This is my young horse Bounce. He just last month turned five. He has recently won an event and thus would like to put forward his declaration to Canada for the 2020 Olympic Games. He has no idea as of yet who his rider may be, as his current one threatens that he will be […]
OK, Great Meadows is over, all things being equal, Woody will be getting on his flight to Europe on the eventing of the twelfth of August. Phew. It seems like it should be easy to blog on the lead up to such events, but in actual fact the process itself is not only tense but […]
Never one to do things in small measures, Kinzinger finished her 10 lessons and decided that if she was going to keep riding, it was time to buy a horse.
Muy buenos dias! I come to you today from the loving bosom of Central America, where I have spent the last five days working with some lovely horses and their delightful riders in Guatemala and Costa Rica, making sure they have their awesomest dancing shoes on for the freestyles at this year’s Central American Games. […]
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’m not sure since the Canadian Eventing website never bothered posting its […]
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 Germany. I’m even more delighted to be the first to reveal the news that Pippa […]
Equine Canada has reported that Jordan McDonald, 30, suffered a fatal injury while competing at the Nunney International Horse Trials held at Southfield House, Whatley, Frome, Somerset, GBR, on Saturday, June 14, 2014. Born in British Columbia, Jordan McDonald resided in Oakville, ON, but was currently based in Great Britain with his wife, Shandiss McDonald. […]
CornerStone will host its annual CDI-W CornerStone Spring Into Dressage competition, which will act as the official test event for the 2015 Pan American Games, from June 6 to 8 at the Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON. With next year’s Pan American Games in Toronto just over a year away, CDI-W CornerStone […]
British Columbian Karen Pavicic and Grand Prix Oldenburg Don Daiquiri head to Europe Saturday for the next leg in their pursuit of a place on the Canadian team for the World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France. As the only Canadian to compete in Europe’s May and June CDIs, Karen will work with Jan Bemelmans and […]
The stage is set for a thrilling competition at one of the perennial jewels in the Eventing calendar, the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event, third leg of the FEI Classics™ 2013/2014 this weekend (April 24-27). Among the 60-plus entries are two of the world’s best riders who will once again lock horns at North America’s […]
