A terrible thing happened the other day. We lost a great athlete. My sincere condolences go out to Eric Lamaze.I saw this video of Eric and Hickstead sharing their story and I thought it was very touching so I am going to share it with all of you. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyFD103Op7g On another note, everything is […]

A lot has happened in the last little bit. I had a great visit with my mom. She had her horsey fix and I had my “mommy” time. There is nothing better than having your mom around to share your time with. She got to meet all my friends here, so now she knows a […]

This Past week, I’m feeling really good, Vitall was a star on Friday. He was a star from start to finish and he really showed his endurance because it was HOT! We had to warm-up outside then go to the indoor to ride our test. Walking into the indoor felt like a massive heat wave, […]

This year’s sample sale of Anky’s winter collection was one of the biggest we have had. The tables were full of clothes in every colour. I didn’t even know where to start, and I was having to do a power shop since I was only able to go up just before my lesson. But, in […]

We have been having the most bizarre weather here. One day we are wearing winter jackets and bundling up the horses, then a few days later it feels like we’re in the tropic,s with 25+. But we have had the most incredible heat lightning storms from it. The entire sky would just light up – […]

My test didn’t go as well as I had hoped for this past Friday. Vitall felt great in the warm-up, everything felt really good, he was soft and supple and all the exercises were going smoothly. But as I rode down centre line, I could feel him just freeze up. He continued being tense and […]

All I can say is it was amazing! First of all, I could have cried for Patrik Kittel – his Bronze medal is so-welled deserved. He has worked so hard for it. I have been watching his progress with Scandic over the last year and it’s been a long road for them, but well worth […]

This past week I spent in Rome, Almafi coast and Pompeii. It was amazing. The weather was 30 degrees every day. Great destination for a budget trip – I certainly found some great places, and when you’re a student or under 24 all the major tourist monuments are all half price. Big bonus!! I was […]

Pop Art and Vitall have become “fellow Canadian” friends. Ashley is over here training for the Hickstead CDI in England and training for the remainder of the summer. I must say, it’s been nice having fellow team mates here. Aachen was Incredible! Sadly my camera died, but I think everyone knows what Aachen looks like… Huge Arena. […]

Vitall has been going super since the show. He continues to get stronger and stronger. We are still working on tweaking everything, being able to adjust the speed and frame within the movements. In the piaffe, we are working on being able to make quicker smaller steps. His trot is completely changing. It is an […]