Today, 19 riders and their equine partners were welcomed into the elite ranks of the Canadian Olympic Team as Equine Canada nominated the athletes who would represent Canada in the sports of Dressage, Eventing and Jumping in London this summer. “I am extremely excited to have been chosen to represent Canada at my 10th Olympic […]

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 […]

The Volvo CCI3* Bromont Three Day Event, The Todd Sandler Challenge, was the last North American qualifying competition leading up to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Held in Bromont, QC, on June 7-10, 2012, Canadian riders, led by 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG) team member Rebecca Howard of Salmon Arm, BC, posted great results while […]

Rebecca Howard and Selena O’Hanlon led the Canadian team at the 2012 CCI /CIC Jersey Fresh Three Day Event, held May 10–13, in Allentown, New Jersey, USA by placing first and third in their respective divisions. The competition also featured top ten performances by Hawley Bennett-Awad, Michele Mueller, Jessica Phoenix and Shandiss Wewiora. Fresh off […]

Nicole Parkin of Orangeville, ON, led the large contingent of Canadians competing at the Ocala Horse Properties International Three  Day Event in Ocala, FL, April 12-15, 2012 with a win in the CCI 2* division. Sitting in third place after dressage on a score of 43.70, Parkin and Lexus, Gail Gendrie’s 12-year-old Hanoverian mare went […]

Jessica Phoenix of Uxbridge, ON, claimed the Individual Gold medal and led Canada to Team Silver in Eventing at the XVI Pan American Games on Sunday, October 23, in Guadalajara, Mexico.   Phoenix, 28, led the three-phase Eventing competition from start to finish.  On Friday, Phoenix earned a score of 43.90 penalty points in the […]

Canada’s five member team, comprised of James Atkinson of Mountain Road, MB, Hawley Bennett-Awad of Langley, BC, Rebecca Howard of Salmon Arm, BC, Selena O’Hanlon of Elgin, ON, and Jessica Phoenix of Uxbridge, ON, sits in second place behind the team from the United States after the opening dressage phase of Eventing at the Club […]

The Canadian Eventing Team comprised of James Atkinson of Mountain Road, MB, Hawley Bennett-Awad of Langley, BC, Rebecca Howard of Salmon Arm, BC, Selena O’Hanlon of Elgin, ON, and Jessica Phoenix of Uxbridge, ON, will begin competition on Friday, October 20, at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.   Atkinson, 34, will ride […]

Following a successful spring and summer training and competition program, the Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee is pleased to announce the names of the Canadian Eventing Team who will compete in the Pan American Games Guadalajara Mexico October 21-23, 2011.  Selected according to the qualification thresholds and selection procedure, five rider/ horse combinations are named […]

Following the very successful CCI/CIC Rebecca Farm Three Day Event, in Kalispell, Montana, July 22–24th, where Canadians took top honours in four of the five international divisions, the Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee announces additions to the Canadian Eventing Squad for the Pan American Games, October 21 – 23, 2011.   The initial Squad comprised […]