Category: Interviews
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A thought for Thursday
“I didn’t’ belong as a kid. If only I’d known that one day my differentness would be an assset, then my early life would have been much easier.”……………Bette Midler I have been a Big Fan of Bette Midler for many years but I had no idea that she felt like this about her early life.
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Camille Carrier Bergeron Looking to Paris 2024
Camille you are in Florida to compete with the goal of being chosen for the Canadian Dressage Team for Paris Does this add a level of difficulty to the season or since you did this for the Pan Am Games are you comfortable with it this time? It’s a long time goal, but it’s my…
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Interview: Mother and Daughter Team. Evi Strasser and Tanya Strasser-Shostak
If Evi and Tanya ride on the Canadian Team in the Pan Am Games they would be the first ever Mother/Daughter teammates.
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Ryan Torkkeli and his horses Sternie and Snoop Dog!
Ryan Torkkeli was a new Canadian Dressage rider to me at the World Championships in Herning. I tuned in and watched him ride and was impressed with his riding and his talented horse Sternenwanderer. So I was delighted when he agreed do an interview for me. You grew up in Thunder Bay which is not exactly a place I think of as…
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The Best Laid Plans….
The best laid schemes of mice and men…..
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Meet the World’s Youngest ParaEquestrian!
“Riding is breathing!” Genevieve Rohner.
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Paralympian Jody Schloss sees the positive side of disability!
Jody Schloss is on the Canadian Para dressage team heading to Denmark, next week, for the World Para Dressage Championships. I emailed her my questions and she responded. I was inspired by her answers. Tell me about your disability. When I was 23, and was in University at UBC on a summer break my friend…
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Naima Moriera Laliberte: Horses, Tokyo Olympics, Future Goals.
Naima is looking forward to accomplishing one of her goals.She has been named to ride in the World Championships in Herning Denmark August 6-14 2022. She and Ryan Torkkeli will compete as individuals as Canada is not sending a team.This is a re-blog.
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Naima Moriera Laliberte: Horses, Tokyo Olympics, Future Goals.
This past summer Naima and her Grand Prix horse Statesman were the reserve pair for the Canadian Dressage Team in Tokyo . This winter, as well as competing with Statesman, she also has two younger horses she has been competing with at the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington Florida. I had a chance to ask…