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I’m all a flutter

There is just so much to write about this week! Spruce, the Canadian Eventing team announcement, Show Jumping team announcement (which I hope will be in my inbox tomorrow), Canadian dressage fund raiser, which dabbled in human trafficking….look
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Lost – then found – in Translation

Sorry for the delay, folks. The translation I was waiting for didn’t go up on Anky’s site until late yesterday afternoon. See, when I read Astrid’s announcement Sunday that Anky had dropped the law suit, I noticed she quoted from a
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Come back Tomorrow

Hi everyone – just a quick ‘hello’ to ask you to tune in tomorrow for this week’s blog. I’m waiting for something important to be translated that I want to share with you. A demain!   
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Balance

This week, Vitall really showed me how important balance is in training. This was my first lesson training with Anky again and it was good. She said that his frame looked much better which meant that I had improved some things while she was away
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Only one more selection trial to go.

Richland Park was HUGE.  I went there three years ago when they had a tornado go through and take down all the tents.  It has grown in the past three years.  It has to be one of the biggest events in America if you are just counting en
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Don’t love inanimate objects

I know I mustn’t but I just can’t help myself. I cherish my VW Westphalia so unreservedly (and with absolutely no common sense) that I am now buying its third engine. As one of my more sympathetic and understanding (read: fellow VW owner)
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Vacation week

This following week has been really relaxed. Anky has gone on vacation so all of us have slowed down training a bit and taking the horses out in the woods for a mental break. It was great fun riding in the woods and we also rode through the farmers c
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Breaking News: Anky sues Astrid

I may have to coin a new term for the reason Anky is suing Astrid of Eurodressage: cyber-abuse. Last night Astrid issued a press release to let the world know about the law suit, which has its day in court (perhaps its first of many, perhaps not) on
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Ed goes Viral

If you are reading this and you haven’t seen the video of Ed the naughty pony, you are almost certainly in a tiny minority among horse web surfers at this point. The Youtube video called ‘Ed being very naughty’ strings together a ye
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A Country, Divided

If you are a reader from outside our True North strong and free, you might want to skip today’s rant and instead visit the aptly named newest creation from John of EventingNation, www.hahahorses.com. Or maybe not. Maybe I won’t bore you t