I’m writing this from the passenger seat as Selena drives through North Carolina. We left home right on time yesterday morning, and were out-running the snow storm, until a delay at customs let it catch up with us. We have four horses on board:

Well here we were this morning, still packing in the dark… Yes, we did stop and sleep, but not for long. The four horses, two dogs and two ladies pulled out the driveway at 7:30 a.m. Ahead of the snow squalls and on time. Of course, that didn’t l

Like most barns, Monday is our day off. Not so much this Monday! The last of the physical packing is getting done. First off Anne Marie took the trailer to the feed merchant and loaded up with half a ton of Purina Trimax. It seemed easier to take the

There are so many saddle companies on the market today; it seems that every month another new one is launched. Some of them seem to have ‘gotten it’ and have made some crucial design changes to truly accommodate equine anatomy as per the Saddlefi

Today is has poured from morning to evening. It’s absurd weather for mid-January and tonight it is meant to freeze. Turnout is much more difficult than it would be in normal snowy conditions. The horses are having to make do with indoor arena turno

It’s the ninth of January and it’s seven degrees outside and raining. It sounds like tomorrow is going to be wind and rain again and then it’s going to freeze….oh joy! Still, it beats last year by a long shot! It’s hard to tell what day the

For eons he has despaired about the evolution of the desert racing and yearned for classical endurance, or anything that doesn’t view horses as expendable.

Happy 2016! Before we get to January’s mid-month ‘equator’ and it becomes too late to talk about 2015, here is my annual best-worst-most-least-etc list for the past year: Best sporting moment for Canada – even though the Sho

Only one more business day before the circus leaves town. There are lots of things that can be done on the weekend, but there are so many preparatory tasks that have to be done on a business day. The horses see the vet and the dentist and get wormed,

We are having a working student crisis. Every few years we get caught out when a student unexpectedly has to leave. In every case we are sorry to see them go and in this case we will surely miss Jacline Gnidec, who has been a wonderful addition to th