As my good friend and regular blog reader Jenn W. said to someone last week, if there was anything worse than letting me into the Olympic Qualification meetings at the FEI GA last week, it was NOT letting me into the meeting. You might have seen my ‘disarmament’ confession from the GA last week, when […]
As many of you know, I am on my way to the pristine, EU-resistant soil of Switzerland to attend the 2013 FEI General Assembly this week. If there is any single session of the three day talk-fest of especial relevance to Canada and to people in other countries of the Americas who have been in […]
I know I said I would be GDF blogging on Low-Down, but since my ‘conversation’ with Trond (aka Smartie) started here, I decided that for continunity’s sake I would wrap this up here (at least until the FEI GA next week, where I will be sure to have at least one chat with the FEI […]
Grab a box of tissues and clutch your favourite teddy bear to your breaking hearts, ladies. The equestrian world’s most eligible bachelor is off the market. Yes, it’s official. Eric got down on bended knee and proposed to his girlfriend Alexis Stein. If you don’t believe me, you can read the official press release, which I […]
Oct. 28th UPDATE here. Remember the hue and cry that erupted after the FEI discipline committees unveiled their proposed modifications to the Olympic qualifications for Rio 2016? It all started back in the spring at the FEI Sports Forum. The greatest outrage was caused by the proposed changes to the dressage qualifications, though eventing was […]
Finally some REAL good news coming our way. It even arrived via the official Canadian channel of DC and not from Dressage-News.com: the appointment of Victoria Winter as the team chef d’equipe for Normandy 2014. Vicki is just perfect for the post, and I expect those who are gunning for a team spot for WEG […]
October 2, 2013 For Immediate Release (Wellington, FL) – In an unprecedented move for a Canadian equestrian sport organization, Dressage Canada has appointed Kenneth Braddick of the American media company www.Dressage-News.com the official distributor of all news of any large or small significance, with a special focus on items that directly affect the organization’s Canadian […]
It always warms the cockles of my heart when something I write provokes thought – and never more so than when it provokes a response from one of the very people that I’ve written about. When I opened my email this morning there was a friendly message from Wayne Channon. He kindly agreed to let […]
My dearest fellow DQs. Please do not let the distractions of life get in the way of performing your free and nearly effortless civic duty as members of the Canadian Dressage community. Make sure you cast your votes for DC High Performance Chair. I hesitate to tell you that the deadline isn’t for another four […]
If the Chinese can use that lovely Swedish word for their buffets, there’s no reason I can’t appropriate it for my blog, right? And by the way, am I the only person who thinks it odd that smorgasbord has been used so universally to describe long tables of slowly wilting chow mein that an entire […]
