Thursday was my introduction to the NBC Sports studios here in Stamford, Connecticut where 60% of the Olympic sports are being called. The days preceding the start of competition are hectic for me, full of continuous research on all the horses and riders, and...
The Three Day Teams begin their quests for medals in Rio this Saturday, August 5 with the first day of Eventing Dressage. I spoke with each of the US riders from their Ocala training camp before they left for Rio. Here are some tidbits from our conversations. Phillip...
I called Bill Steinkraus tonight in hopes of visiting him while I am at the NBC studios in Stamford, Connecticut, over the next few weeks covering the Olympics. When I was assigned to do my first Olympic Games commentary from Seoul Korea in 1988, Billy and Jim Simpson...
Do you know that to get all the Three Day, Dressage and Show Jumping horses down to Rio it will take 9 plane loads? Horses will depart from England, Belgium and Miami, Florida. The US Three Day horses took off early Saturday morning, July 30, from Miami. The US...
Traveling to the Aachen horse show this year was a trip down memory lane. I last showed there 34 years ago in 1982 as a member of the US Team. Aachen is indeed one of the most special venues in the world with the huge main stadium seating 40,000. I am told that...