This blog is usually reserved for my own ruminations and opinionations, but I do make exceptions on a need-to-share basis. The press release below represents a point of view with which I sympathize, to the degree that I will in no way be attending, speaking about or even acknowledging again the event to which Claartje […]
Boy that didn’t take long. I hadn’t been here 24 hours before I found myself being chased by a security guard at the Global Dressage Festival site, aka the Equestrian Village. Or rather, being chased off. It was my first day here in Welly World and I thought I should do a little reconnaissance to […]
Well, it looks like I won’t be getting offered that plum job as the next CEO of EC, despite the at-least five minutes spent carefully drafting my application last week. It’s probably just as well, though. It’s a beast of a commute from Vancouver to Ottawa, and hell would have to freeze over before I’d […]
It’s now a couple of days since I received answers to the questions I shared on my last post. Lightening fast, even for the FEI. If I can be relied on to do my time zone math correctly, Lisa Lazarus (she’s the FEI’s biggest little lawyer in case you didn’t know) had answered all of […]
I was about to blog today about the many issues I foresee arising as a result of the FEI’s new six month ban for riding in unsanctioned competitions (see my previous post if you missed it). But before I started typing I realized that if I let loose with my hail of criticism without first […]
From: Karen Robinson To: Board of Directors of Equine Canada (especially El Presidente ) Regarding: Position of CEO of Equine Canada Dear Sirs and Madams: Please accept this letter and enclosed CV as my application for the position of CEO of Equine Canada. I know that I am two hours past the deadline for receiving […]
Mission Control is at it again. I haven’t even begun to rail on about the revocation of the Associate FEI memberships, and they’ve already thrown me another bone-to-pick. Here is the email I received a few days ago from Wayne Channon at the IDRC, which outlines a new rule that affects all FEI disciplines, not […]
I’ve done it! I’ve finally cracked the code that explains everything at DC. And it’s so simple – I can’t believe it took me this many showers and long walks with the dog to solve the riddle. Must be that forest/trees thing. To understand the madness behind the methods of our national dressage federation you […]
As much as I enjoyed the (one, the only, beware of imitations!) Global Dressage Forum this year, there was one thing that disappointed me: the meager number of North Americans who hopped on a plane to attend it. I was the ONLY Canadian on their registration list, if you don’t count Pia Fortmuller, who has […]
Much to my delight and unsurprise, Equine Behaviourist Andrew McLean gave me the go ahead to post the response he sent to David Stickland’s ‘beg to differ’ message that I posted a couple of days ago. Without further delay, here it is: “Dear David, “I understand where everyone is coming from but I think it’s […]
