Horse Sport editor Susan Stafford-Pooley is boarding a flight to Qatar as I post the first of several installments that Susan has kindly agreed to share as she has a Very Big Adventure in Doha this coming week. Enjoy! I was recently gazing at the vast winter wasteland outside my window, the long, cold winter stretching […]
Last week, in a post-hockey-gold-coital state of euphoria, I suggested that we needed to get equestrian sports into the Winter Olympics so that Canada can do better. Well, apparently our jumpers don’t need snow and ice to kick the competition out of contention. Yes, I realize this is old news to anyone with a pulse […]
Unfortunately, I was unable to obtain permission from the photographer to publish the photo that I wanted to share with you, so instead I will use the proverbial thousand of these one dimensional little things to describe it. It was snapped during the recent President World Cup Endurance race in Abu Dhabi, and the person […]
In the nicest, most polite way of course. I mean, am I not living proof of how sweet and gentle we Canadians are? We don’t gloat when we win Olympic hockey gold. No, not at all. We would never commit such a sin of vanity. Well, maybe just a little. (my favourite part of the […]
When you refer to someone as ‘being Switzerland’, you aren’t likely to be accusing that person of being full of holes like Swiss Emmental, or delicious like Toblerone, or tall and slim like the Matterhorn. Chances are what you mean is that the person is refusing to take sides in a dispute, instead remaining neutral […]
When the editor kindly offered me a guest blog about the FEI endurance conference in Lausanne on February 9, I decided to wait a day or so. I had already written five different news reports about it and wanted to crystallise some thoughts. I also wanted a few hours off to play my viola and […]
What an ecologically responsible organization we have! Rather than just tossing past presidents into the trash like used diapers, EC recycles them! Though for some reason CEOs, which actually cost money to train and employ, are given the Huggies treatment faster than you can say ‘potty train’. Way to solve the downward spiral of a […]
It happened again. My two weeks in Welly World vanished faster than you can say Bellissimo. Every year I go down thinking I’ll have all kinds of time to socialize, go for bird-watching walks, even sneak down to Key Largo for a night or two. And every year I arrive home feeling like I’ve been […]
From championing best practices to encouraging fun and participation, Equine Canada is a dedicated national voice working to serve, promote and protect the interests of horses and Canada’s equestrian community – it’s too bad we’re totally incompetent. Temporary Career Opportunity – Chief Executive Officer Equine Canada is the leading only national sport and equine organization […]
This happy new year’s greeting is coming to you from the Wonderful World of Wellington, where I have just arrived for my annual dose of sunshine and perpetually youthful old people. Things have changed a great deal since a year ago, and over the coming two weeks I’ll bring you up to speed on all […]
