I think David Marcus needs a nickname, and I’m voting for Rainmaker. In a spooky repeat of London 2012, the skies opened up with renewed fury just as he was about to begin his test this afternoon. But if David needs a second nick name it’s got to be Nerves of Steel. The déjà vu […]
Greetings from day one of the team GP in Normandy, where the sky is crying on the ring but thankfully not in the stands, which are covered. Not that there are too many heads that need to be kept dry on the first half of the first day of team competition. The place is probably […]
Well, here we are after four years of hype and circumstance, finally watching the French put their best hosting foot forward at the 2014 WEG, aka the world’s biggest horse show. We are an hour into the opening ceremonies and all I can say is, I sure hope they have something big up their French […]
It was another fun filled day, with an 8:00 a.m. jog to start us off. Breakfast was excellent because I picked up some crumpets and rhubarb jam, my favourite. I took Woody for a nice hack to stretch him out before some “massage dressage.” I was super happy with how good he felt after his […]
Busy day today. Did our 8:00 a.m. jog then a quick team meeting to arrange the day. I did flatwork with Clayton then took Woody out to gallop. There’s a fantastic three-minute uphill gallop at Maizey Manor. We did three trips up it with Clayton on the four wheeler. He had his GPS running on […]
Well, really more of a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside of an enigma stuffed inside Pandora’s box placed in a safety deposit box and the key thrown overboard from a boat floating above the Mariana Trench. Honestly, I’ve been surprised more times by Princess Haya than by any single individual in twelve years of […]
I was planning to post this week with some reflections on the total exoneration of Jock Paget, but two things got in the way: Pippa Cuckson has already posted her first blog on this magazine’s website and commandingly addressed the issues on that very topic; and Princess Haya has astonished me (and probably at least […]
Hi all! I’m back from my pre-WEG chill out and am excitedly counting down the 18 or so days until departure for La France. I came back from my break all bright eyed and bushy tailed, but my post-vacay energy bubble suffered a severe blow from an FEI press release that was lying in wait […]
I know there are those of you out there who believed that the Aachen dressage this year would be more interesting than WEG, but I beg to differ. I think Aachen has been a fantastic appetite-whetter for the battles to come in just over a month. By the way, contrary to recent hype and hyperbole, […]
A friend and colleague has called me ‘hardcore’ because I got up at 4 am yesterday to watch the Dressage Nations’ Cup in Aachen. But if truth be told, I’m more insomniac than dressage obsessive. And I hope to catch as much of the GP Special of the CDIO as I can in tonight’s wee […]
