Well this cross country day sure had its highs and lows. Highs for the Brits, Germans, Swedes and Kiwis. Low after low after unbelievable low for Canada, most of which I saw, thanks to the brilliant TV coverage all over the venue and media centre. Le

That’s what cross country day is, after all – right? A few impressions following my course walk yesterday, before the first horse sets out on this virgin track in 50 or so minutes: It’s long. Not too long, but at 5700 metres with tw

Last weekend I saw Amsterdam in the best way I think you can see the city, by boat through the Canals. It was incredible going through all these little passages and seeing all the different parts of the city. Amsterdam has so much character and it re

Greetings from Greenwich! I just set the time zone on my lap top and was tickled that for the first time ever I got to select ‘Greenwich Mean Time’. Every major championship I’ve been to has had a theme that became a common thread t

It’s show time! After months and months AND MONTHS of hype, the London Olympics are finally upon us. If, like the majority of sane people who own TVs, you plan on enjoying the action from the comfort of your couch, I wish you all the best in tr

It’s a hot hard summer here in Ontario at the moment.  We are entering all sorts of upcoming events with the full knowledge that if we don’t get rain we won’t be running any of the upper level horses much.  Only the qualifiers tha

It’s not every day I find myself in unconditional agreement with the boobalicious star of an eighties show I never watched and the model for a magazine I’ve never perused, but yesterday I found myself nodding enthusiastically while readin

The other day I went on a safari tour about 45 min away from my house. It was incredible and it was a blast to just be a kid all day and walk around and look at all these exotic animals. I love it how animals can always make you laugh and put a smile

(Parental advisory: Today’s post is rated ‘curmudgeon’ and is not recommended for anger-sensitive readers) Last Thursday, the long awaited ‘official’ Olympic team announcement was finally made at Spruce Meadows. A press

I last wrote about EC’s ex-CEO, the man I used to refer to only partly in jest as ‘our fearless leader’,  some weeks ago. After all, now that Akaash is no longer part of that well oiled bureaucratic machine known as Equine Canada,