Alexander Zetterman is one of Sweden's most prominent showjumping riders and horse entrepreneurs. After many years in the sport, he chose to move his business to France, and here he tells us why. **Why did you choose to move your horse business to France? "Traveling from Sweden to international competitions is long and expensive," says Alexander. "I have always [...]
He has been working as Farrier since 2017. When he started his business, his goal was to build up a group of Farrier in the Salzburg area to offer the best possible hoof care for horses in Salzburg, Bavaria and Upper Austria. Today, Philipp now has four employees in his team. Already when Philipp was only three [...].
Nathalie is a proud representative of her profession and has an impressive background as Farrier. Read about her and her fascinating journey here. Nathalie Varenstål has a story that spans continents and life choices. After living in Australia for some time, she decided to return to her home country, Sweden. It [...]
One fine early summer day, we meet André Brandt and take his temperature.
Here you can listen to one of our satisfied customers of our service Academy for riding schools - Smedstads Ridsportscenter in Linköping.
One fine spring day we visited Erik Nordström down in Skåne. Listen to what he has to say about our system proStable.
Minke Bosch is a Belgian rider who found her interest in horses when she was seven years old on holiday in the Netherlands and got to sit on a horse for the first time. When Minke and her family returned from their holiday, she started riding school. Her interest in horses grew and at the age of 12, Minke got her first pony and chose [...]
On a windy early summer day, we at Hippocrates.se went to the historic Stockby Riding School on Lidingö for a visit. A wonderful sight greeted us as the horses have an open top between the boxes to be able to socialize even when they are inside. For sustainable horses, they also have an arrangement where six horses at a time can go on vacation [...].
Early in June 2022, we visited one of our ambassadors, Thomas Ryan, and hung out with him for a few hours. In this video, you'll meet Thomas and Springfield, among others.
Gabriella Pernler - Head of Operations at Uppsala Pony Club Tell us a little about your business, how many horses and staff do you have right now? We have 43 horses, half ponies and half big horses. We have just over 9 full time positions but there can be up to 25 people on the payroll if you include extra staff, hourly workers and substitutes. What [...]
Alexander Nilson became fascinated with farriery at the age of 10 when he was allowed to sit on a stool and watch the farrier visit his horse. Now he has been Farrier himself for eight years and continues to be enthralled by the craft. Alexander is now entering his eighth year as Farrier. Being close to horses has [...].
Anna Wallberg, founder and owner of the company AP Ridutveckling, has had contact with horses since she was two years old and since 18 years ago her interest has turned to business. During her long journey she has learned the importance of valuing the work she does and how to run a successful business. Anna runs [...]
Jennifer Sjöberg chose to become an Equiopath in order to be able to treat her horses herself and at the same time gain a better understanding of how their bodies are affected by riding and training. After realizing the great benefits of wellness for the horses and how much fun it was to be able to help them feel and perform better, she started [...]
Farrier Christian Mogerud, CM Hovslagari built up his interest in horses as an adult. He went from self-employed in the construction industry, to groom to trained Farrier in just a couple of years. Christian's journey has been intense. It has not always been obvious that Christian would become Farrier. He has chosen to go his own way ever since high school when [...].
Umeå Ryttarförening has always had long queues for both beginners and adult groups. But since the pandemic hit Sweden, they feel that more people want to start riding. Umeå Ryttarföreningen has a long and exciting history The background to the start of the association was the old cavalry band at the military barracks K4. After a decision on dismounting in 1963, the association was [...]
Meet our users - Michelle tried proStable and was saved We met Michelle Irmenius, a stable manager and major user of proStable. Michelle manages a stable with 45 stalls, five full-time employees and ten hourly and part-time employees. She has been using proStable since its inception nine years ago. How would you describe proStable? I [...]
30-year-old farrier Elin Bäcklund's goal was to become Sweden's first female master farrier, and she did. The profession of Farrier attracted her after she was in the stables with friends and had her first contact with Farrier. She watched attentively as horses were shod and her interest was piqued. What Elin particularly likes about her career choice is [...].
Ebba breathes and lives for horses and show jumping. She has been riding for as long as she can remember. Her mother has competed in high classes and used to run a riding school. So the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. This year alone she has been competing in Slovakia, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, France and Denmark. How does [...]
Emil Johansson lives in Skåne and works as Farrier. However, in his youth he trained as a chef and worked around Sweden and went to Spain. After a tough time as a chef in Spain, Emil chose to return to Sweden and change direction and train as Farrier like so many before him [...].
Hugo and Tova are a young couple in the horse business who started their companies separately but have now merged their bags into a joint venture, TH Stables. For Hugo, it started with his own business in 2017 when he was 19 years old. He started working with horses full time. The [...]
✅ Cooperation with the municipality ✅ Cooperation with the Board of Directors ✅, Finance, Accounting and Salaries ✅, Vision – Investments ✅, Horses [...]
It all started at home on the farm in England where Christie grew up. When the farrier came to tend his parents' horses (50-60 horses), Christie, who was obsessed with horseshoes, would hang out with the farrier. When he was still at school, he competed in jumping and also worked on school holidays at a shooting school for clay pigeons and in a nursing home [...]
Filippa Norrman is 22 years old and lives in Uppsala. Her mother runs a horse farm in Uppsala, Kattis Ridcenter, where she keeps her horses. Filippa is studying civilingenjör at university, specialising in sustainable energy systems. She enjoys studying and says she finds it a secure way of life, even though she [...]
Runsten Equestrian was founded in 2004. It was the perfect location with the proximity to Stockholm's inner city, sandy land and many hectares to develop, which decided the location of the first shovel. The original idea was primarily to build a riding facility at the forefront, including a residential area close to the riding facility. Both for horse enthusiasts and to attract people [...]
Erik is 19 years old and was born into a horse family in a small town in Skåne where both mom and dad come from the horse world. None other than Rolf-Göran Bengtsson is his godfather. Erik, however, chose to invest wholeheartedly in football, at first. All the friends including himself and his brother played football. The Winner's Skull in Erik [...]
André Brandt's riding career began as a four-year-old on Children's Day in Ronneby where he alternated riding a carousel with pony rides. He got hooked on riding and went to riding school when he was five years old. He continued to ride at the riding school until he was 11 years old, during these years he also tried lots of different sports such as ice hockey, judo [...]
Stephanie started horse play at riding school when she was three years old and she dreamed of becoming a rider or a veterinarian. On her 6th birthday, Stephanie had to borrow a Shetland pony because the family's finances were not enough to buy her own horse. Shetland pony, stallion Whippen, became Stephanie's teacher as she competed up to the national level [...]
We have met Sophie Linde, owner of the company Swedish Equillence with the vision "We make your horse dream a reality". A little background on Sophie. Sophie's first step into adulthood started at the university and IHM Business school, her goal was then to work in marketing, sales or as a project manager. When there was time to reflect [...]
At Smedstads Ridsportcenter, an exciting arrangement started with a close collaboration between the municipality, association and limited liability company that has proven to be a winning concept. The Smedstad Equestrian Centre facility was completed in 2016. Smedstad Equestrian Centre is a equestrian centre where everything can be accommodated under one roof – located in a beautiful nature reserve. It consists of two riding houses, [...]
Daring to saddle up from being an employee to becoming self-employed is a tough decision. Annie was only 7 years old when the dream of her own horse farm was written down in the diary for the first time. Today Annie runs the goddard stables company. We met Annie Ryhnell, 30. Annie was not born in any [...]
Nova Equestrian, run by Sabine Blixt, has its Stockholm base at Hippocrates Equestrian Center, conveniently close to Arlanda for national and international customers. The idea to provide quality horses was born just over three years ago when Sabine, after several years of riding break, was going to buy a new horse for herself and found a nice older teacher that she [...].
As we rebuilt all the systems in the nextGen family, a new one was added. We have named the new system miniVet and it is built on the same powerful base as the other systems. The system works for several different businesses, especially if you need a powerful journal system such as [...]
Enskede Ridskola We have been to meet some real Stockholmers namely George and Klara at Enskede Ridskola, fantastically located in the middle of Stockholm near Globen. Klara has worked for 10 years at the riding school and together with George they are a close-knit team with clear goals with the business. Full of energy and prospects. The riding school started [...]
We have had a chat with Gabriella Pernler, Riding School Manager at Uppsala Pony Club. Gabriella has worked here for 28 years and has accumulated extensive experience in riding school activities. Something we are a little extra interested in in the further development of our system Hippo Academy™. THE HORSES AND OPERATIONS Uppsala Pony Club was inaugurated in 1987. Gabriella Pernler as today [...]
Hippocrates.se has upgraded Hippo Academy - an administrative system that frees up time and money for the country's riding schools. The improvement saves an additional 80-100 hours per year. PUBLISHED: 15 OCTOBER 2019 Hippo Academy was already one of Sweden's leading administrative systems for riding schools, now Hippocrates.se has made the system even better and more efficient. Today, Sweden's riding schools save about [...].
caption. Sofie runs the BX Stable business together with his partner Richárd Jóvan. Together they have developed a holistic concept for horses and riders. Today we meet Sofie Söderberg who almost six months ago started BX Stables together with partner Richárd 'Richie' Jóvan. The idea for the stable business was born much earlier when the couple worked together in Ludger Beerbaums [...]
Then we have integrated Activity cards online in Academy and now you can easily transfer your attendance from our systems to your municipality's attendance system. The system support that we built in supports both changes and also deletion of occasions. This means that you get full control and that everything is logged in our systems so [...].
Caption. The Pedersen-Krassman couple outside the new 78*26 meter insulated riding house on their farm in Brunnby, Hippocrates EC. Two horse-crazy daughters prompted the Pedersen-Krassman couple to spontaneously buy a horse farm in Brunnby. As both are project people, it was not long before the farm had five stables, 45 horses and ten employees. The administration soon became a problem and [...]]
Petra Cederroth comes from a real horse family. In the stable outside Sollentuna, the family has had its own horses since the early 1950s. For Petra, who has trained horses to national team level himself, collaboration between rider and horse has always been interesting. "The rider transfers a lot of his problems on the horse," petra says, giving an example. [...]
We are really passionate about Academy & therefore we have once again reviewed the entire system and now focused on the interface. Academy should be the riding school's first choice when the riding school is in the choice and qualification and should make its choice when purchasing a system, or any system change. Therefore, we have rebuilt the entire system [...].
Diddi Cool "Diddi" with Julia Pedersen after their first victory in S* in Heinsberg. The horse is trained by Julia, from M* to Grandprix horse. Rids is now ridden by Sweden's best dressage rider of all time, the legend Ulla Håkansson. Diddi Cool "Diddi" and Julia after their first victory in S* of over 74% autumn 2017 Delight "Brownie"– [...]
Magnus Smederöd is the farrier veteran who competes both internationally and nationally. He was also one of the first users of Blacksmith™. Anyone who thinks that the courtier profession is old as the street is actually wrong – the profession is considerably older than that. The oldest horseshoes archaeologists unearthed are over 2400 years old – they were found [...]
The Swedish horse industry has plant plants and the KTH students have not passed that by. Next week, therefore, a horsetech evening will be held at KTH Innovation. The evening offers connected saddles, exercise apps and stirrups with pressure sensors. Lisa Bäckman, Marketing and Communications Manager at KTH Innovation tells hippson magazine that the evening will offer both inspiration and practical tips on how to get [...]
We have just done a customer survey where we asked our customers some questions regarding support. We've now compiled the answers we've received, and it's an absolutely fantastic rating that our customers give us for our support. Of course, we can see pretty quickly in our analysis that what we need to get better [...]
Now we have revised the system that sends mail and new is that we have support for sending mail throughout the Nordic region. Of course, it is still free to send mail from our systems to your customers.
In recent years, it has become trickier and trickier to have emails delivered straight into the inbox of customers because of all the spam circulating online. The regulatory framework has been tightened and more and more technical solutions are needed to achieve a good flow, which in itself is good so that [...]
On May 25, the EU's new data protection regulation GDPR comes into force. During the spring, we have updated our programs with new functions for, among other things, thinning and register extracts. You can read more about this on our page about GDPR
Now we have published a new website that is lightning fast compared to the old version. We have also added some new products to our webshop. Among other things, a stylish Polo and a classic V-neck sweater. You can find the new products in the shop.
Then proStable and stable™ have also got themselves a new suit and much more new. We have reviewed all flows and improved, rebuilt and made it even more powerful than the systems were before. New features in this release include inventory of products, and the merging of proStable and Stable. proStable - a [...]
With the next release, we will build stable™with proStable. This means that everyone with Stable™ will benefit from a variety of great features.
Then Academy has also got himself a new suit and much more new. We have reviewed all flows and improved, rebuilt and made it even more powerful than academy™ was before. Is a horse profitable, or is it time to sell off "Brunte"? Why is so much haylage consumed? Questions such as [...]
A new era begins with a brand new costume for these popular shows. A modern and responsive look that has great potential for future functionality. Here's what some of the screens look like in the new version.
Now we have integrated our platform with Fortnox, which means that all riding schools that use Academy™, can now enjoy the sleepless integration of accounting transactions to the accounting module at Fortnox. No manual work is required, but this is done completely automatically between the platforms. If you also want to send regular paper invoices with the help of Fortnox Finance, there are also [...]
Fortnox.se Now we have started the implementation of Fortnox, which is one of Sweden's best accounting systems. Perfect for all entrepreneurs – and together with our programs, you will get a fully automated flow between our platform and Fortnox. The integrations we are currently working on are all accounting transactions as well as the possibility to send out paper invoices [...]
mail mailing! All our systems now have some kind of support for mail mailing and we will continue to implement new nice features for this. Best of all, we do not charge a penny for this, it is included in the service. Yet another reason to choose us as a supplier of your IT [...].
As a little late Christmas present, all customers with Stable, Prostable and Hippo Academy - can now send mail from the system - completely free of charge! Yet another reason to choose us as your partner!
Hippo Academy! Just like that, we have now released Hippo Academy. A platform for riding schools - built to be user-friendly, good cash flows and powerful. Suitable for everything from the small riding school to the big one. Together with the sister program Stable, you get a complete solution that covers all your needs. We dare to stand out [...].
Hi, Now all our systems support the "Cash method" when exporting SIE files to your accounting system. Most often, individual companies run with that particular method and of course our system should support this. Regards Hippocrates.se
proStable. Then we have released our new program that targets the more professional stables where there are horses in training. The entire suite of applications is also capable of handling monthly fees, riding arenas, etc. proStable has everything that Stable™ has and much more! For proStable we have also developed a new app that makes it easy to [...]
So, then we are up to full operation with Bankgiro payments. This is a service from Bankgirot which means that you now do not have to sit and dot invoices, as this happens completely automatically several times per day. This is included in all our systems and of course it is not linked to any additional costs from our [...]
A new product! Soon we will launch a new program in our suite, and it is proStable. ProStable is a program for professional riders who require that little extra. It will be focused on riding stables and much focus will be placed on the mobile app, as much can be managed directly from the stable aisle. We are developing this together with [...].
So there, then we have released a new version of Stable and the new version has got two exciting new features. This includes a diary and a training schedule that customers can use. The diary also has the possibility to send out reminders, good to use for example in case of recurrent vaccination or other. These two functions add value to [...]
Then we have knitted together a manual for our stable system and it is available to download for all our customers.
So there, after a few hours of carpentry in Photoshop, we've come up with a new logo.
So there, then we have received support for all possible agreements in the system and now we are 100{6d54e4bc745ffb6ea29bd55782d390edae35c23ed6b82f2afb20c0c0fe21a799} paper-free. Both new and existing customers sign their contracts online and we can hereby sell our printer 🙂 We also took the opportunity to review our latest mask control feature. Relevant data are now presented in the analysis reports [...]
So after some work in the digital workshop, we have released another product in our series. This time it is a program for different professions in the equine world such as masseurs, lasers, therapists, saddle fitters, etc and others in the equine industry. The program is called Equitreatment TM and the unique thing about this program, is [...]
We have just released yet another new feature for Stable TM. The new feature means that you can let team members book your property, by the hour or day. It can be anything from riding house to trailer etc. You can of course as admin also book external customers in the system and then pick up the invoice and send [...]
We have just released a new version of both Stable and Blacksmith. Blacksmith has had a few bug fixes made and no real new features. Stable now also has the ability to manage staff schedules, and you can also choose to show these to customers both on the website and in the app. Then we have improved all [...].
Equestrian magazine! Now you'll have to keep an eye out in their paper. They have just visited our facility and looked at our fantastic system – and they will write a little article about this.
Hippson.se We got a nice visit last week when Hippson.se came to visit and did a report on our systems at the facility. Read more here: http://www.hippson.se/artikelarkivet/hippsonnews/systemutvecklaren-som-datoriserade-stallet.htm
So, we have done some work in Stable™ and made some new features and we have updated the kiosk module so that it now contains the following things: Phone list Kiosk Documents Phone list News and today's stable pass Time accounting for employed staff New features in the new version include the ability to send group mailings to stable guests, both as mail [...].
We have supplemented the program for Stable™ , with a new module and that is Personnel and Time Accounting. The staff handles this through the kiosk and in this way it is easy for you as an administrator to compile salaries – and easy for the staff to report deviations or attendance.
Now we have released another new module for Stable™ and it is our new e-kiosk. The idea of that module is to place an iPad or other tablet in a suitable place in the facility. From that kiosk, your stall guests can then order products and in our case it is about laundry, as well as [...]
Now we have started work on building a new module, namely a veterinary module aimed at horses – with offline mode! The work is done in collaboration with the veterinarian and everything so that the system is easy to use but still competent. It will be a web-based application, just like our previous programs – but there will be support [...]
Now we have released an update for all systems which means that you can export SIE files to your accounting programs. The actual export will be sent to you directly from our web service and will land in your inbox.