Apologies for not posting yesterday, but the return home has brought out the fatigue in me. I spent a good part of the middle of yesterday hitting ‘refresh’ on the TO2015 website  during the Eventing show jumping, effectively following the competition via the online results, which were almost live, and my only option – given the CBC’s persistence in ignoring […]

Did I say the cross country looked easy? I take it back. I was wrong. It wasn’t easy. It was ridiculously easy. All four US and all four Brazilian horses went clear and inside the optimum time. Three out of four of our Canadians, ditto. The one unfortunate exception was the pair who traveled the farthest […]

I have just dried out following my tour of the Pan Am cross country course at Will O’ Wind Farm. I actually didn’t mind the rain that much. I had the course almost entirely to myself. Which turned out to be fortuitous for my bladder, when I realized after trying three different banks of locked porta-poopers that […]

I do think the term ‘post-mortem’ is especially appropriate, given all the things that have fallen short at the Pan Am Games equestrian so far. Before I make a few comments on the judging (because I know you dressage score fetishists have been looking for it), I have a few final things to say about […]

I’ll be posting my dressage recap tomorrow, because I have to do some driving right now and need to get on the road. But if you want to see the work of my anonymous hacker, you would be well advised to go look at it immediately. I’ve been warned that I’m now known to the relevant authorities, […]

Before the freestyles get started in the next 40 minutes, I want to clear the air about something that has clearly got under some thin skin, if the comments on my Whine Time post are any indication. A few people have taken exception to my use of a certain historical term that originates with a group […]

What a day! I wouldn’t  ever have predicted that our team would come so close to winning the gold medal. I think I can honestly say that there was more positive energy in the Canadian dressage community today – both here in Caledon and across the country – than there has been in a very long […]

There is an enormous hue and cry about the fact that CBC couldn’t be bothered to send even one itty bitty camera to Caledon. And of course we all know that half the people that could be enjoying today live and in person are not here because TO2015 managed to list the Dressage team final […]

Just a quick post to say that you can find a video of Brittany’s ride on my Facebook page. (Dear TO2015 anti-dressage league: I take no responsibility for the appearance of the video on my Facebook. I’ve been hacked by a fan of our team who just wants to help the rest of Canada share […]

My posts of yesterday may have given the impression that it’s all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows here at the Caledon Equestrian Park. Let me set the record straight. NO ONE is having a glitch-free time at TO2015 – not riders, spectators, media, and definitely not the staff and volunteers who are undertrained and in many […]