Solo’s performance at The Fork was way better than his last event.  His dressage test was uneventful. It was not a great test, not one you keep in the back of your passport to pull out and show to all who are interested or not, he finds th

I was about to blog today about the many issues I foresee arising as a result of the FEI’s new six month ban for riding in unsanctioned competitions (see my previous post if you missed it). But before I started typing I realized that if I let l

Mission Control is at it again. I haven’t even begun to rail on about the revocation of the Associate FEI memberships, and they’ve already thrown me another bone-to-pick. Here is the email I received a few days ago from Wayne Channon at t

Tomorrow at 5am I leave to go and get Solo.  We managed to enter him at an event in North Carolina called ‘The Fork’.  He is entered in the Novice division with Selena riding him. We will get to Florida early on Wednesday mornin

Solo completed his first event in tenth place.  He was great in his dressage until about halfway through when he decided to have opinions about where he would go in the dressage arena…surprise, surprise….  However, after a bit o

  I visited our boy last week.  He looks all grown up. He has matured both mentally and physically.  He still goes on the horse walker once a day. And he still walks with his head almost touching the front partition of the walker, but

Yes, it’s true. Sandy is much more far reaching in ‘her’ impact than anyone could have imagined. Stephen Clarke is grounded in New York instead of warming a seat here and preparing to give what I am sure would have been another of h

Well, it’s only the half way break of the first day of the 2012 GDF, and I can happily say my work is done. No, not really, but the hard part is behind me. I was quite concerned about asking a ‘negative’ question right in the very f

As exciting and action-packed as I thought this year’s Global Dressage Forum program looked when I decided to hop on a plane to Holland and attend, I was a bit puzzled and yes, disappointed, not to see the name David Stickland among the present

Although the weather in Florida has not exactly been hot and sunny, it’s been a lot better than the weather here I am sure.  As a result, although everyone is still wearing warm winter blankets, the horses in Florida are getting lots of wo