If they keep this up much longer, I’m going to recommend we add a new day to the week just to have time for all the reflection and commentary necessitated by the FEI’s many and varied activities. One thing the FEI seems to be madly in love with is themes. I wonder if they have […]
I can’t stay away. Just when my travel schedule was calming down so that I could spend a bit more time riding my horse, walking my wiener (dog) and messing about in the garden, the final observation trial for the Canadian and US Eventing Olympic Teams beckoned irresistibly. So I will head east to La Belle […]
Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, Ontario, was the first sport venue to be named for the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games in a special groundbreaking ceremony held May 18. TO2015, the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Organizing Committee, the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and the Town of Caledon joined together to announce […]
I’ve always hated Wednesday, even though it has the cutest nickname of all the days of the week. I know ‘hump day’ is meant to say, ‘Hey! We’re half way there!’ But to me it has always meant ‘we’re only half way there.’ My aversion to Wednesday hasn’t made sense for years because I work […]
In my last post, I forgot to mention one little item which EC decided to put out as a press release and which definitely fits into the ever-expanding category of highly questionable relevance to EC members. At this point I would describe EC’s random behaviour with things that are real news and things that are […]
Sudden Exit The real story behind the surprising resignation of Akaash Maharaj as CEO of Equine Canada On Tuesday, January 10, 2012, a press release from Equine Canada announced that CEO Akaash Maharaj was resigning from his post, effective that same day. The news came as a shock to the EC office staff, […]
Happy new year everyone! I know we are already a week into 2012 and 2011 is fading fast, but I am going to impose my top list for the past year on you anyway, for the reason expressed in the old Scots cliché that serves as this post’s title: for old time’s sake. I actually […]
Things were a touch hectic at Balsam Hall while Selena and Anne Marie were blogging from the Pan Am Games and Training Camp in Florida. Emma Rafuse and I were flying by the seat of our pants day by day. Different ‘challenges to the daily routine’ would occur, warping what was a highly tuned study […]
The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, officially opened the 89th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair this morning, and with it, the prestigious Royal Horse Show at the Ricoh Coliseum. The action begins tonight with the initial rounds of both the $100,000 Canadian Show Jumping Championships Presented by Greenhawk, and the $20,000 Good Crop […]
October 23rd Sunday, the final day of competition. We did a team jog with Dr. Ober early in the a.m. and Woody looked great! Dr. Ober said “He’s a horse for the future.” Ooooh, gives me goose bumps. All the horses looked stunning for jog thanks to our amazing grooms, Debbie and Dr. Ober. We […]
