Poland, magnificent Poland...

The Great Horsefly Films Grand European Tour Rewind begins where else? Our home sweet home away from home, Poland! I could wax rhapsodic for days on end of course, but Poland always feels like a bit of a homecoming-- my heart splashes just a little bit more when I'm here and August for the 2012 edition of Pride of Poland and Polish Arabian Horse Days was no different. I'll distill all the magic down to incredible friends-- including Melissa Feather who came for the first time and ate it all up with a passion which we knew she would!-- and just the most magnificent horses anywhere. It is hard to overstate just how transformative Poland is in every way for those who love horses... Although there were endless superstars in the ring, one moment was so historic and fraught with emotion that if you weren't moved, you had a heart of stone. Pianissima's retirement ceremony, the words ringing out over the grandstand that this was the last time she would ever appear in a showring, a standing ovation crowd, grown men weeping, ME weeping (that's not hard!)Director Trela taking the lead and walking with her one last time around the arena, squeezing just a little more magic for all time-- that is the stuff of legend my friends and I will never forget it. That she lives happily each day as Janow's queen is just the sweetest icing. See you in Spring, Penny!