King Brian did his Intermediate with Selena today. He has already gone Intermediate with his actress owner, Megan Woods. Megan is very busy on the ‘Nashville’ film set this Winter and Selena has been lucky enough to be offered the ride. He is a l

Woody had a dressage lesson with Bruce Davidson today. Bruce has been teaching Selena since she was nine and rode a big fat (amazing) Quarter Horse called Toby. He has helped her from she was pre-training through to four star. He knows Selena and her

Yesterday afternoon and evening was meant to be a big super snow/ice/freezing rain storm which fizzled out into a dusting of snow on a dusting of ice. Nothing in the least bit exciting. The horses were able to go out in the paddocks although we left

If today’s headline confuses you, here is a bit of background reading to help you get un-confused: first, read Astrid Appels’ editorial on the hysteria surrounding the results at last week’s CDI 3* in Moscow; then, when you have di

It’s March already. The four months that Selena spends in the USA is halfway through. The months fly by, and very shortly it will all be about Rio, followed shortly thereafter by the Retired Racehorse Makeover Project. I am super excited about both

Today was cross country practice for Marta and Thunder. After all, it’s a leap day so we felt we needed to do some leaping. It’s the first time they have been able to do ‘real’ cross country together. They had a great time as you can see, and

Saddle length is an issue I have been noticing more and more in the past few years, as breeding seems to have really concentrated on making somewhat more ‘compact’ (i.e., ‘shorter’) horses. So – other than the obvious visual “short-backed

It was Sunday Funday both sides of the border. Sunday Funday here at Balsam Hall in Kingston means that everyone gets the jumps out and has a little school. It’s always fun when everyone at the barn jumps and today was no exception. The horses enjo

Today was a chilly start to the very early day. We rolled out at 5:30 a.m. to head to Three Llakes horse trials near Orlando. Had the two Rather Well brothers on the trailer to compete in the Prelim division. Zephyr went dressage first at 8:12 a.m. I

That’s boom as in the noise a bomb makes. Also as in the expression, ‘lowering the boom’. If you are a member of the Canadian equestrian community, I have very bad and very ominous news for you: Amie O’Shaughnessy, former Di