DAY 4 Gallop day! I took Colombo out for a hack early in the morning. We trotted up the hill and went for a tour. I wanted to jump and gallop around 2:00 p.m. when my family could come and watch.  Over lunchtime we went to Marlborough, which is

Yay! Hawley, Gamal, Natalia & Ginny arrived safely today! I took Colombo for a nice trot on the hills with Stephanie and Andrew Hoy. (Yeah, good company here.) Colombo was keen to have his head up and look around. To be fair, it’s an incredible

Travel day. Not always my favorite… mostly because I get motion sickness and the cabin pressure hurts my ears.  However, this was a night flight and I was asleep before we left the tarmac.  I was a bit worried about Colombo as I had r

There is way too much of the ‘P’ word around these days for my taste – from the provinces to the FEI to Canadian elections – it’s all getting me down. And that was before I found out Donald Trump is running for US Presid

Yesterday I wrote a tribute to the memory of BC breeder Janet Oddy, who passed away last month at the age of 81. Reading the information that her son Peter had forwarded for the article took me on a trip down Memory Lane – on the back of an Ara

I’m back across the pond from a great ten days at home. The trip was really nice and I had a great birthday party with friends I hadn’t seen in a while and, of course, my family. I spent a lot of time with my little nephew

We are still reeling from the incredible support our fundraiser Horses for Japan engendered. It was one of those ‘lie in bed on a Monday morning’ ideas that took over my life for a couple of weeks. I am always amazed by the huge scal

This post is dedicated to Erica Brant, a Para Equestrian I heard about that shows extreme determination to achieve her goal. I found her story so inspiring that I thought I would share it with you. I have chosen to sponsor her to help her a

Jeez Louise. Can’t a girl take a sick break without all hell breaking loose? There is so much to be opinionated about right now I hardly know where to start. What I really want to do is go on and on AND ON about how incredibly awesomely wonderf

I’m back home in Vancouver right now for the next 10 days. While I was in trasit, I had to go through the scanners in Amsterdam for the first time. Normally when I travel they’re always broken or have problems but this time I got to exper