Leslie Reid & Orion - Photo by Bill Keay/Vancouver Sun photo
Dressage makes it to the front page of the sports section in the Vancouver Sun this past weekend, profiling BC’s own Leslie Reid.
Leslie flies out to Amsterdam tonight. Jacquie Brooks and Ashley Holzer fly from New York to Amsterdam later this week.
Safe travels everyone!
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=f9a5d0c0-dd5d-4f76-b1ab-509ac99c38fe
Countdown to Beijing
Canadian Equestrian Team Leader extraordinaire Mike Gallagher was on tonight’s episode of CBC’s Countdown to Beijing. Way to go Mike! Olympic Showjumper Beth Underhill was also on the show, talking about Canada’s Equestrian Teams and their prospects in Hong Kong. They also provided some fantastic coverage of the stable facilities, indoor arena, cross-country course, main stadium, and veterinary facilities. All I can say is….WOW! Looks absolutely incredible. The stables are air-conditioned to maintain a 23C temperature at all times, the entire aisleway and all stalls have rubber mats, and not only are there misting stations outside, but there is also a portable misting station.
If you missed the episode, it should be repeating Saturday July 12 on CBC.
Or you can go to the CBC archives at http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/countdown/archive/
CBC Bold will be showing coverage of the Olympic equestrian events. Nancy Wetmore will return as commentator with Cara Whitham as the analyst for Dressage and Eventing, and Beth Underhill as the analyst for Showjumping. Check out their website at http://www.cbc.ca/bold/.
Since my ‘thing’ is dressage, there will undoubtedly be quite a bit of dressage content sneaking onto here. I’ll do my best to keep things balanced though.
Here’s a video of Canadian Olympic Team member Ashley Holzer & Pop Art performing their Grand Prix at Blainville Quebec in June 2008.
This blog is to capture my exploits as Assistant Team Leader to the Canadian Equestrian Team who will be competing in Hong Kong in August. This is the first time since 1996 that Canada has qualified and is sending 4 teams to the Olympics/Paralympics. Very exciting!
And the buzz is already starting. Read this article on the Official 2008 Olympic Equestrian website headlined “Canadians Ready to make an Impact” from June 26, 2008. http://www.equestrian2008.org/eng/NewsDetail.aspx?nid=697
Go Canada!
Mike Gallagher (Team Leader) and Janette Leask (Eventing Team Manager) at the Sha Tin venue with Ms Wan Wai-yee of the EqCo’s Competition Division and Mr Sealake Wong of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Following Canada's Equestrian Team 