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He showed very little interest but biting, though from his
heart he whispered: "help me"... |
When the horse and Sabry met for the first time, they seemed
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Victory has been in his new home for a month, and can take
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He had no name, and he chose Victory. Here his attitude has
changed from biting to great love |
After one month Victory has put on so much weight that you
can notice a big difference |
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Victory has his hooves taken care of |
Sabry is training Victory and they become good friends |
He has his first sand bath and rolls over is joy and
exitement |
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| Victory has now learnt the most elementary and is gallopping
with Sabry around the waterfront each day |
The team who helped Victory back to a good life says goodbye
when Victory is ready to move on |
In late July Victory goes to Yalla Stable. He will stay
there while I try to collect money for his future. His dream is to
experience how it is like to rome the green fields... |
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| Victory is finally moving freely in his own box at Yalla
Horsestable. For the first time in his 5 year long life he is not tied to
anything... |
Alessandra and Victory. Notice that his ribs can no
longer be seen! Can you see that the two of them enjoy each others company? |
It is October 2003 and 8 months since he was rescued from
the desert. Look at his body: he has even developed a "belly"... |
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| His new equipment is a little too much for him and he says:
this equipment is too fine for someone like me... |
The boys at Yalla is discussing his new saddle and how nice the blue color
matches his skin |
This is the first time I am riding him, and it is a special
day for both of us |
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| The day has come for leaving. He takes a loving farewell
with Alessandra, who have been riding him almost every day for many months.
"I have taught you all I can - now I have to go", he tells her. |
Dolly finds it hard to say goodbye, but wants Victory to
fulfill his dream: to travel to a place where he can run free in the green
fields. |
He says good bye to one of his friends; Galaxie, who comes
from the stables at the Pyramids in Cairo. Galaxie also have experienced
rough treatment, and like Victory need a long time to believe that human
beings can be more than violence. |
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| Mohamed, Said, Faraq, Musica, Dolly and Bakkar is present to
see him well off. |
Abdu has had the responsibility for Victory since July 2003.
Han says: "This is the first time I am sad to see a horse go" - and his eyes
are filling with tears. |
I tell him once again about the long journey. What awaits
him in Cairo: the new stable, the horses, the training areas and the
veterinarian. I tell him about the plane, the transport cars and how
extremely far it is to go. There is no doubt: he still wants to go. |
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| The car has arrived. Victory and Faraq are ready to go.
Faraq will accompany Victory in the back og the car, until he is surtain
Victory feels safe. |
Abdu takes Victory on board. There is silence and sorrow in
the air. |
Many documents have to be issued, and many securityposts
will control the transport. The first stop are Security in El Gouna before
leaving. |
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| Victory has arrived in Cairo and veterinarian Ashraf el
Kalla are examining both documents and horse. |
The owner of the stable is Mohamed Khalifa, who have been a
professional horsejumper. He is now training others for competitions. Here
he welcomes Victory. |
Magdi is "the one" of the horse trainers who always are
called for when there is a "problem horse". He has no problems with Victory
who enjoy the daily training lessons. |
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| Veterinarian Ashraf el Kalla with his family. His wife, who
also are a veterinarian, and his daughters Riham and Riim are very
interested in animal communication. I taught them a little, and they all
managed to achieve something within 1 hour (!!!) of teaching.... |
Victory need a passport and identification documents before
he can go. Many pictures have to be taken to identify him during his travel. |
The quaranteene stay in Cairo is well, but also
frustrating.He tells me that he is impatient to "die from the old life". |
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| Once more he is going by car, this time to the airport in
Cairo. It is midnight and he is calm. He feels the sorrow of once again
saying goodbye to friends. |
No pictures could be taken at the airport in Cairo (unfortunately!!).
So there is a "hole" in the story picture-wise. But here he finally has
arrived in Trondheim, Norway. He is joyful - tired - but at peace. |
I have come home, he says. Even if it is difficult to leave
your country, it was this that I wanted. Now I will rest and let my strength
grow. I shall enjoy the light streaming from the ground and from the trees.
And I shall learn to know my self once more. |
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| In September 2004 Victory meets Mirox, and they spend 3
weeks together. |
They become quite good friends, and Mirox teaches Victory
how horses interact. |
Summer is gone and Mirox is gone too. The leaves have fallen
to the ground. The quiet time of autumn has begun. |
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horse: strong and stubborn. He will not even wear a blanket to protect
himself from the cold. And he says: "It is simple - I am a horse..." |
The days are long, and some of them seems to be lonely.
I ask him if he is longing for a friend, and he says: "I am used to being
alone. The days are lonely, but not long. And I know a horse who will come
soon. I am waiting." |
Many days with snow, with snow-ball wars and fun. Both of us
are enjoying - only one of us longing for summer. Victory lives in the
present, and I can endure only a short time of winter... |
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The most beautiful stallion of the worlds....
El Nassr - Victory |
"I am perfectly satisfied with my life. I just need time to
allow myself to live. I do not know life as a full horse. I knew only the
suffering. Give me time to surrender." |
I meet Toledo and his former owner Hege Sættem (right) and
his present owner Kristin Krogstadmo (left). Toldeo needs rest from an
injury, and we decides that he can come to stay with Victory over the
summer. |
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| The new friend has arrived. Toledo, 17 year old, ex pro
jumper. Toledo consideres Victory to be "just a kid". They become great
friends. |
Summer and friendship and food. One year has passed. Toledo
has shown himself as the genteman. I have never experienced such a
soft and gentle horse. And yet he can be firm with Victory when needed... |
Victory receives this beautiful gridle and rope. It is a
gift from the people at
www.true-humanship.com in New Zealand and Synnøve Bakke who is studying
animal comunication here. She plans to move to New Zealand to be with her
horse Tui and to practice there. |
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| Toledo leaves Dec 1. 2006. Victory is happy and sad. Happy
because he has more space, and sad because a good friend has left him. Dear
Toledo: thank you for everything that you shared with us! |
It is winter and Victory is alone again. But he is happy and
healthy. We have just finished a snowball-game and Victory have galopped
wildly in the padock. What a joy of life! |
Klaus Ferdinand
Hempfling is supervising Astrid over the telephone in April 2007. When Astrid
comes out she sees that Victory for the first time has laid down with his
feet outstreched. Totally relaxed. Something magic happened.... |
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| The icelandic stallion Kantir arrives in November 2007. He
is very friendly and playful. The two of them soon becomes friends. |
Two stallions playing is a fantastic experience! |
After the game they look proudly at me. Soon we will have a
snowball-game between two horses and a human horse... |
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| Bente Fremo
www.hestebente.com is helping me in training Victory. |
And soon it is Christmas! |
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