While I fry like an egg in the afternoon sun (but I’m not complaining!) here are a few thumbs up and down from the dressage: 1. favourite new-comer day one GP – Emma from Finland and her fabulous passage and trot machine. She’s just

With all the excitement of the dressage over the past two days I haven’t had a chance to keep y’all up to speed on the non-dressage news. I’m happy to report there were no serious casualties in the endurance, and while some of the horses looked

Now that I’ve seen him in the flesh with my very own eyes, I can die knowing that Totilas is everything the hype has made him out to be. I knew how he looked  of course – like everyone else in the world I’ve watched videos of him ad nauseu

I really did take my happy pill this morning and was determined to talk today about the tremendous sport, fabulous venue (I can’t WAIT to walk the cross country course, which looks stupendous) and continued warmth of the locals – which mo

I can’t  believe it. Adelinde got as far as the rein back when Stephen Clarke noticed blood on Parzival’s lip. It’s so devastating, first for Adelinde and her supporters, of course. But for her team, the spectators, and me, thi

I know I promised I’d be more cheerful today but it’s raining. It’s also too early for bourbon, so take me or leave me in the cold, grumpy state in which I find myself. While the first dozen or so horses make their way through a damp Grand Prix

Ok, before I share what I had intended to post yesterday, I will release my first (and I’m sorry to say it will probably not be my last or even second last) bitch blast of this WEG. What has gone entirely wrong so far:   1. The dressage i

No, I’m not being profane. GDF is not twitter-speek for an insult too nasty to spell out. If you a) are saving your pennies by skipping WEG and b) are a DQ or wannabe DQ, then you should head on over to the Netherlands in October for the tenth

The last little bit has been really busy.  My friend Sara is here visiting untill the 30th and her parents are also here for a visit. They’re like my second family so it was nice to see some familiar faces from home. Sara has a stalli

I know there are many of you who either can’t make it to WEG or decided you would say ‘no thanks’ to the grossly inflated prices that pass for Kentucky’s tourism philosophy (if you are going to charge what the market will bear