You know I’ve always loved the saying that being a rider is a lot like being a rooster. One minute you are the cock on the block and the next, the feather duster. I was definitely the duster this weekend. I should preface this by saying that I know one cannot win all of the […]

So, enough about horses for a bit. How about something a bit more light hearted? I picked up our son Liam today from his second day of Kindergarten and, quite honestly, felt like I deserved a bottle of champagne and a standing ovation for getting this far in his adorable little life of five years. […]

I’ve been in a funk recently. It all started with what we shall politely call the “enigma that was the Canadian Eventing Team choices for the Pan Am Games” (read August’s Horse Sport editorial if you need help with that one). Then, of course, if you read my last blog you know I had to […]

I put down my dream horse last week. As I write this I have a constant voice in the back of my head muttering, “What kind of narcissist are you that you think people want to read about your story; your horse?” And that’s true. I know you all have your own stories, and certainly […]

Valentine’s weekend we were at the Rocking Horse Event. Leslie and I were having a great time. All of our horses have come out swinging this year (probably cursing myself) and on day one after some dressage and show jumping most of our horses were in the top five placings, the sun was shining, life […]

As I was saying last week, it is far easier over there to find your ‘young rider’s packer’ or ‘amateur one star horse’ aboard than it is here. This is due to two reasons: 1. What most people don’t know is that in the UK they have a point system that once you reach a […]

A hot topic repeatedly found on social media and chat boards these days surrounds the topic of where to buy one’s horses. North American breeders, primarily what I would call boutique breeders who breed anywhere from one to four horses a year, often cry out in frustration (and understandably so) that many riders purchase their […]

So. I joined a gym. Not just any gym. A crazy gym. When I was younger, and didn’t need a gym, I joined loads of typical gyms because naturally I was cool like that. Now I am old(er) and I have some junk around my stomach and back. I like to call it my ‘Liam […]

I haven’t written for a bit as: 1) I have to work extra hard to pay off my AT&T bill this month as I went three gigs over our family shared limit from my husband watching WEG constantly from 4:00 a.m. until work and then further watching Burghley this past weekend.. and.. 2) I am […]

This is my young horse Bounce. He just last month turned five. He has recently won an event and thus would like to put forward his declaration to Canada for the 2020 Olympic Games. He has no idea as of yet who his rider may be, as his current one threatens that he will be […]