Vitall has been going super since the show. He continues to get stronger and stronger. We are still working on tweaking everything, being able to adjust the speed and frame within the movements. In the piaffe, we are working on being able to make qui

This past weekend I rode my first Grand Prix with Vitall. We did the Under 25 Young Rider GP. I was so excited after my test I almost cried. Vitall gave me such a great feeling from warm-up to the final salute. We really felt like a team in there. I

I had a great 10 days with my mom. It was nice to show her around Uden and she put a mommy’s touch on my house. My carnet (travel documents) is all in order now, so we are good for one more year! Sadly, I have no pictures as my camera decided i

Last night I once again dressed my horse in his purple Rambo. A Rambo in late May??? Sure it was the light rain sheet model, but seriously. I’ve had it with this weather. Watching the flowering plants in my garden has been a study in botanical

Did you catch the Derby last week? It was a great race, won by a horse with an even better story. But what really struck me this year was that, between the Royal nuptials and the Kentucky Derby, I have never seen so many stupid looking hats in t

I’m pleased to share with you the first of a small series of guest blogs that Jennifer Anstey (publisher of this very blog) has kindly agreed to write from the World Cup Finals in Leipzig. Enjoy! After an extended stay in Paris following the He

Hot damn! The Kiwi King is back on top of the world. Not only that, he became the oldest winner in Badminton’s history, at 55. But you can read all that in the press releases and articles. I want to talk about my own visceral and emotional resp

The past little bit I have been up to a lot of fun things as well as training. Last weekend I went to a Chic/Shine event, which is for ladies. It had everything from interior design and health/wellness to fashion. It was all boutique fashion from spe

1 tempis, 1 tempis…I’m going to be skipping in my sleep any night now. That has been the main focus in training lately – trying to get the 1 tempis solid. But I am getting so mad at my legs. I feel when I should react, but my right leg is just

It feels like spring here! It’s amazine how quickly the weather can change. Before I left Holland it was freezing with snow everywhere and now it’s 11 degrees and sunny. The last week and a bit I have jumped back into training f