant slalom (Malin Rimfors and Tobias Hellman) HandballWomen’s WC18.00 Senegal–Sweden…

  • Ilya Muromets: What is known about Russia’s strongest warrior knight

    Ilya Muromets: What is known about Russia’s strongest warrior knight

    How did the crippled peasant son become the most important princely warrior and how is he related to a monk from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Kiev Monastery of the Caves)? Every Russian child from a very young age knows who Ilya Muromets is: the strongest and bravest among Russian “bogatyrs” (warrior knights). Basically Russia’s answer to…

  • Tesla sued Postnord – now comes the district court’s decision

    Tesla sued Postnord – now comes the district court’s decision

    Now the Solna district court is deciding whether Tesla should have its license plates delivered by Postnord, despite the ongoing strike against the American electric car manufacturer. Ekot broadcasts directly. Participants: Patrik Alm, chief councillor, Mikael Hansson, lecturer in civil law at Uppsala University, Anders Thorselius, press manager at Postnord, Jonas Pettersson, communications manager at…

  • Volcanic alphabet – I is for Iceland

    There are about 130 volcanoes in Iceland, including active and inactive ones. They include about 30 volcanic systems. And among such a large group, there is no volcano starting with the letter “I”. There isn’t one, or I can’t find it, but there’s a horse with a row to whoever finds it. Faced with such…

  • Trojans on the inside – so the EU’s unity against Russia can be undermined

    Trojans on the inside – so the EU’s unity against Russia can be undermined

    The Ukrainian counter-offensive is stuck in the trenches and another war is now demanding the world’s attention. At the same time, the EU is finding it difficult to fulfill its promises of arms to Ukraine, and in the US, support for Ukraine has become an issue of domestic political contention with a year left until…

  • 498: The mouthpiece post game

    498: The mouthpiece post game

    In November, the Green Party will hold a congress and the party will appoint Per Bolund’s successor as spokesperson. The selection committee wants to see Daniel Helldén, but it seems that Märta Stenevi would rather have another pair horse. How serious is the conflict? And can any challenger trump Helldén at the congress? Fredriks Frekka…

  • 50 horses found in mass grave on notorious Jylland farm

    “The smell of rot hung heavy in the air,” said a DR reporter at the excavation site at the Stutteri Viegård breeding ground yesterday. The full version of this article is only available to subscribers. Already a subscriber, log in here: sign in Forgot your password? Get unlimited access to all of The Copenhagen Post.…

  • Tuesday's papers: Presidential dark horse, economic woe and tenant destruction

    Tuesday's papers: Presidential dark horse, economic woe and tenant destruction

    Finland’s presidential election will take place in early 2024.

  • Jens Fredricson’s tips to take your riding to the next level

    Jens Fredricson’s tips to take your riding to the next level

    Christian Olsson begins the episode cockily wondering “How hard can it be, really!?” but soon realizes that it’s not just sitting up in the saddle. Maria Gretzer tells us that she still practices the important basic exercises every time she rides, and so she gives a valuable tip to all new and impatient riders. Jens…

  • Reindeer have a remarkable ability to understand human instructions

    Reindeer have a remarkable ability to understand human instructions

    Effective communication plays a decisive role in promoting a productive working relationship between humans and animals. The ability of animals to understand human gestures, especially hand signals, is an integral part of this interaction. Dr. Océane Liehrmann, a doctoral candidate at the Department of Biology at the University of Turku and the main author of…

  • The equipment that can cause discomfort to the horse

    The equipment that can cause discomfort to the horse

    Christian Olsson and Maria Gretzer discusses how we can train and socialize with our horses in an ethically defensible way. About the pros and cons of having the horse in a box or on the loose, and the equipment that can provoke; the rod, the bite and the spurs. Maria tells us that her Olympic…

  • That’s how many extra kilos the horse can handle

    That’s how many extra kilos the horse can handle

    Maria Gretzer says that she was basically alone in the gym at the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, but that has changed – now all the top riders are fit. And then Maria reveals how she trained to get in shape for SVT’s Master of Masters. In the guests section Mary”Space-Maria“Follow, docent in theoretical physics…

  • The secrets behind the horses that are the best in the world

    The secrets behind the horses that are the best in the world

    In the premiere episode of Ridpodden with Christian Olsson and Maria Gretzer analyzed some of the best showjumpers of modern times, those who were part of the historic team gold in the Olympics in Tokyo 2021 and formed the framework of the gold team at the WC 2022. Maria explains what is meant by a…

  • Henrik von Eckermann

    Henrik von Eckermann

    The world’s best show jumper Henrik von Eckermann wrote equestrian history when he and the horse King Edward won this year’s World Cup final – as the first Swedish team ever. In less than two years, he has won Olympic gold in a team, WC gold both individually and in a team and has also…

  • VMA in Luleå, Norrbotten county

    VMA in Luleå, Norrbotten county

    Get to know kirskål, field wind, quickroot and horseradish with Pernilla and John. As always, you should get to know your plants. Even his so-called enemies. Pernilla Månsson Colt and John Taylor Pernilla and John are two of Sweden’s most prominent in the gardening field and are known from the SVT program “Trädgårdstider”. There we…

  • The trotting scandal of the ages: Nerve-cut star horse Propulsion

    The trotting scandal of the ages: Nerve-cut star horse Propulsion

    Cast:Daniel Redén, trotting trainer and CEO of Stall ZetMaria Croon, CEO Swedish Trotting SportNiclas Andersson, head of Travronden’s editorial boardHenrik Ingvarsson, freelance journalist who runs the trotting podcast Trottosport Archive sound: Sveriges Radio, SVT, ATG Live, TV12, LeTROT TV The program was made in the spring of 2023 by Martin Marhlo.Final mix: Tobias Carlsson

  • Hold your horses, municipal rules: biodiversity must wait!

    Wild horses roaming through nature to bring biodiversity back to an area – sounds like something they can do in the Pampas. Or on the plains of Outer Mongolia. Or a reservation area in Wyoming. But not Denmark: the moment they pick up a canter, they run out of wildlife and end up in a…

  • Copenhagen arrives: did someone mention thunder snow?

    Four seasons hit Copenhagen this afternoon with sun, sleet, snow and rain on the programme! Exactly how much precipitation will fall is in the hands of the gods, and it is not expected to be very windy. However, it seems that the capital can expect a rare phenomenon: some thunderstorms. This is caused by the…

  • Gifts galore when Den Blå Planet celebrates its 10th birthday today with guests in the late afternoon

    Den Blå Planet celebrates its 10th birthday today, but instead of waiting for gifts, the aquarium is giving them out! From 16:00, the Blue Planet mascot HIK will hand out special gifts to the first 500 children who enter the doors of the aquarium, which is located at Jacob Fortlingsvej 1 near the airport. Meanwhile,…

  • The priest was chased away from the church – after the sign row became infected

    The priest was chased away from the church – after the sign row became infected

    When the church council in Spekeröd-Ucklum’s parish hires its new priest Fredrik Sidenvall in the summer of 2022, they have good hopes for the future. But for church council chairman Stefan Lahrin, a gnawing gut feeling remains. There is something that doesn’t feel quite right with the priest. And in just six months, the entire…

  • Norse gods older than once thought

    Runes on an ancient golden decorative plate are now the first known mention of Odin, the king of the Nordic gods – i.e. 150 years earlier than previously thought. The golden ‘bracteate’ is part of a huge archaeological feature which was revealed two years ago by amateurs Jørgen Antonsen and Ole Schytz. The collection, known…

  • Right now: WC gold for Sundling and Ribom

    Right now: WC gold for Sundling and Ribom

    Sunday 26 February 1.25-6.30 p.m 1:30 p.m Ski WC in PlanicaSprint relays, women’s and men’s (Dag Malmqvist, Torgny Mogren, Johan Bengts and Sigge Sanner) 2:30 p.m Equestrian sport, Gothenburg horse showThe World Cup in show jumping (Christian Olsson and Maria Gretzer) 4 p.m Ice hockey, SDHLLuleå-AIK (Peter Sundkvist) Hosts: Selma Jennervall, Andreas Andersson and Samuel…

  • Suspicion of mistreatment of horses in Borgarnes

    Suspicion of mistreatment of horses in Borgarnes

    The malnourished horses in Borgarbyggð’s cramped stables and possibly locked for long periods of time have caused concern among the inhabitants of the area. Steinunn Árnadóttir, one of the stud owners in the same area, says other horse owners are clearly outraged because the owner neglects the animals and the authorities are idle. She has…

  • Carl Hedin

    Carl Hedin

    Carl Hedin is a dressage rider who, among other things, won SM gold in team dressage. He is one of Sweden’s biggest equestrian influencers on Instagram. He has his base on Särö outside Gothenburg where he trains and develops horses, and lives with the dog Iris, the cat Pippi and the rabbit Humphrey. Last year,…

  • Climate, arms deliveries and love in the horse paddock

    Climate, arms deliveries and love in the horse paddock

    The climate summit is over – what measures are needed and how do we make decisions? The UN’s major climate meeting with dignitaries from around the world has ended in Stockholm. The ambition to achieve climate goals has been confirmed, the situation is urgent. But what more exactly do we need to do now? Conversation…

  • Part 1/2.  The scandal at Huseby – the return of the Royal House

    Part 1/2. The scandal at Huseby – the return of the Royal House

    Florence Stephens grows up on the mighty estate Huseby mill outside Växjö. She is a skilled rider with a strong sense of animals, but seems to have a harder time deciding which people to trust. In 1957, the Huseby scandal broke out, a shaking tangle with branches all the way up to the royal house.…

  • The Danes warned about complacency in today’s EU reservation vote

    The Danes warned about complacency in today’s EU reservation vote

    The polling stations opened all over Denmark at 08:00 this morning for the EU reservation vote. A crucial question will welcome voters: Do you vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to Denmark participating in European cooperation on security and defense by abolishing the EU’s defense reservations? The polling stations close at 20:00. READ MORE: Danes vote in…

  • Horsemen and stable girls: The girls report

    Horsemen and stable girls: The girls report

    In equestrian sports, sexual harassment, exploitation and inappropriate relationships are something that many young girls are exposed to. Men who use their positions as teachers, coaches or employers are rarely stopped. But some young girls say no and choose to report or go out and tell in public. The second part of Horsemen and Stable…

  • Horsemen and stable girls: The power of the top riders

    Horsemen and stable girls: The power of the top riders

    In stables and riding stables and at competition venues there are thousands of women and girls, all united in their love of horses and riding. Men are few. But still, in many places there is a culture of harassment, exploitation and abuse that is everyday for many of the girls. In several cases, the men…

  • The Spring Break Festival will be held in Stoa in May

    The Spring Break Festival will be held in Stoa in May

    The Spring Break Festival is produced by the Helsinki-based contemporary dance group Kinetic Orchestra. In addition to buying tickets for individual performances, you can also buy a joint ticket for the festivals, including all three performances (40/30 €) at. lipp.fi. Red desert In Mia Jaatinen’s Red Wilderness, the performers focus on exploring various bodily manifestations…