Team Hoy: “Competitions Are Won Before You Get There” A few weeks ago I spent some time with Andrew Hoy with the intention of interviewing him about the US coaching job that’s been hitting the headlines, and that he applied for. We, (well I), got a little distracted so we ended up talking about some…
Kim Severson | Off To WEG After something that looked nothing like a selection trial at the US national championships last weekend, the American eventing selections for the World Equestrian Games has finally been announced, and there really are few surprises – the two Australians, the two stalwarts, the two tough greys. They are: Philip Dutton –…
So we set off in high spirits on thursday after school, for the American Eventing Championships in Georgia at Chattahoochee Hills, the amazing 8,000 acre farm that belongs to Carl Bouckaert. Sadly, I have no sense of direction, I had no sat-nav, and no sense, so although we made it to Atlanta in good time,…
Phillip Dutton – Rarely Out Of The Saddle When you start trawling through his results you start believing this man has more horses than the Terracotta Army (they have 520 according Wikipedia), and he really could take on the rest of the world. I gave up trying to analyse the potential of the American team for the…
courtesy of useventing.com I’ve been following this event for the first time across the web. For those of you who don’t know it, it’s run in Montana in July (just finished), in what must be some of the most stunning natural surroundings you can find in America. Below you’ll find a short video with a…