Advisory: Launch of the Guelph Equine Public Policy Group
The hard reality is that Canadian horses and horsepeople suffer when our voice goes unheard in the corridors of power. The Guelph Equine Public Policy Group will ensure that Canada’s…
Equestrianism
An Unlikely Colonel
I was more astonished than I could express to learn that the Governor had commissioned me as a Kentucky Colonel, for contributions to global affairs and international equestrianism.
Akaash Maharaj – Globe and Mail: False Flags and True Principles
On the injustice of Tiffany Foster’s disqualification from the London 2012 Olympics. This is more than a fight over the treatment of a single athlete. This is more than a…
Akaash Maharaj – Globe and Mail: Eric Lamaze and the Death of Hickstead
All horsemen know the proverb that for every rider there is one horse, and for every horse there is one rider. The death of Hickstead, the Canadian Equestrian Team’s Olympic…
Akaash Maharaj – Globe and Mail: Unashamed to Own the Podium
Reflecting on my own experiences representing Canada in international sport, I argue that good sportsmanship and the virtues of sport are inextricably bound-up with the determined pursuit of sporting excellence,…
Team Canada Rides Again – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
CBC Radio One’s Fresh Air interviews me on whether Team Canada will be able to repeat our improbable dominance of tent pegging, the cavalry sport of horse, sword, sabre and…
Team Canada Rides Again – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
CBC Radio One’s Fresh Air interviews me on whether Team Canada will be able to repeat our improbable dominance of tent pegging, the cavalry sport of horse, sword, sabre and…
Akaash Maharaj – Advisory: UNICEF Team Canada and the Campaign Against Childhood HIV-AIDS
No one is more astonished by the results of the International Tent Pegging Championships than we are. My hope for the Championships had been to represent Canada with honour, and…
Group Sword at the International Tent Pegging Championships – Akaash Maharaj Photocast
On the final day of competition at the world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in Oman, my horse Shomool remained in a surly mood. The rider to our left is keeping a…
Group Sword at the International Tent Pegging Championships – Akaash Maharaj Photocast
On the final day of competition at the world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in Oman, my horse Shomool remained in a surly mood. The rider to our left is keeping a…
Group Lance at the International Tent Pegging Championships – Akaash Maharaj Photocast
On the first day of group competition at the world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in the Gulf States, I was matched with riders from the Oman National Team, and we galloped…
Individual Sword at the International Tent Pegging Championships – Akaash Maharaj Photocast
After an abysmal showing the previous day at the world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in Oman, my horse Shomool and I redeemed ourselves in the sword discipline, though not before galloping…
Individual Lance at the International Tent Pegging Championships – Akaash Maharaj Photocast
A photocast of the individual lance with ground targets discipline, at the world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in Oman. I am riding an assigned horse named Shomool, representing Canada, and wearing…
Practice Run at the International Tent Pegging Championships – Akaash Maharaj Photocast
A photocast of my practice run with the lance at the world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in Oman. My horse, Shomool, is galloping through the course at a greater speed than…
Opening Ceremonies at the International Tent Pegging Championships – Akaash Maharaj Photocast
A photocast of the opening ceremonies of the world equestrian skill-at-arms championships. Riders from across the world gathered in the Sultante of Oman to represent our countries in this 2500…
Chivalry and the Thrill of Tent Pegging – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
An interview with CBC Ontario Today’s Rita Celli, on UNICEF Team Canada, the international equestrian skill-at-arms championships,and galloping hell for leather for honour and country
Chivalry and the Thrill of Tent Pegging – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
An interview with CBC Ontario Today’s Rita Celli, on UNICEF Team Canada, the international equestrian skill-at-arms championships,and galloping hell for leather for honour and country
Sword, Lance, and Adrenaline – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
Andy Barrie tries, largely in vain, to restrain his mirth as we discuss the upcoming world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in Oman, at which I will represent the country as a…
Sword, Lance, and Adrenaline – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
Andy Barrie tries, largely in vain, to restrain his mirth as we discuss the upcoming world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in Oman, at which I will represent the country as a…
Akaash Maharaj – Projects: Tent Pegging with UNICEF Team Canada
Of my many eccentricities, none is as improbable as my involvement in tent pegging. Often referred to as equestrian skill-at-arms, the sport has a mounted cavalier riding at a full…