Where’s my whip? Yesterday afternoon I received a distressed email from my ‘researcher’, who had decided to double check the WEF prize list for the names of the ground jury on Feb. 27. Much to my surprise and chagrin, I had been given erroneous information about the name of the jury president. I considered going […]
You can believe me or not, but an hour or two after I wrote yesterday’s post ( my crystal ball seems to be working quite well), I saw a press release from the FEI, the title of which stated: FEI and USEF Both Initiate Charges in Abuse Case. The press release is rather brief so […]
I am on the road this week, coming to you today from the charming ex-pat enclave of San Miguel de Allende for a wee pause to catch my breath between gigs in Mexico City and Spokane (now there’s an exercise in contrasts). I know you are all anxious to know the latest in the Michael […]
This weekend we had the Anky sample sale. Everyone in the barn got to shop at cost for the spring collection. It was like kids in a candy store. All of us girls rummaging through sweaters t-shirts etc everyone yelling ‘Is this color ok?’ ‘Does this fit ok?’ It was hilarious. I was really pleased […]
Here I am, sitting in Paneera Bread waiting to see when our truck will be ready to drive us back to Canada. Last week the ‘check engine’ light came on and Selena hot footed it to the Ford dealership. They gave it back to her the same day but an hour into our 10 hour […]
I am a firm believer that peer pressure can be a very powerful incentive for behaviour modification (see the naughty list on my website www.applausedressage.com if you don’t believe me). So, with that in mind, I am pleased to provide you with the video of Michael Morrissey BEATING his horse at the US team trials. Some […]
After this weekend I am feeling very inspired. I went to watch the Final at Brabandt in Den Bosch which is a convenient 20 min drive from the barn. I finally got to see Edward Gal and Totilas and their performance really does give you goose bumps but I was impressed with all the freestyles. The competion was in […]
Maybe not the pen, but the World Wide Web seems to wield a hefty, if virtual, sword. Today I received an official statement from the FEI by email – I was informed that my blog on the Michael Morrissey whippy-whippy misdemeanor had been duly noted at Mission Control, and was sent the following statement: The […]
Today was a day out of the ordinary. I spent my birthday at a reining competion which was actually really fun and made me feel as though I was back home. They even had big trucks and trailers. Europe went has gone slightly wild west. Twanny, one of the girls that works for Anky, asked me […]
It was very exciting to be asked to represent the sport of Eventing at Can Am, and Selena and I were both looking forward to it. It was also fun to have Selena at home for a weekend since we don’t get to see each other much in the winter. The drive to London seemed […]
