This weekend was one big party! We had a big barn bbq friday night then went to the bar in town because it was closing for the next month for renovations. Everyone had a great time dancing and drinking ’till 2 am. Needless to say, we&

Jan has been away this week at two different competitions. Sara was competing at the Europeans and Jan also had a young stallion participating in the World Young Horse championships. Both did well! Sara placed in the top 10 out of 60 and the stallion

It is almost exactly a year ago that I arose from my China-sized guesthouse bed at the brutal hour of 4 am and made my way to the train station for a bleary eyed ride to the cross country course at Beas River. It was the shortest Olympic cross countr

… that the Dressage Canada Board dismissed the entire Senior High Performance Committee in July? Not surprisingly, they haven’t gone out of their way to convey this shocking news to their members, though if you go to the relevant page on the

Briars retirement is off to a good start, he got turned out in a paddock today for the first time in 15 years. He wasn’t quite sure what to do at first, he stood in the middle looked around took a couple steps and then decided to start bucking!

On Sunday my parents and I drove to Denmark to watch the Danish National Championships at the Danish Castle. It was standing room only and the Danish Royal family were in attendance watching their daughter Princess Nathalie ride the Grand Prix.

Solo is to die for.  I know he is a bad boy, I know he argues when he shouldn’t, I know he should not wave to the crowd when he is at a show… but… he is the most breathtakingly beautiful animal and he is SO clever and articulat

It’s been a very busy week with everyone gone and lots of work to get done. I have been riding 4-5 horses a day which has been tons of fun. It’s been really nice having my parents here and my mom has fallen in love with the barn.&nbs

Has everyone completely lost their marbles? The troops are rallying behind Isabell and I am baffled. The IDRC refused to accept her letter of resignation…the former German chef d’equipe says there should be a ‘special rule’ for Isabell…even

Just a note about my previous blog: in reference to the “bar” – that’s what we call our kitchen/hang out area. The temperature has dropped a fair bit compared to last week. We all have sweaters and rain coats on as it’s been raining