I’m so confused. I imagine you are too, if you have taken in the latest statement from EC, which has the rather wordy title “Equine Canada Issues Clarified Statement Regarding Victor’s Disqualification.” You can find it here if you haven’t read it yet. I’ve already had an avalanche of emails from people who want to […]

As promised, I’ve done some digging into Abdullah Sharbatly’s complete lack of show results which would prove his achievement of the FEI Certificate of Capability – which is required for Olympic participation. I’m sure Grania Willis, the FEI’s Director of Press Relations, lets out a sigh of resignation every time a message from me pops […]

Published moments ago on the Globe and Mail’s website is this article by the intrepid and extremely horse sport-friendly reporter Beverley Smith, in which she quotes Akaash (you remember, that well-spoken fellow who used to be the Fearless Leader of EC and who knows Mike Gallagher all too well) weighing in with his reaction to […]

Just a brief  intro to the latest video supplement from SS: This is his reading of my Circus Continues post from a couple of days ago. I’ll be back in an hour or so with more on the show jumping. Can’t talk now, don’t want to miss a minute of the individual jumping final. In […]

Here is SS with my post about how my days in London go – at least that’s how they went before the proverbial shit hit the proverbial fan tonight when Eric Lamaze showed us all what he’s made of by saying he will not wear the Canadian ‘pink’ coat as long as Equine Canada chooses […]

Dudes, I’m sorry I haven’t blogged yet about the wonderful, heart bursting news of Team GB’s historic gold medal (called it!) in the team dressage. I promise, yes promise. A post tomorrow with lots of opinionations on how it all went down today. Think of the next post as a counterweight to the gut-bottoming news […]

You know I don’t expect much of our national federation. Maybe I don’t expect anything at all. But I did expect that Equine Canada (proposed renaming – because they love to change their name every few years, presumably to shake stalkers – to Egregious Canada) would not deliberately malign or undermine the efforts of its […]

What a day! Almost exciting enough to make me forget what happened yesterday – not quite. But before I go and pick that scab (not a pun, Victor’s cut is so tiny it doesn’t even have a scab)  about the DSQ beside Tiffany’s name, I will take a few minutes to say how ‘chuffed’ I […]

Today’s post should be read while listening to the following soundtrack: It’s official. These Olympic equestrian events truly are a three ring discipline circus. A trilogy of  tribulations…a hat trick of high drama. The media is losing its collective mind because there is so much chum in the churning waters.  I was just saying two days […]

I am so upset right now that I am almost incoherent. I don’t know who made Tiffany attend that press conference, but making her sit there, beside the FEI President, and the FEI Foreign Vet who was part of Victor’s disqualification was nearly as wrong as the disqualification itself. To the Person(s) who made the […]