I know I promised a more optimistic 2016 prediction to follow the weekend’s frowny emoticon post about my expectation (low) of the FEI and EC in the coming year. But, given the doom-and-gloom stories that keep coming out regarding the upcoming Olympic Games, I feel compelled to cover this prediction now. I hereby predict that Rio 2016 will […]
As usual, Welly World has hijacked my life, leaving me with little free time and a hoarse voice from all the social interacting that comes from cramming half the horse world into a few square miles. Since I am making so little headway on posting my 2016 predictions, and since just the first one is a lengthy blog on […]
The future is now. Literally. I’m late with my annual crystal ball peek into what lies ahead in our beloved horse world, but in the spirit of better-late-than-never (and besides – there are still 346 days left in 2016), I’ll post my predictions for the Year That Will Be in the next day or two. […]
Happy 2016! Before we get to January’s mid-month ‘equator’ and it becomes too late to talk about 2015, here is my annual best-worst-most-least-etc list for the past year: Best sporting moment for Canada – even though the Show Jumpers won Pan Am team gold and Jessica Phoenix won silver individually in Eventing, I am declaring the entire […]
(Click here to see the original announcement upon which today’s post is based) For Immediate Release Palm Beach, FL – December 20, 2015 – Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) announces that the Trump Invitational, due to be held on January 3, 2016, at The Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, has been cancelled. Due to a series […]
Based on the number of texts, emails and Facebook messages I’ve received with this link I’m guessing many of you have already seen the news item exposing the change that has been made to the Dressage Rio criteria. I want to assure those of you who suspect I missed a beat that I was fully aware […]
Click here to see what I’m talking about, then please come back and read the back story. I’ve known Lauren Barwick as an amazing, inspiring person ever since I first met her in 2002 when she needed a Para Dressage freestyle. Lauren is, of course, the most successful Para Dressage rider in Canadian history, a role […]
Before I launch into today’s tirade, I would like to take a moment to apologize to my international reading audience. I realize that when I post about things specifically Canadian, I may be boring you. Today I am at risk of making it one of those times, though I will do my very best to keep it […]
Anyone remember this little sound bite from all the way back in June? Apparently some people have already forgotten. Like Sr. B, who is busy promoting the Mar-a-Lago Trump Invitational 2016. Perhaps I’m the one at fault for mistakenly believing he’d distanced himself from his orange comb-overed bff in the first place. But wait! Come to […]
Please allow me to share with you the response I received from EC regarding the rationale for making the Rio criteria secret -and yes this policy is across the disciplines. Here is what I was sent: ‘The decision not to publish CET selection criteria was made to protect Canadian athletes seeking to achieve the necessary qualifications to […]
