My Florida coach Luis (Lou) Reteguiz Denizard brings Henk van Bergen to his farm for clinics and I am lucky…

                     “If you can be a farrier in Florida you can be a farrier anywhere.”                                                                         …

Ian Millar and I have something in common. The first horses we fell in love with were the horses that brought the milk carts to our neighbourhoods. Ian’s milk delivery man had him sit up on the box seat and they went about four blocks and then he…

SHOWTIME!

It’s Showtime!  Seven CDI competitions in twelve weeks and prize money over $700,000! The Adequan Global Dressage…

Florida: bugs and bites the Northern horse may not be used to.

Spending the winter months in South Florida is certainly luxury. I have been bringing a horse down here for eight years now and I really enjoy it. I think the horses enjoy shedding their winter…

30+ hours on a transport to Florida. Is my horse prepared?

When I drive down to Florida…

“Riding gives me a purpose and a reason to get up in the morning.” Para Equestrian Robyn Andrews.

The term “para” refers to parallel equestrians who are “parallel” to able bodied equestrians but who are riding with disabilities. Disabled riders who compete in national and international competitions are assessed by doctors and physiotherapists and placed into…

The Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington Florida:12 rings, 5,000 horses, 2,800 riders from 31 countries!  Here is a link to my interview with the Ringmaster who runs the awards presentations in the International Ring and the Grand Hunter ring.…

My British Dressage magazine arrived just in time to give me some essential info on what is involved at London's Greenwich Park during the Equestrian events.  Here are some fascinating figures:

6 tonnes of horse manure per day is anticipated.

10,000 tonnes of arena surface, including warm up arenas and walk ways have been laid down on top of wooden decking that is placed on a steel frame supported by thousands of height-adjustable steel legs to allow for the undulating…

July 30 I'll be on the night flight to London to see the Dressage at the Olympics. This is my first Olympic visit and I could not be more excited. It is also very appropriate that the location is London. London is where I met a horse for the first time in my life.  It was the year of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation and I was three . Yes , dear reader, now you know that I am in the 'aged' category.  My grandmother's house in London, where we were staying, was on a narrow quiet street and…