Category Archives: Bits ‘n’ Pieces

Everything else that doesn’t fall under another category. Miscellaneous things that I think you’ll find fun!

Athlete’s Perspective on the Boston Marathon Attacks


Trigger Warning – this post contains images of injuries that some may find upsetting.

Someone once asked me if I would rather be blind or deaf. The answer, without hesitation would be deaf. You think someone like me who love music, and was at one point considered to be a gifted musician and singer would at least pause to weight the pros and cons of losing either my hearing or my vision. The reason why its such an easy decision is that my eyesight is the most important sense I have when it comes to riding. While not having my hearing would make navigating a crowded warm up ring difficult, it would be impossible for me to see a distance to a fence without my eyes.

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Open Letter to Equine Canada


I am disgusted with your lack of support for Tiffany Foster during her debut Olympic Games. There is really no other way to put it. The entire team in London believes that this is a misapplication of the rule and we all know that having a fourth rider would have given Team Canada a better chance to bring home another show jumping medal.

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Bad Call


Whenever a sport involves a subjective judging, there will always be questionable scores handed out. Figure skating has provided us with an endless supply of examples. People who compete in the hunter divisions with their horses know this feeling all too well. When we play a sport that has an objective task (like scoring goals or hitting a bull’s eye), we think we’re pretty much safe from subjective opinion. That’s not always the case. Nearly every sport will have a referee, or an official of some kind that makes sure all the rules are followed. Sometimes, they mess it up. Badly.

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Linz Day 3 – Seriously Europe?


Rainy Day in Austria. Not raindrops on roses, and therefore, not one of my favourite things.

Results

Today, in Linz, it rained. A lot. After the monsoon that hit us all 4 days of Lummen, it was an unwelcome change after being spoiled with almost a full week of sunshine. Regardless, there is nothing really exciting to report on the competition front.

 

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Linz Day 2 – “Ladies’ Day”


Results

I was assigned to keep score. It made me feel important. Here were the final results.

Today, it was Ladies’ Day for Team Canada at the CSIO4* “Pferdefestival” in Linz, Austria. After the first round of the Nations’ Cup, We were in a tight spot – in a 4-way tie for 5th place with Switzerland, Brazil and Germany; Ukraine was sitting on top with 5 faults, Denmark and Poland tied with 8 each, and Mexico in 4th with 10. Yann Candele, Tiffany Foster and Jill Henselwood all delivered 4 fault rounds, leaving Ian Millar and Star Power’s 8 fault round to be the dropped score.

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