June 14, 2012
And here’s the final “preview” video clip for the upcoming World Four-in-Hand Championship. Given the soggy, muddy time we recently had in Windsor, I hope our visit to Germany is a bit drier and sunnier than it looks here!
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(To go directly to YouTube, click here.)
June 13, 2012
June 12, 2012
Two months from today, I’ll be boarding a plane for Germany, on my way to the CAA’s trip to the FEI World Four-in-Hand Championship at Riesenbeck.
Coincidentally, while looking around for something interesting to post on the blog today, I came across three “preview” videos for the upcoming championship, which were all filmed at last year’s Riesenbeck International competition.
I’m going to shamelessly take advantage of the fact that there are three of these, and show you one today, one tomorrow, and one on Thursday. Enjoy!
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If the embedded video won’t play on your computer, click here to go directly to YouTube.
May 28, 2012
On this Memorial Day, let’s take a quick look at an unusual yet fascinating horse sport that (in theory, at least) was inspired by horseback military maneuvers.
A.J. and I spent part of an afternoon at the Royal Windsor Horse Show watching tent-pegging. He was enthralled, actually. And he’s promised to write a guest blog post about our afternoon and about this obscure sport.
As a small preview, here are a couple of photos …
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May 27, 2012
One of the vendors in the Royal Windsor Horse Show trade fair was the Stevenson Brothers company, which makes rather exquisite soon-to-be-heirloom rocking horses.
This particular one, modeled after Churchill’s charger, is a limited-edition rocking horse that Stevenson Brothers made in honor of HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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Mr. Stevenson showing the box that sits in a secret compartment in the rocking horse and contains nine photos of HM The Queen
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The Slower Road 