For those of you who didn’t come to Vegas this year, I have some bad news for you. You missed what might have been the best freestyle competition in the history of dressage. No joke. It was stupendous and I get goose bumps writing about it, even at 8 in the morning, sleep deprived and […]
Well, to you folks who stayed home this time, you are missing some great action. And they have great clothes this time, with no line ups because numbers are definitely down. The buzz about Steffen winning yesterday is still louder than a concert by KC and the Sunshine Band (yes they still exist and are […]
Wow! What a shock today has been. First of all I had to take myself out of sleep mode after three blissful days of camping with my husband and girlfriends in the desert. And what sharper contrast to pristine wilderness than the world of drive-through wedding chapels and Elvis impersonators? Things did not go as […]
First off, I have a bit of bad news to share with Americans who hoped to use FEI TV to watch the World Cup from the comfort of your desks – or living rooms if you are that much of a technical wizard. I have received an unconfirmed report that it is not available to […]
By this time next week Sin City will be crawling with horse lovers of all kinds, not to mention some of the world’s finest equine athletes. I’m one of those people for whom ‘once in a lifetime is plenty’ when it comes to visiting Vegas, but the World Cup Final is another animal altogether – […]
I may have got what I wanted when Anky announced last week that she would take Painted Black to Las Vegas, but not everyone is happy about the outcome. I received comments and emails on both sides of the fence, and I suspect there are more people out there (especially those who hold plane tickets […]
Today’s grammatical grotesqueries come to you courtesy of the FEI, where the horses have ‘extended gates’, the rules become ‘reglements’ and rider’s are ‘proud on’ their horses. The press release for the final WC dressage qualifier in s’-Hertogenbosch this past weekend revealed further evidence that the dressage press releases are being created with the help […]
Hola! Due to my travels last week, I failed to satisfy some of the regular visitors to the blog. As a result, I received some emails this week from people who wanted to know if the blog is a regular thing and if they can expect a posting on a certain day of the week. […]
Today I want to talk about how amazingly under someone’s skin I managed to get last week (see the copious comments posted below my Dancing DQ blog, February 28th). I don’t intend to let this blog get overrun by an on line boxing match with Mr. Slings, but I do want to clear the air […]
Warning: The material contained in today’s blog is rated DQ (that would be Dressage Queen, not Dairy Queen) I have just recently (this morning in fact) been apprised of the tremendous judging gaff that occurred at the WC qualifier in Mechelen, when Anky rode Painted Black not to her freestyle music, but to what she […]
