Virtually no controversies have happened in 30 years at the London International Horse Show. But this year there was two on the last day. Blood was spotted.

Based on the number of texts, emails and Facebook messages I’ve received with this link  I’m guessing many of you have already seen the news item exposing the change that has been made to the Dressage Rio criteria. I want to assure thos

Click here to see what I’m talking about, then please come back and read the back story. I’ve known Lauren Barwick as an amazing, inspiring person ever since I first met her in 2002 when she needed a Para Dressage freestyle. Lauren is, o

Jochen is busy travelling all over the world again – he just got back from another course for the Berufsreiterverband (Association of Professional Trainers) in Germany at the end of November, then lectured at the Ingrid Klimke clinic in Caledon, an

Before I launch into today’s tirade, I would like to take a moment to apologize to my international reading audience. I realize that when I post about things specifically Canadian, I may be boring you. Today I am at risk of making it one of t

I am not a fan of everything the FEI does, but sympathise with them over the Global Champions League (GCL). The FEI and Global Champions Tour (GCT) have uneasily coexisted since 2006, especially after GCT forgot it wasn’t meant to clash with super-

I was going to write this week in response to a Q&A I read in a magazine recently “Can a Wide Backed Horse Hurt my Hips?” but I will leave that topic for a future blog, since I had to share with you the story my newest Client Success Manager

It’s no secret that redheads have sensitive skin. But the interesting thing is that chestnuts also have the most sensitive skin in the horse world. As everyone knows, the skin is the largest organ of the body. (Somehow this never seemed to make sen

Anyone remember this little sound bite from all the way back in June? Apparently some people have already forgotten. Like Sr. B, who is busy promoting the Mar-a-Lago Trump Invitational 2016. Perhaps I’m the one at fault for mistakenly believin

I hadn’t really intended to continue in the vein of animal rights activism that I alluded to so very briefly in my last blog, but I came across the article below online and decided that it was worth translating and sharing with you all. It had only