Phew… what a lot of walking! Not only do I get the pleasure of walking the course, A LOT. But the walking to and fro is something else here at WEG’s. We started the day by cheering on Rebecca. She looked wonderful in the warm up. Rupert was such a good boy to keep it […]

It was another busy day here at the horse park.  We got up early to make sure we were there in plenty time to watch Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master do their dressage.  They put in a great test.  As with Jess and Exponential, Rebecca and Riddle Master are doing their first four star and […]

Well it was good and bad.  Colombo was fit and cheeky.  He was a bit explosive in the ring, something he has never been before, not even in Hong Kong where the crowd was electric.  He went into the ring today and immediately started spooking at the flowers and the dressage judges like a pre […]

Hmmm….well….I was going to write about the test of a life time;)  Instead I will tell you how I rode what I had under me on the day.  Colombo is the fittest I think he has ever been with me. Pam and I can’t even lead him anywhere near the cross country without a chain […]

Ooh, la, la!! World Equestrian Games! La creme de la creme. I have been lifting my jaw off the ground since I arrived Sept 24th. I am rubbing shoulders with the best of the best, some of which I have yet to meet… Pippa Funnel and Jenny Lorriston Clark are high on my priority list […]

And so it begins, or is it the finish?  It seems like we have been “on the road” to the WEG since Colombo left Hong Kong.  It’s a huge excitement to be here, at an Olympics just for horses.  The Dressage Queens, the Endurance, the Reiners are all here.  Show jumpers are arriving daily as […]

Richland Park was HUGE.  I went there three years ago when they had a tornado go through and take down all the tents.  It has grown in the past three years.  It has to be one of the biggest events in America if you are just counting entries.  There appeared to be literally hundreds and […]

The Summer is a rushing river that carries the whole barn along like uncontrolled flotsam and jetsam.  The weeks are spiraling rapidly towards the WEG and I keep panicking about how I am going to get the barn packed and ready to move in the few weeks left in October…EEEEEK. I am sure it feels […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qx79V-JO5g This is Selena’s dressage on Song of Songs, her one star horse from Will O Wind last weekend. All in all, the weekend was a great success. Song of Songs was third in her first one star. She had one rail in stadium and not another jump or time penalty. As she is only […]

Solo qualified on his third Intermediate horse trial.  Not bad I suppose, but I am still a big niggled that he stopped at Grandview because he just HAD to spook. Grrrr.  He ran at Headwaters and came sixth in the OI there.  This coming weekend he runs at his first CIC** at Will O Wind.  […]