I have received the friendly ‘push’ that my blog here is past due. I have a good defense. I have been a smidge busy. As I have mentioned in previous blogs, my childhood was filled with dreams of an Equestrian Career highlighted with bedazzled equ

Today’s post starts with a couple of handy hints to the Canadian Eventing High Performance folks. To the riders: if you want to get on a team, you have to fill out this silly little document called a declaration form, and probably (but I’

Well, the WEG team announcements are flowing fast and furious now.  One of the most anticipated of the lot in Canada is, of course, the Dressage Team. When they set the score cut off at 70% there were more than a few people, myself included, who exp

I am delighted to share with you today the insightful reflections of UK journalist extraordinaire Pippa Cuckson, who has much to say about this year’s Badminton, and the recent tragic deaths of Canadian Jordan McDonald and Benjamin Winter of Ge

Everyone is always telling me they don’t stay in Florida for the spring/summer because it’s too hot, but it’s not that bad at all, little humid but every afternoon you can count on thunderstorms and rain and when it rains its pours! Poor Os

FEI PRESS RELEASE Vancouver (CAN)  June 19, 2014 FEI Launches New Product Line In its never-ending quest to appear to be upholding the principles of horse welfare and fair play, the FEI has today announced two exciting new products. Developed by for

So WEG is going to Bromont. I can’t exactly say ‘I told you so’, because I was never convinced the Bromont bid could pull it off, especially after last year’s humiliation. In case you didn’t deem it important enough to c

Here’s a little challenge for those of you who, like I,  wish there were an equestrian edition of Jeopardy. Your challenge today is to identify the location of the photographs below. The photos were snapped a month ago, and I’ve been tol

Pippa Cuckson shares her thoughts on the decisions made at the FEI’s Sports Forum and Extraordinary General Assembly. We are just a few days short of the first anniversary of the Daily Telegraph article by yours-truly that revealed the enormity of

You might not believe me, but there are rare occasions when I wish I weren’t right. The appearance of a press release titled ‘Princess Haya signals intention to stand for re-election as FEI President’ in my inbox this morning result