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RIO: Eventing – What a difference a day makes…

August 9th, 2016
The first rider out, Canada’s Jessica Phoenix with A Fine Romance proved that you could get home but she ended up with 76 cross country penalties, and the horse took a decent whack on its stifles, tomorrow morning might be tough. Then France’s Astier Nicolas on Piaf de b’Neville showed how to master the course. […] Read Article 26 Comments »
 

RIO: Day Two of Eventing Dressage Highs and Lows

August 8th, 2016
It would seem our morning chanting soldiers take the Sabbath off and we were left to our own devices for waking up this morning. So far, no more bullets have dropped through the media tent roof so we’re all good – although it has been revealed that the bullet came from a machine gun located […] Read Article 2 Comments »
 

RIO: Shane Rose after his test


….in which the American judge at C, Marilyn Payne consistently scored Qualified and Shane about 2 points below the other two judges…. and no, you can’t see me in the press scrum, I don’t like getting the same answers as everyone else has, so this is our one on one: Did you do something awful […] Read Article 12 Comments »
 

RIO: Christopher Burton after the dressage…

August 7th, 2016
Where did you first see Santano? “It’s a great story. Rebecca, my wife, sat down one night in the winter time, with the Ipad and she said, I’m going to find you a horse. He was in England, Sarah Gallop who is still very supportive, had him as a dressage horse, but the cat is […] Read Article 2 Comments »
 

RIO: Day Two – Eventing Dressage


I even beat the soldiers up this morning. The jet lag has finally kicked in (or could it be just the excitement that it all begins today) and I was up at 03:00am. The whole media village was buzzing with the first day of sport and we sambaed our way to the equestrian stadium with […] Read Article 13 Comments »
 

RIO: Day One Trials and Tribulations

August 6th, 2016
Rebecca reports: “First days” can often be a little trying while you sort the system and work out where everything is and so it was today. Because our accommodation is a military base, our wake up call is the 6am cry of offices….in serried ranks assembled. We are feeling quite safe with the multitude of […] Read Article 3 Comments »
 

Aachen – The inside story with Shane Rose

July 19th, 2016
What went wrong some punk kid from Germany beat you? “Yeah, one second too slow and also they were five marks short in the dressage, anyway…” So you are saving him up for Rio? “Hopefully we can take Michi over there – that would be the go.” It’s a light bulb moment for Australian eventing, […] Read Article Comments Off on Aachen – The inside story with Shane Rose
 

WEG finished?

July 15th, 2016
There have  been rumours of trouble with the Bromont WEG bid right from the start. Initially the Bromont bid was rejected by the FEI, but when there were no other takers to host the 2018 event, it was awarded to Bromont. Since then there have been dire reports and predictions, and the smartest Canadian journalist […] Read Article 1 Comment »
 

Kelly Layne Withdraws from Aachen!?

July 8th, 2016
Very reliable sources indicate that Kelly Layne has withdrawn her horse, Udon P from the Australian DressageTeam to go to Aachen, but she remains a member of the team for Rio. There was a feeling that it didn’t matter so much that Kelly had scratched from Rotterdam because she was going to Aachen where she […] Read Article 6 Comments »
 

Aussie Eventing Team not named! Has Paul Tapner launched an Appeal?

July 7th, 2016
The other two teams – showjumping and dressage have been named (although I will be very very surprised if the four dressage horses that actually go to Rio are the ones currently named in the team) but the EA release on the eventers, merely notes that 12 horses will go into the pre-staging camp and […] Read Article Comments Off on Aussie Eventing Team not named! Has Paul Tapner launched an Appeal?