I hate those stupid texting acronyms but OMG Canada is third after cross country and Steph R-B, the daughter I never had, is sixth! Sixth! Are you reading me in Canada? This is EPIC. The last time Canada was in this kind of shape at a World Championship three-day-event was right here, in 1978 – […]

Laura B – I wish I loved her music but I just can’t. It does everything – it’s totally correct – but it just doesn’t have a soul and Alf really deserves music with a soul as big as his. Sorry Cees – you know I admire the hell out of you. But that twangy […]

Nathalie the Danish princess – I’m pretty sure this is the same Westside Story music she used in Hong Kong. And I’m still not a fan. That musical has been used SO MUCH. There were actually two riders using it in HK. The tempo seldom matches the footfalls. For some reason she seems to canter […]

Excuse the incomplete sentences and rushed sounding text – but I have to keep running back to the media centre because the signal isn’t working in the stadium.   Pierre St. Jacques did a wonderful demo and I have to brag just a little, since I made his freestyle. I am very impressed at his […]

Hi everyone. Due to the tremendousness of tonight and the absolutely crazy schedule of starting before dawn to get to cross country tomorrow only about six hours after the press conference after the freestyles, I will attempt to keep you up to speed in the freestyles without resorting to Facebook or Twitter (whose value I […]

While I fry like an egg in the afternoon sun (but I’m not complaining!) here are a few thumbs up and down from the dressage: 1. favourite new-comer day one GP – Emma from Finland and her fabulous passage and trot machine. She’s just 25, but she sure rode like she belonged here. No big […]

With all the excitement of the dressage over the past two days I haven’t had a chance to keep y’all up to speed on the non-dressage news. I’m happy to report there were no serious casualties in the endurance, and while some of the horses looked pretty Biafran there were also some very fit looking […]

Now that I’ve seen him in the flesh with my very own eyes, I can die knowing that Totilas is everything the hype has made him out to be. I knew how he looked  of course – like everyone else in the world I’ve watched videos of him ad nauseum on FEI TV and YouTube. But […]

I really did take my happy pill this morning and was determined to talk today about the tremendous sport, fabulous venue (I can’t WAIT to walk the cross country course, which looks stupendous) and continued warmth of the locals – which more than compensates for the continuing frigid weather. I would always choose a cold […]

I can’t  believe it. Adelinde got as far as the rein back when Stephen Clarke noticed blood on Parzival’s lip. It’s so devastating, first for Adelinde and her supporters, of course. But for her team, the spectators, and me, this is frankly heart breaking. I have to not think about how Adelinde must feel right […]