Following an injury sustained during training, A Little Romance (A Fine Romance x Donaufurst), a nine-year-old Canadian-bred Thoroughbred Trakehner cross owned by Donald and Anita Leschied and ridden by Jessica Phoenix, has been withdrawn from the Canadian Eventing Team nominated to compete at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) 2014 in Normandy, FRA, August […]
The Equine Canada Canadian Eventing High Performance Committee has announced the names of the Canadian Eventing Team who will compete in the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Normandy, FRA, August 28 – 31, 2014. Selected according to the qualification thresholds and selection procedure, four rider/horse combinations are named to the Team. Named to the Team […]
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) , […]
It may still be too cold to feel like spring in most parts of Canada, but Canadian eventers were hot in Hamilton, GA at the Poplar Farm Horse Trials held March 21-23, taking the three top spots on the leaderboard in the CIC3* division. Jessica Phoenix, Canada’s 2012 Olympian from Cannington ON, and Kirk Hoppner’s […]
Canadian eventing athletes commenced the international season last weekend competing at the CIC3*/2*/1* Red Hills International Horse Trials held in Tallahassee, FL. USA. Heavy rains on Thursday’s opening day may have caused some competitors to tweak their riding style but that wasn’t enough to stop 2012 Olympian Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, ON, from taking the […]
In her first appearance in Great Britain since representing her country at the London Olympics in 2012, Jessica Phoenix finished top ten in a field of 84 international athletes at the renowned Fidelity Blenheim International Horse Trials, held September 12 – 15 near Oxford, GBR. Phoenix of Cannington, ON and Pavarotti, her individual gold medalist […]
Competing in Normandie France , at the venue for the 2014 World Equestrian Games – Eventing Championship , Canadian Olympian Rebecca Howard took fourth place against a strong international field at the CIC3* in Le Grand Complet, Haras du Pin. Howard, of Salmon Arm, BC, who currently lives and trains near Marlborough, GBR, was competing […]
The 2012 Olympian Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, ON, took home first place in the CIC 2* division aboard A Little Romance, Don and Anita Leschied’s eight-year-old Canadian Thoroughbred cross mare, at the Dreamcrest Horse Trials held June 29th in Port Perry, ON, at Dreamcrest Equestrian, one of Canada`s premiere eventing stables owned by Canadian Olympians […]
Canadian team eventer Jessica Phoenix celebrated her Canada Day weekend by riding 10 horses and claiming multiple wins at the Dreamcrest Horse Trials in Port Perry, Ontario June 29 and 30. Phoenix won the CIC** with the small but mighty A Little Romance, an eight-year-old Trakehner mare by A Fine Romance owned by Anita and […]
The Canadian Eventing Committee is pleased to announce the following riders/horse combinations have been nominated to represent Canada at 2013 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships. Presented by Gotham North, the Championships will be held July 16-21, 2013 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Nominated Entries by division: (Rider/Horse/Owner) CH […]
