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Schedule and routine are now under way…

I had my meeting with Jan yesterday and we worked out a plan. I am going to be working from 8-11 am helping warm-up horses, grooming etc. and then I have a lesson and lunch/free time. Then I work again at 4:30-6pm to do evening barn chores, brin
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Well Behaved in Bromont

Solo was SO well behaved at his first FEI event that he was unrecognisable.  We arrived on the Wednesday around mid day.  Selena tacked up Solo while I laid 8 bags of shavings into the stall provided – I mention this because when we m
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Off to La Belle Province

Later this week I’ll be posting every couple of days from Canada’s biggest DQ gig, the back-to-back CDIs in Blainville, Quebec, where I will meet and clink glasses with none other than Cees Slings, Holland’s King of the Freestyle an
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Back in Tullstorp

After 12 hours of travelling and sitting in airports, I finally made it back to Tullstorp. Let’s just say it is a far cry from the Greek sun here – it’s cold and rainy. Good thing I am from Vancouver and used to it! (The pictures are from w
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Next Stop, Bromont

Glen Oro and Ottawa are behind us and we leave for Bromont in about an hour. Glen Oro was good.  He was a bit spooked in the dressage ring (as usual) and didn’t do as good a dressage as the week before but no big arguments, just spooking a
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Opa!

It was a 5:30 am start to my Journey to Athens and a 3 hour plane ride of watching movies and listening to music… waiting patiently to arrive to the glorious sunshine and warmth of the beach and the sand on my feet. This trip to London and Athe
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Battle of the Titans, Part the Second

Oh my! Things are rapidly going from bad to perplexing in the Germany vs. FEI s-i-t-u-a-t-i-o-n. Press releases issued by Mission Control this week reveal a couple of new head scratchers. The FEI Tribunal issued its decision regarding the FEI Bureau�
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Greeted by a Parade

I had quite the arrival in Sweden. I met my Dad In London and flew with him to Copenhagen. Then we dragged my bags down to the train station and caught the train into Sweden a 40 min journey. I dragged my 2 huge bags off the train and down the e
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We Three

Hi, my name is Alexandra Duncan, I’m 19 years-old and live in West Vancouver, B.C. I have been riding since I was 3 years-old on a lunge line and running around on my stick horse. When I was 6 years-old I rode in my first dressage show in Victo