As much as he loves the open road, Chorizo was happy to be finally digging his claws into home sand this weekend. One thing about an eight week trip, it makes you happy to be home in a way that a ten day whirlwind tour can’t. The horse world certainly hasn’t been waiting on me. […]

Having conquered France and Spain, Chorizo now deems us ready to return home to Vancouver. He misses the beaches that have many sticks to choose from, and the front-seat status of most car rides. My posts have been fewer and farther between than I initially anticipated. I’m blaming a variety of factors: lack of internet […]

Begging your pardons for the lack of posting this past week. Northern Spain (unless you like big, crowded industrial cities) is very much off-grid  territory. I’m currently tethered to my phone and using up precious data roaming to at least verify that Chorizo has officially become a cannibal, and to promise that there are many […]

Have you heard the not-so-breaking news about Paul Côté resigning as CEO of Bromont 2018? Probably not, as the announcement wasn’t exactly sung from the rooftops. I considered adding the word ‘out’ to the title of today’s post, but the suggestion that something is being rescued would give very much the wrong signal. Côté has washed his […]

It makes perfect sense that if you are going to visit the Celtic part of France, you should expect some bracing Celtic weather. But we didn’t let a little liquid sunshine get in our way (well, except for the day it rained so hard and so sideways we pulled the car over and waited for […]

We are one week into our trip and Chorizo is happy to report he has visited almost enough chateaus to at least temporarily satisfy his culture-vulture needs. So far his hands down favourite is one called Serrant. France is one of the world’s most dog friendly destinations, but Serrant outdid itself in the canine hospitality […]

How appropriate to be posting my last blog before departing for France this afternoon, and to feel the powerful urge to use a French expression (or part of it, anyway) in my title for today. My sensation of déjà vu takes me back to exactly three years ago, August 2012. Just like I’m about to be, […]

Well, if there was ever any doubt about the extent of the UAE’s reprehensible behaviour in Endurance racing (and there wasn’t as far as I’m concerned), the FEI’s press release of last week certainly wipes it out. Nothing like a list of what someone is not allowed to do to confirm what that person or group […]

What a lackluster finale to the Pan Am Games equestrian events, especially after the tremendous excitement when Canada won Show Jumping gold. As someone pointed out, there’s just a bit of irony in the fact that the Show Jumpers were the only Canadian team to win gold, but also the only Canadian team to not win […]

Wasn’t that just the best yesterday!?!? After the first round I was genuinely worried that our Canadian show jumpers wouldn’t win gold or silver, and consequently wouldn’t get a Rio team spot. Ah, me of little faith. Of course they pulled through. And I was able to enjoy it all from the comfort of my […]