by Susan Stafford-Pooley Day 2 of Olympic Grand Prix dressage featured some real superstars in that exclusive club. They were a joy to watch, even for a hard-core eventing/jumping fan like me. I love the live scoring; you can rate each movement in your head and immediately see if you are on the mark, or […]
I watched history today. There really is only one Michael Jung – literally, if you look on the FEIs database. To win Badminton, Rolex and Olympic gold all in one year PLUS back-to-back Olympic gold on the SAME horse. Truly a legend. I had hoped that Christopher Barton and Santano II would at least make […]
Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master had a brilliant clear round for the Canadian eventers in the team show jumping – good enough for 10th place with a total of 61.8 pp and a spot in the hallowed Individual Final. “I’m very thrilled with that,” she said afterwards. “I’ve been plagued with one pole in the […]
Aug. 8, 2016, Rio de Janeiro, BRA – Canada’s Rebecca Howard from Marlborough, GBR made a huge jump on the leaderboard, moving up into 15th place individually, following the cross-country phase of eventing on Aug. 8 at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA. In the team standings, Howard, 37, along with […]
by Susan Stafford-Pooley Today was cross-country day – a day that tests the endurance, fitness, stamina and courage of journalists and photogs alike … oh, and horses and riders too. Let’s not forget them. The course was sprawling and very hilly (and far from the media centre), which necessitated a lot of walking uphill and […]
The day never fails to excite! The riders had warned us that the course was very technical, not big, but complex. It was more difficult than cross-country at the Olympics has been in a while, but asked all the questions that Olympic-level eventing should: rideability, accuracy, efficiency, and courage. So sayeth the girl sitting comfortably in […]
As the riders had forewarned, today’s track was technical and demanded an accurate yet forward ride. The style caught many off guard, and at the end of the day 15 had been eliminated and there were only three double clear rounds. Most of the Canadians had a miserable day against the demanding track, but Rebecca […]
Canada’s Rebecca Howard from Marlborough, GBR made a huge jump on the leaderboard, moving up into 15th place individually, following the cross-country phase of eventing on Aug. 8 at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA. In the team standings, Howard, 37, along with Colleen Loach, 33, from Dunham, QC, Jessica Phoenix, […]
Not the best day for the Eventers. Some rotten, unfair, and loud feedback over the loudspeaker interrupted Colleen Loach and Qorry Blue D’Argouges as they were starting out on their test – not once, but twice. The unexpected blast scared Qorry who scooted forward during the collected trot which subsequently earned a score of 4, […]
Kathryn Robinson, 30, of Kettering, UK, has had a bit of a rollercoaster ride leading up to these Olympics, to put it mildly,
