De Rosa Daily - 2012 Olympics

After getting presented with his Individual Gold Medal for Show Jumping, Swiss rider Steve Guerdat pointed to his horse. His silent words were clear to the crowd. All those shouts of praise – my horse deserves that was what that finger was...

I remember when getting a score of 70 or higher was something we hoped for.  Nowadays that score put our team in fifth place and individually Steffen Peters and Ravel stand in 6th with a score of 77.705. Tina Konyot and Calecto V are 27th...

Japan and Italy at the Top after Dressage
“The difficulty is up and downhills and some of the technical fences will be very difficult when she is tired,” commented Japan’s Yashiaki Oiwa after he rode Noonday De Conde to a record setting...

Arriving a day or two early to the Olympic Games gives the media a chance to check out the lay of the land. From the venues to the transportation, media work areas, photographer positions, internet access, phone service, press conferences, food...