Equine Canada is pleased to announce the names of the rider/horse combinations who will be nominated to the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) for review and naming to the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team for the sports of Dressage, Eventing and Jumping. The riders and horses nominated have successfully completed the team selection process of their respective […]

Ashley Holzer’s CDI results in Florida this season continue to sizzle following her most recent competition, the Global Dressage Festival CDI 5* Wellington, presented by Diamante Farms, held March 29–April 1 in Wellington, FL.                                                    On Thursday March 29, Holzer, who is originally from Toronto, ON, rode Breaking Dawn, a bay 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding […]

For the second week in a row, Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer was the top of the class in CDI competition in Florida. Riding her 2008 Olympic partner, Pop Art, Holzer won both the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special at Wellington Classic Sunshine Challenge CDI 3*, held January 25–29, in West Palm Beach, FL, […]

Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer finished in fifth place in the Grand Prix at the World Dressage Masters Palm Beach, presented by International Polo Club, held Jim Brandon Equestrian Center January 26–29, in Wellington, FL, USA. A Toronto native, Holzer rode Breaking Dawn, the flashy bay 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding sired by Akribori and co-owned by […]

Toronto native and three-time Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer, who currently resides in New York, NY, won both the Grand Prix for Freestyle and the Grand Prix Freestyle at the CDI-W Gold Coast Opener, held January 18–22, in West Palm Beach, FL, USA. Riding Breaking Dawn, a flashy bay 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding sired by Akribori […]

Although Ashley Holzer’s young new mount is named after a Hollywood picture, Breaking Dawn aka “Edward” is far from a seasoned performer. In fact, tonight was his first ever CDI3* Freestyle to Music. But you’d never know it. The pair swept the two-day, $40,000 FEI Dressage CDI3* competition presented by Dominion Regalia, consisting of the […]

Scott Brash, of the United Kingdom, set the tone this evening at the Royal Horse Show with the first clean round of the night, which continued through to the very end, besting a prominent international field to come out on top. As the first clean round of ten in the evening, Brash led the way […]

Ashley Holzer of Toronto, ON rode Breaking Dawn to first place in the Grand Prix test at CDI3* Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, presented by Dominion Regalia, November 9, 2011. With Breaking Dawn, formerly known as Ultiems Flemming, a bay 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding sired by Akribori and co-owned by Holzer and P.J. Rizvi, Holzer scored […]