Just a quick post to say that you can find a video of Brittany’s ride on my Facebook page. (Dear TO2015 anti-dressage league: I take no responsibility for the appearance of the video on my Facebook. I’ve been hacked by a fan of our team w

My posts of yesterday may have given the impression that it’s all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows here at the Caledon Equestrian Park. Let me set the record straight. NO ONE is having a glitch-free time at TO2015 – not riders, spectators

What a day for Brittany and All In! They left it all on the field with one of the most exciting rides we are likely to see in the small tour this week. The horse is so powerful and yet so light at the same time. It takes a lot to raise a goose bump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVdgSFjE1AI&feature=youtu.be One thing I neglected to anticipate when I signed up for this gig was the fact that these Pan Am Games are taking place in my own country. I was too busy moaning about the fact that i

Way back in the Middle Ages known as the 80’s, I spent the summer as Nick Holmes-Smith’s first working slave (an affectionate term), starting at Peter Gray’s old Stonehill Farm near Orangeville before moving to Checkmate Farm n

Many of you will have heard, seen or read the news that a Chuckwagon horse was euthanized after breaking a leg in a race at the Calgary Stampede on Sunday. In the past, I have been quite outspoken on this blog regarding the annual equine mortalitie

Given that the Games are officially starting this weekend, I thought it would be a timely topic for the weekly blog. I understand that they are still thinking about who the flag bearer should be and that Ian Millar is in the final running – I hope

On Saturday, the USEF announced that, due to a lack of international entries, the CH-Y 2* at NAJYRC next week has been cancelled. The NAJYRC Reining has been cancelled in its entirety, but as Reining has been limping along as the FEI’s least

The 27-month FEI suspension on a virtually unknown Qatari endurance rider Nasser Khalifa NJ Al Thani received a lot of media coverage recently. There is nothing new, of course, about an endurance rider from Group 7 (Middle East) being banned for dopi

What does “custom” really mean? What does “quality” entail? I have to say that one of our competitors in the North American market – the company which uses the concept of ‘custom saddles’ eponymously – was absolutely brilliant in its