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Comment on Dynamite by pologirl27

pologirl27 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:37:06 +0000

I’ve been checking all my favorite blogs lately and I always hope to see updates on your blog. Now that hockey is back can we expect your return to writing? I love the cool variety of topics and always enjoy hearing your thoughts on sports psych (and baking).

Comment on Zesty Cheddar Cream Cheese by Mags

Mags — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:51:23 +0000

^ yep, it’s the one in the top secret! top secret is zesty cheddar + spinach and feta (which I assume could be made pretty easily?)! enjoy.

Comment on Open Letter to Equine Canada by Judy Banks

Judy Banks — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:06:48 +0000

Funny…horses I know have micro nicks on their coronet bands, heel bulbs, fetlocks, cannons and just about every place you can think of, all from relatively horsey type behaviour, including fussing in the trailer, or in their stalls at supper, hacking in the bush, Hunting, X-country work, rough-housing in the pastures, where they’re cross-firing or over-reaching, and none of them are lame, and I daresay, none of them would jump any better, or any worse as a result of these micro nicks… even horses who are kept in hermetically sealed barns at higher levels of competition can be expected to present with such tiny lesions, and unless visibly sensitive over a test fence, should be considered sound for competition…what we have witnessed here is a clear case of a misapplication of a rule…kind of like putting out a match with a fire hydrant…

Comment on Open Letter to Equine Canada by kelseyperrycarlsen

kelseyperrycarlsen — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:47:58 +0000

Sarah – I would be very careful accusing someone on the team of harming Victor. This is what the courts would call slander.

Now, three things I’d like you to consider. First – Victor is already a careful horse. He doesn’t need to be “sensitized.” Second – Team Canada is very concerned about their reputation and integrity and would never do this to a horse, and certainly not at the Olympics.Thirdly – horses do nick themselves all the time, just the way we can cut ourselves shaving or sub our toes on corners.

Comment on Open Letter to Equine Canada by sarah

sarah — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:22:50 +0000

Come on this is a clear case of a very common practice in the show jumping world. Give me a break. Maybe Ms Foster didnt inflict this nick on her horse, but someone on the Canadian team did. Horses don’t just get nicks on their coronary band.