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Spruce Meadows to Salute Hickstead

Spruce Meadows invites fans of the great champion Hickstead to pay tribute to the recently departed stallion at Spruce Meadows beginning Tuesday, November 8th through November 13, 2011. In response to the tragic and untimely passing of Hickstead on November 6th, while competing in World Cup competition in Europe, and the huge public response from […]
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Show Jumping Sport Loses Olympic Champion, Hickstead

Hickstead, the horse that Canada’s Eric Lamaze rode to the Individual Gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, has died at the age of 15.   Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Hickstead were competing in the World Cup Grand Prix in Verona, Italy, on Sunday, November 6.  Upon completion of their round, the pair […]
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Death of Equine Superstar Hickstead

The fourth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2011/2012 series at Verona, Italy was stopped today following the sudden death of the stallion Hickstead, ridden by reigning Olympic champion and world number one Eric Lamaze (CAN). Drawn 22nd of the 39 on the startlist, the Canadian partnership had just completed Rolf Ludi’s 13-fence […]
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Calgary’s Jonathan Asselin Top Canadian at Pan Ams

Jonathan Asselin of Calgary, AB, finished ninth individually while Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, placed 11th in show jumping competition held Saturday, October 29, at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.   Asselin, 52, was sitting 16th coming into Saturday’s individual show jumping final at the Guadalajara Country Club.  In the first round […]
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Canadian Show Jumping Team Finishes Fourth at Pan Ams

The Canadian Show Jumping Team of Jonathan Asselin of Calgary, AB, Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Ian Millar of Perth, ON, finished fourth in team competition at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.  Millar is currently Canada’s highest ranked competitor in seventh position individually.   A […]
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Canadian Show Jumping Team Set to Compete at Pan Am Games

The Canadian Show Jumping Team of Jonathan Asselin of Calgary, AB, Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON, Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, and Ian Millar of Perth, ON, are set to begin competition at the at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.   On Monday, October 24, all four Canadian show jumping horses […]
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Canadian Show Jumping Team Returns from a Successful Spanish Tour

Jill Henselwood, Eric Lamaze, Chris Pratt and Jenna Thompson represented the Canadian Show Jumping Team at CSIO5* Gijon, ESP, from August 31 to September 5, and in the FEI Promotional League Nations’ Cup Final at CSIO5* Barcelona, ESP, from September 21–25. At CSIO5* Gijon, Canada finished tenth.  Team members enjoyed success individually with Henselwood of […]
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Canadian Show Jumping Team Nominates Entries for 2011 Pan Ams

Jump Canada has announced the Canadian Show Jumping Team nominated to compete at the 2011 Pan American Games taking place in Guadalajara, MEX.  The show jumping portion of the Pan American Games will be held from October 25 to 29 at the Guadalajara Country Club. In alphabetical order, the riders and horses are: Rider                                        Hometown                     […]
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Sweden Wins FEI Promotional League Final

The Swedish team came out the winners at the Promotional League Final in Barcelona, Spain this afternoon and will now rejoin the elite eight-nation FEI Nations’ Cup™ series in 2012.  But, on a roller-coaster afternoon, it took a monumental effort from last-line Swedish rider Rolf-Goran Bengtsson to seal the coveted qualifying spot. Despite the fact […]