Well this cross country day sure had its highs and lows. Highs for the Brits, Germans, Swedes and Kiwis. Low after low after unbelievable low for Canada, most of which I saw, thanks to the brilliant TV coverage all over the venue and media centre. Let me get the bad news out of the way […]

After I posted yesterday’s blog about my impressions of the opening ceremonies, I engaged the talents of a certain fine fellow whom I shall name SS for now, at least until I remember to ask him if it’s ok to share his full name with you. I first became aware of SS’s oratory skills back […]

That’s what cross country day is, after all – right? A few impressions following my course walk yesterday, before the first horse sets out on this virgin track in 50 or so minutes: It’s long. Not too long, but at 5700 metres with two short but very steep climbs (and almost equally tiring descents), I […]

Are you too knackered to read today’s post? Well now you don’t have to! Watch my private security guard SS as he reads this post with the most delightful British accent, to give you the real feel of what it’s like here in London. If you prefer to take in this blog in silence, by […]

Greetings from Greenwich! I just set the time zone on my lap top and was tickled that for the first time ever I got to select ‘Greenwich Mean Time’. Every major championship I’ve been to has had a theme that became a common thread throughout my experience, and that inevitably seeped into my blogs. The […]

It’s show time! After months and months AND MONTHS of hype, the London Olympics are finally upon us. If, like the majority of sane people who own TVs, you plan on enjoying the action from the comfort of your couch, I wish you all the best in tracking down equestrian coverage. If CTV and NBC […]

Just a quick note to let y’all know that for the next two weeks I will be posting daily either on this blog or on my Canadian blog Straight-Up from the center of our sporting universe, the London Olympics. I will board a Virgin Atlantic flight this evening (I do hope the ‘virgin’ doesn’t mean […]

It’s a hot hard summer here in Ontario at the moment.  We are entering all sorts of upcoming events with the full knowledge that if we don’t get rain we won’t be running any of the upper level horses much.  Only the qualifiers that they absolutely have to run at.  I imagine the event organisers […]

It’s not every day I find myself in unconditional agreement with the boobalicious star of an eighties show I never watched and the model for a magazine I’ve never perused, but yesterday I found myself nodding enthusiastically while reading a CBC news story titled ‘Pam Anderson slams chuckwagon races’. Two weeks ago I saw a […]

Today we will take a little break from all the pre-London frenzy to quietly reflect on the escalating state of disunion in Welly World. This week, two major announcements made their way down the chute into the bull ring: Wellington’s 2018 WEG bid has been withdrawn, and Welly town council has edged one step closer […]