I’m slowly starting to feel better after being in bed almost all weekend resting. I got up Saturday and rode 3 horses then went strait back to bed. Same goes for Sunday, I slept in and then took Oslo and Vitall for a walk. I started riding

For those of you not heading out into the traffic jams at bridges and borders this Labour Day weekend, you might be looking to kill some time on the World Wide Web. One thing I cannot recommend for the moment is subscribing to FEI TV. I rem

Jan is back now from Windsor. So back to training. It has gone really well this week, I’m really pleased with how things are coming together. We went through our first PSG test. I had to laugh at myself because I picked up a canter and it

I don’t doubt for a minute that the right horses and riders were on the podium after the European Championship Dressage freestyles on Saturday. After watching Adelinde’s ride, I wasn’t sure if Edward would beat her. Until I saw him.

I am still forming my opinions about the freestyles yesterday in Windsor, but watch this space in the next day – I won’t be speechless for long.  

Holy ravioli, look at them scores. And if you have FEI TV, look at them rides (when they eventually put up the video-on-demand coverage, that is). I’ll be tuning in tomorrow at 11:45 lazy west coast time to watch the freestyles live. I can’t even

This week has been a great week for training. I feel like I have had a mental break through with my riding. Not a huge one but little things that have added up. Jan has been really helpful giving little bits of advice about riding tempi’s and p

Hay! I never want to lift another bail in a very long time. We had a huge semi truck come 24m long packed full of hay. It took us two days to unload the truck. It was a lot of work we were all pretty fed up by the end of it. I am fully […]

Solo is supposedly finished competing for this year unless some dressage shows turn up.  He was amazing at Wit’s End in his second CCI* this year and moved up a place from his Bromont finish to take fourth.  Selena was thrilled with h

Having been retired from eventing these past dozen years, I had forgotten how much fun the people are at horse trials. I went out to the Campbell Valley Horse Trials (near Vancouver) on Friday with a full cooler and a pillow on the bed in my van. Whe