I had spoken to David at training camp and he said “we might not run Colombo cross country at RH2” because he is an older horse and has already been very successful there. Saving his legs for the WEG’s and all. Dressage warm up felt gr

The competition season in Ocala is reaching fever pitch.  Everything seems to go slowly and be very civilised in our base in Florida until the end of January, from then on it’s bedlam.  Horses going to all kinds of shows at all kinds

There is much to ponder in the horse world right now, but I just have to talk about how much fun it is to live in the city where the Olympic Winter Games are taking place. No, I’m not joking. It really is a source of great pride among the popul

The opening ceremonies were very well done. It really showed the different cultures and our history with the Aboriginal. The organizing committee really took the opportunity to embrace Aboriginal people through story telling. I must sa

Well as if I didn’t get wet enough on the Tuesday before the show… Friday’s dressage was a monsoon. The rain was pounding sideways and the temperature was five degrees. It was miserable like this all day, the rain never gave up

The year has barely started and it’s already shaping up to be a blockbuster. The FEI alone looks set to provide me with enough material to post on an almost-daily basis, never mind those USEF press releases which are every bit as stellar as th

Meanwhile back in the dark depths of an Ontario winter, the less sun soaked persons of the O’Hanlon team are working away on the horses that will start competing in May when Selena returns to Canada.  The most educated one that we get to p

My flight home was rather exciting. On the plane with me were the Russian and Romania teams and the Italian and Dutch officials. It was a very colorful flight as every one was dressed in their country’s colors. Russia being the b

O’Hanlon Eventing, trooped off to a show at Rocking Horse last weekend.  Rocking Horse Winter 1.  Selena took Colombo for the OI, she wanted to have her ‘eye in’ for the Advanced at Rocking Horse later in February.  C

Day 1 training camp dressage Today was fantastic. It’s always a treat to watch David O’Connor, our team coach, ride Colombo. We were in the dressage arena and I worked Colombo around the ring a little in walk trot, and canter while David watc