A few GDF impressions, things that might make you go ‘hm’: Patrik Kittel: having mentioned many of his past mentors, it wasn’t until an hour and 15 minutes into his presentation that he (briefly) mentioned the name ‘Sjef’ (first name only) Richard Davison: really did go on and on to Patrik about his internet rap […]
Yes, it’s true. Sandy is much more far reaching in ‘her’ impact than anyone could have imagined. Stephen Clarke is grounded in New York instead of warming a seat here and preparing to give what I am sure would have been another of his charming, candid presentations. Damn that Sandy. The GDF this year has […]
Tip #1: when the airline loses your luggage, don’t lose your mind. I knew Chicago was trouble when I booked my flight. I’ve been separated from a checked bag there before, but the itinerary was so good, and my options (on Air Crap points) so limited, I chanced it. And wasn’t that terribly shocked when […]
Well, it’s only the half way break of the first day of the 2012 GDF, and I can happily say my work is done. No, not really, but the hard part is behind me. I was quite concerned about asking a ‘negative’ question right in the very first half hour of the proceedings today. You […]
One of my wittier, more clever friends emailed me a few weeks ago with a new term she thought she was coining: ineptocracy. She did her due diligence though, and was mildly devastated to learn that someone had beaten her to the punch and already invented the term. You can even order ‘ineptocracy’ t-shirts on […]
The document you will find by clicking on the link below is not for those who lack patience, focus or the ability to wade through acres of meaningless tripe to find the filet mignon. But for those of you with sufficient curiosity about what CAS concluded regarding the FEI’s mishandling of the protest against Brazil’s […]
As exciting and action-packed as I thought this year’s Global Dressage Forum program looked when I decided to hop on a plane to Holland and attend, I was a bit puzzled and yes, disappointed, not to see the name David Stickland among the presenters. If you don’t know David, you really ought to. He’s the […]
I have just received an official statement from Yvonne Losos de Muñiz in which she explains the reasons for her retirement from dressage competition. I know you don’t need an introduction to who Yvonne is, and chances are you have already learned either first or second hand about her indisputable talent, integrity and generosity to […]
Remember how when we came across someone we really thought was really awesome we used to say ‘I wish I could clone him/her’? Well, provided that the him or her in question is a non-human animal, now you can. Yes, cloning is everywhere around us. If you ate the flesh of an animal at a […]
That’s the Global Dressage Forum I’m referring to, not the Global Dressage Festival. It’s a bit unfortunate that the dressage circuit in Welly World has the same initials, since it would be easy to confuse the two things, which really have nothing to do with each other. In fact the Global Dressage Forum, hereafter to […]
