Much to my delight and unsurprise, Equine Behaviourist Andrew McLean gave me the go ahead to post the response he sent to David Stickland’s ‘beg to differ’ message that I posted a couple of days ago. Without further delay, here it
A few days ago I posted some reflections from the mounted demos at the GDF. I thought I went sufficiently far out of my way to explain that my thoughts were based on observation, that they were my own, and that they in no way constituted a criticism
At least that’s the impression one might take away from this year’s GDF. Let me explain (it will take me today’s entire post). We saw a presentation from Patrik Kittel, in which both he and his wife Lyndal Oatley gave mounted demons
A few GDF impressions, things that might make you go ‘hm’: Patrik Kittel: having mentioned many of his past mentors, it wasn’t until an hour and 15 minutes into his presentation that he (briefly) mentioned the name ‘Sjef’
Remember how when we came across someone we really thought was really awesome we used to say ‘I wish I could clone him/her’? Well, provided that the him or her in question is a non-human animal, now you can. Yes, cloning is everywhere aro
That’s the Global Dressage Forum I’m referring to, not the Global Dressage Festival. It’s a bit unfortunate that the dressage circuit in Welly World has the same initials, since it would be easy to confuse the two things, which real
Well, strictly speaking, in a physical sense I am still in France and not at my desk at home where most of my thinking gets done. Goodness knows I haven’t done a whole lot of anything cerebral for the past few weeks. But now that I am in Paris
Poor Charlotte. She must be good and sick of answering questions about her decision to wear a helmet. We’re over it! Let’s just face it. Helmets are in dressage’s future, and we know why. I’ve been on the ‘hell no we won
Just a quick note to let y’all know that for the next two weeks I will be posting daily either on this blog or on my Canadian blog Straight-Up from the center of our sporting universe, the London Olympics. I will board a Virgin Atlantic flight
Today’s rant, which should be read while listening to the strains of Elvis (see video below), comes to you from the very bottom of the barrel. Even though it’s a coincidence and I only realized the appropriateness of my title and choice o