I’ve had a feeling for months that this was going to be the year that Off To Paris would come into her own and carry Lauren Barwick back onto the podium. I’m delighted to report that I was right. Lauren followed yesterday’s bronze m

Wednesday was really fun and busy. Great to finally start the games! We did our usual team jog @ 8:00 a.m., no rain. 🙂 Then I lunged Woody, nice for him to stretch without my weight or pressure. I learned that a shambon is legal. Who knew?I lung

Well it’s rained…A LOT! There was a little sun while the Canadian team trained today with Clayton. 🙂 Team jog at 8:00 a.m. was horribly soggy. 🙁 There was a 9:15 a.m. last warm up area ring familiarization for 20 minutes today. Ther

What a way to spend your birthday, posting a personal best, and at the World Championships no less. I think Belinda was the first rider of the morning to improve on her GP score. Everyone before her had failed to do so; in fact, I think all but one h

Someone PLEASE turn down the music in here. The background music they normally play during dressage to cancel out random noise that bothers the horse, and to lull the borderline interested into a light snooze, is being played at near rock concert vol

Competitors who have never even subconsciously contemplated rule-breaking will be subjected to the type of surveillance one normally associates with electronically-tagged bank robbers out on parole, when the WEG endurance ride sets off from Sartilly

Was a very busy day! I hacked and did a little flat with the Woodster. He felt really good after his gallop the day before. Not tired or stiff, just happy. 🙂 I packed up all my stuff and AM packed all Woody’s gear. The vet came to finalize t

The morning was fairly uneventful. Had a team meeting about logistics for tomorrow’s trip to France. 🙂 In the afternoon, we shipped the horses 30 minutes down the road to Bradbury Castle for a gallop on all-weather terrain. Was four furlongs

Today we started a little earlier so we could get away on time for show jumping at Rectory farm. What a great venue – super footing and lovely colored jumps. Course was all set we just had to raise it to scary height. 😉 Jessica and Peter went fi

I was rattling off a list of judging sins that I’ve witnessed today to my colleague and pal Pamela Young, and she cleverly dubbed my rant the Sin Bin. So here are a few judging sins I’ve observed today, in no particular order: Parzival: T