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 […]
What a day for Brittany and All In! They left it all on the field with one of the most exciting rides we are likely to see in the small tour this week. The horse is so powerful and yet so light at the same time. It takes a lot to raise a goose bump on […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVdgSFjE1AI&feature=youtu.be One thing I neglected to anticipate when I signed up for this gig was the fact that these Pan Am Games are taking place in my own country. I was too busy moaning about the fact that it wasn’t a tropical destination in Latin America, instead of looking forward to sitting in a stadium with […]
Way back in the Middle Ages known as the 80’s, I spent the summer as Nick Holmes-Smith’s first working slave (an affectionate term), starting at Peter Gray’s old Stonehill Farm near Orangeville before moving to Checkmate Farm near Collingwood. Aside from all the riding (of which there was plenty – thus the ironic use of ‘slave’), what I remember most […]
Many of you will have heard, seen or read the news that a Chuckwagon horse was euthanized after breaking a leg in a race at the Calgary Stampede on Sunday. In the past, I have been quite outspoken on this blog regarding the annual equine mortalities at Chuckwagon racing’s flagship event. Some of my posts attracted quite […]
On Saturday, the USEF announced that, due to a lack of international entries, the CH-Y 2* at NAJYRC next week has been cancelled. The NAJYRC Reining has been cancelled in its entirety, but as Reining has been limping along as the FEI’s least robust discipline, and the buy-in from mainstream North American reining to FEI Reining has […]
With the Pan Am Games looming a mere two weeks away, I am starting to (maybe) get excited (just a little) about my exotic adventure to Toronto. I usually prefer my Pan Ams in spicier locales, such as Rio and Guadalajara; but until I am reincarnated as a wined, dined and (dare I say) financially incentivized member […]
