Colleen Loach

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Loach First up For Canada in Eventing Jumping phase

Olympic newbie Colleen Loach was first in for the Canadians, and had just one rail with Qorry Blue d’Argouges at a tricky vertical penultimate fence in an oxer-vertical combo that had caused some problems. “He was great, I just should have set up more at that vertical. He felt great; he jumped amazing. Qorry read […]
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Loach and Qorry’s Olympic Debut starts with a bang

Colleen Loach of Dunham, QC, unfortunately did not have the opening act to her Olympic debut she had been envisioning. Aboard Qorry Blue d’Argouges, a 12-year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by fellow Canadian eventer Peter Barry, the 33-year-old from Dunham, QC, was barely into the second movement of her test when sudden, deafening mic feedback […]
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Pan Am Silver for Jessica Phoenix, Bronze for Canadian Eventing Team

Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, ON, won the individual silver medal and the Canadian Eventing Team took the bronze in eventing competition held Sunday, July 19, at the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games at the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Caledon, ON. The third and final phase of eventing competition saw the Canadian Eventing […]
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Canadian Eventing Team in Third Place at Pan Am Games

The Canadian Eventing Team, comprised of Colleen Loach of Dunham, QC, defending Pan Am champion Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, ON, Waylon Roberts of Port Perry, ON, and Kathryn Robinson of Kettering, GBR, produced three clear rounds in cross-country competition held Saturday, July 18, to move into third place in the standings. The second of three […]
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Canadian Eventing Team Sitting Close Second at Pan Am Games

The Canadian Eventing Team is in second position with a score of 133.70, close behind the United States with 133.00, following the opening day of eventing competition in the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games held July 17 at the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Caledon, ON. Colleen Loach of Dunham, QC, defending Pan […]
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Canadian Eventing Team Ready for Action at Pan Am Games

Canadian Eventing Team members Colleen Loach of Dunham, QC, defending Pan Am champion Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, ON, Waylon Roberts of Port Perry, ON, and Kathryn Robinson of Kettering, GBR, are ready for action as eventing competition gets underway at the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games on Friday, July 17. All four athletes presented their […]
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Canadians Make Top 10 at Jersey Fresh

Colleen Loach and Waylon Roberts put in impressive performances to earn top 10 results aboard multiple mounts at the Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event, held May 6-10 in Allentown, N.J. Both riders contested the CCI 2* division, which acted as a Canadian Eventing Team qualification trial for the TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games. Loach, a […]
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Jessica Phoenix Wins CCI 3* at Bromont Three Day Event

At Bromont, QC, the site of the 2018 World Equestrian Games (WEG), the Jaguar Land Rover CCI Three Day Event was held on June 5-8, 2014, and Canadian Olympian Jessica Phoenix was victorious the in CCI3* division. Riding A Little Romance, Donald Leschied’s nine-year-old Canadian bred Thoroughbred Trakehner cross mare (A Fine Romance x Donaufurst) , […]
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Canadian Eventers at Fair Hill International

Canadian eventing athletes converged south of the boarder to compete against a record number of competitors at the 25th Anniversary edition of the Dutta Corporation Fair Hill International Three Day Event, held October 16-20 in Elkton MD, USA . In their first trip to Fair Hill, Colleen Loach of Dunham, QC piloted Freespirit, Peter and […]