Selena’s five cent’s worth: Well dressage day is definetly not my favourite. I woke up this morning and found it difficult to choke down my bagel.  I rode Mr. C in his new double bridle this morning at around 9am.  He was wonderful. I schooled in long and low to start… then moved on to […]

Heavens to Betsy there is a lot to talk about. I don’t have much time but wanted to first thank ‘some guy at the World Cup’ for keeping us poor sods who stayed home up to speed – no mean feat this year. And I thought Vegas was exciting… Today I will talk only about […]

Another great day. A little old volcano was not enough to stop any of the riders getting to Rolex.  Some came in little planes that had to route around the mountains and along the coast and took forever.  Ollie had his $3000 dollar taxi ride from Paris to Madrid.  British owners lent private planes, and […]

Today was our first full day at Rolex.  We drove up from Ocala yesterday and arrive here around 10pm.  As the horses are ‘on their way home’ from Ocala to Canada (just a little stopover in Kentucky….) we have two extra horses with us.  One of these is our good friend Solo and he is […]

From some guy at the world cup Well, it’s all over; and what an outcome. So, Mario Deslauriers, from an almost impenetrable lead going into the final round, took far too many rails to count (3 I think) throughout the course, maybe a time fault as well (I lost track) and finished in 6th place […]

From some guy at the world cup I am neither lawyer, nor vet. Nor am I a real horseman for that matter.  However, I do have some decent experience in rules and process. The FEI has established the ground rules for their competitions.  Agreement to abide by these is basically the table stakes for all […]

From some guy at the world cup Well, I’m back with another riveting episode of our World Cup adventure. Today, we arrived at the equine centre a few hours early to have lunch (did I mention that Switzerland is not only mega-organized, but also uber expensive) because lunch at the hotel was the equivalent of […]

Sara arrived safe and sound and it’s been non-stop adventuring since! Last Friday I did a practice test in Uden which is 10 min away from Anky’s. It was like a mock show where you had to be all dressed and braided and it was really helpful. When you rode your test the judge would […]

Rolex is one of those things that is always ‘in the future’.  I think it’s because you start thinking about it and getting excited about it, way earlier than any other North American event.  It rates once more on the upcoming annual list of goals and events, almost as soon as we drive the horses […]

Please enjoy the guest blog below, which comes to you humorously, if anonymously, from the World Cup Final in Geneva. I will be back with MMJR updates in a few days. Piste From some guy at the World Cup Please stand by. Professionally trained, accomplished and knowledgeable journalists are clicking away at keyboards, downloading pictures, […]