(Parental advisory: Today’s post is rated ‘curmudgeon’ and is not recommended for anger-sensitive readers) Last Thursday, the long awaited ‘official’ Olympic team announcement was finally made at Spruce Meadows. A press release was issued at the same time, a document of the same name as today’s post minus the word ‘correction’ which contained no fewer […]
It looks like not going to the Olympics is big news after all. Of course I knew why the media was all over the young Saudi woman not making the show jumping team like so many fat kids on so many Smarties. It would have been a giant leap for Arab woman-kind if she had […]
I last wrote about EC’s ex-CEO, the man I used to refer to only partly in jest as ‘our fearless leader’, some weeks ago. After all, now that Akaash is no longer part of that well oiled bureaucratic machine known as Equine Canada, why would I write about him any more? Well, a bit of […]
Bit of a slow week for the news, wouldn’t you say? After all the Colbert kerfuffle over giving dressage some free, if not entirely wanted, publicity, and the flurry of Olympic team announcements (yes, even Canada jumped on that wagon as it was just about to pull out of the barnyard), we have been treated […]
Take one crisply pressed, fluttering Maple Leaf and run it all the way to the top of the flagpole at the EC office (which I’ve never seen, but they must have a flagpole, right?) and give a shout of joy. For EC has bestowed upon us a press release. And within that precious document, contrary […]
It is for Mario, anyway. Here’s what’s dope about Urico’s positive test for cocaine at the WEF Olympic trials in March, which resulted in stable manager/trainer Bruce Burr receiving a two year suspension from the USEF (you can see it yourself at this link, but use Explorer. This part of the USEF site is Chrome-incompatible […]
Back by popular demand, the Karen Voodoo doll is being offered in a Limited London Edition, called the Cockney Karen Voodoo Doll. Every time you jab her, she cries out with exclamations of ‘crikey’, ‘blimey’, or ‘sod it’. Extra special offer for EC staff: buy one, get one free. Don’t tarry! This offer expires in […]
One more thing in reference to EC’s spectacular approach to sharing our Olympic team announcements with the world. The planned announcement is supposed to happen at Spruce on July 5th. I don’t know what significance it can possibly have to announce the team at Spruce Meadows on a Thursday, especially given that the place holds […]
Further to my extensive rant of earlier today, I am indulging an irresistible urge to share with you the announcement of the US Olympic Dressage Team, which reached my inbox a few minutes ago, while being simultaneously posted on the USEF’s website. On a Saturday, no less. The final class of the US Dressage Team selection […]
I’ve blogged a lot about the Marketing and Communications department at EC. They have generously supplied me with enough material to keep me going during periods of quiet when I might otherwise have had to cast a wider net to find something to write in my weekly posts. But this time they’ve really outdone themselves, […]
