Solo has been busy but I have been without a computer – I am typing this on a borrowed machine.  When did my life get so computer dependent?  I feel as though I am missing a limb.  ‘They’…..said one to two weeks

Well our prince is at an all time low.  I don’t think he knows why he is miserable and out of sorts, but he sure is miserable and out of sorts. After Waldo left, we tried Solo with a new buddy.  Cloudy, a kind and gentle her

The two photos are from the Young Event Horse Finals at Wit’s End. He really likes the whole galloping part. We have two new sponsors for Solo’s blog, The Healing Tree and Leather Therapy.  Leather Therapy, Healing Tree and

I know I said I’d leave the UAE + racing = steroids topic alone for a while, but I did qualify my promise with the caveat that if something monumental were to happen I’d be breaking it. The announcement on Thursday that Sheikh Mohammed ha

Solo has been on holiday since Wit’s End.  We hacked him for a couple of days of the first week, then eased it off to every other day and finally, when Selena set off for training camp for Fairhill, Solo was officially on holiday.  He

You’d think that in the world’s most populous country – one with an ‘authoritarian regime’ no less – they could compell some bums into seats, even if it IS to watch third rate show jumping. You’d also think t

Solo set off for Wit’s End last Monday. His traveling companion, Colombo, had a training session on Tuesday morning, so Solo went up a day early. The Canadian Y.E.H. finals were on the Wednesday. On Tuesday Solo was ridden around and jumpe

Solo seems to be settling down. He is still a real handful to ride and his latest ‘thing’ is spooking. He has always had it in him to be spooky, both in hand and under saddle.  The aggravating thing is that if someone walks up behind

Or is it? It depends on whether you are a dressage rider from Mexico. Or an eventer from Canada. The FEI Sports Forum was the talk of Lausanne these past few days.  And it was the filler of my inbox. Holy sheesh that was more press releases per diem

As threatened, we took our boy to a dressage show and he was his usual stubborn, opinionated self.  However…he improved from one test to the other and he won a 7th place ribbon in his second test. That was on the Sunday.  On the Tuesd