The equestrian world is buzzing with the news that Saudi Arabia’s first female Olympic athlete spoke at the IOC World Conference on Women and Sport in LA ten days ago. The FEI issued a press release on the remarkable impact made by 20 year old Dalma Rushdi Malhas when she spoke about being the first […]
Remember a few weeks ago I hinted that I would have an exciting announcement to share with you? Well, it’s finally time, now that my new blog is up and running. In keeping with the tone of this blog – Straight-Up – the new one is called the low-down. And just like this blog, it’s […]
I’m back!!! Just wait till you hear my excuse for not posting last week. The dog didn’t eat my homework, but the dog is certainly involved. Please do not read on if you are one of those people who lack the empathy with animals that would lead to spending vast sums of money on their […]
You would think that folks who spend their days riding around inside a rectangular arena with sandy footing would have learned the first rule of playground etiquette – getting along in the sandbox. But they haven’t. And apparently neither have the people in Wellington who are in any way connected to dressage. Not that all […]
Greetings from my brand new blog, brought to you by Horse Sport International on its exciting new website. Some of you already know me from my blog Straight-Up, which can be found at www.Horse-Canada.com/straight-up. But for those of you who are familiar with my name only from the by-lines of more formal (read: polite) magazine […]
It’s now a week since I took wing and departed from the Wonderful World of Welly. I continue to love the place a little bit more every time I visit, though I do wish that the topographical relief in south Florida wasn’t due exclusively to bridges and landfills. The WDM Palm Beach was a […]
I’ve got just a little time before the freestyles start, so will quickly bring you up to speed on the GP Special this afternoon in case you couldn’t get yourself to any internet to watch the live feed. I can tell you that if I thought Adrienne Lyle and Wizard looked like US Olympic team […]
The WDM Grand Prix is just about to begin – the last time I saw so many people watching a dressage warm up on this continent was at WEG. Ok here’s my blow by blow coverage of what’s in the show ring this warm, muggy south Florida afternoon. Carl – first in – he’s not […]
First of all, I must apologize to those of you who have been experiencing technical difficulties viewing this blog over the past several weeks. The problem has been partly due to my having pasted copyrighted cartoons into my posts; yesterday I put photos up that were too big, but now I have been duly corrected […]
As I sat Tuesday morning, all squished into my cattle class seat on a plane bound for Houston, which would allow me to board another plane bound for West Palm Beach, and looked out the window at a snow-covered Vancouver receding in the cold dark of pre-dawn, the real reason so many Canadian riders go […]
