In a career that spans almost 40 years, Joni Lynn Peters has achieved great success in both eventing and dressage.

Like the halts on centreline, the walk is a movement where good technical execution almost guarantees a good mark, regardless of the horse's athleticism.

Karen Pavicic was a member of Canada's 2007 Pan Am Dressage team as the travelling reserve with her horse, Lionheart. A Level III dressage coach, she has trained a number of horses and riders to success at the FEI levels. Currently long-listed for the Canadian team with Don Daiquiri and London, Karen has declared for the 2012 Olympic Team with Don Daiquiri. She trains out of Centre Line Stables in Richmond, BC.

Jacqueline Brooks and Gran Gesto have become one of the most successful Canadian dressage partnerships

Randy Roy is a senior international judge, course designer and author. He owns and operates Hunters Glen Show Stable in King, ON, with his daughter, Ryan Roy.

Randy Roy is a senior international judge, course designer and author. He owns and operates Hunters Glen Show Stable in King, ON, with his daughter, Ryan Roy.

François fondly remembers one of his first mounts being a feisty pony named Squiddly, who spent a lot of time on his hind legs “waving them like an octopus.”

Gone are the days of the unreliable, ugly, sagging bare wire running around the perimeter of your pasture and in come the electric fencing options.

Dreamscape Farm in Langley, BC, is owned and managed by Armin and Jennifer Arnoldt. It is the home of over a dozen licensed Westfalian, Oldenburg, Hanoverian and Dutch Warmblood stallions, including Freestyle, Farscape DSF and Banderas. Visit their website at www.dreamscapefarm.com.

There may be some potential health risks connected to cryptorchidism, although this may not be as clear in horses as in humans.