I am so saddened by Hickstead’s death that, even though I woke up this morning with a head full of thoughts about what I would write about him on this blog, I can’t find the place to start…

I keep clicking my heels together but it’s not working. I just can’t get back to our Oasis in the land where the margaritas roam and the skies are not cloudy all day. On the upside, one dog, one horse and one cat are very happy to have us

You’ve probably all lost interest by now, so I’ll keep it to just a few specifics and general impressions. First of all I found the overall quality of the music to be much, much higher than I’ve ever seen in a small tour competition

As we were sitting in traffic yesterday after going on a detour to the wrong Fiesta Americana hotel (who knew there were two hotels in this city with the same name? Not me, and not our taxi driver) Janner said we should add up all the hours we have s

October 23rd Sunday, the final day of competition. We did a team jog with Dr. Ober early in the a.m. and Woody looked great!  Dr. Ober said “He’s a horse for the future.” Ooooh, gives me goose bumps. All the horses looked stunning

October 22nd Well, today is going to be a short blog because it’s 10:28 p.m. and I just made it to bed.  Let’s start with WAY TO GO JESSICA and Pavarotti!  I will write a blow by blow of each fence for Woody and I. Fence #1 was great be

October 21st I managed to eat breakfast, which is good because I couldn’t eat for the rest of the day ‘til dressage was done.  I remembered all my clothes etc…phew!  I sat with John and Judy Rumble (Woody’s owners) to watch all of t

More breaking news from the Pan Am eventing. Jessie Phoenix has just become the first Canadian gold medalist eventer at the Pan Am games since Nick Holmes-Smith won twenty years ago in 1991! Everyone is just so proud! Now we just need to flog the COC

Medal ceremonies are just completed, and soon the individual show jumping will start. Jessie Phoenix is still leading, but with only a time penalty in hand. Cross your fingers for her and Pavarotti!

This photo was taken after a long day under the Mexican sun on cross country yesterday. Eduardo, who has been so good at making up for the shortcomings of the organizers when it comes to the media’s needs, finally dropped the medicine ball last