The FEI tournament season will see tracks set by Marina Azevedo, Olaf Petersen Jr., Grégory Bodo, Santiago Varela and Leopoldo Palacios.
Leopoldo Palacios
Canada’s Eric Lamaze scored his second major victory at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ tournament, winning the $133,700 Suncor Energy Winning Round on Saturday, September 7, in Calgary, AB. Hot off their victory in the $133,700 1.60m CANA Cup on Thursday, September 5, Lamaze and Chacco Kid, a 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Chacco-Blue x Come On) owned […]
Friday evening’s 1.60m Tourmaline Oil Cup was contested by 28 horse and rider combinations in Spruce Meadows’ iconic International Ring, with a large majority struggling to master Venezuelan course designer, Leopoldo Palacios’s technical 16-fence challenge. Just six riders eventually went clear and progressed to the eight-obstacle jump-off, including Beezie Madden, Martin Fuchs, Mario Deslauriers, Max […]
Saturday afternoon of the Spruce Meadows Continental CSI5* brought 66 horse/rider combinations into the Meadows on the Green for the Canadian Utilities Cup.
British Columbia rider Ali Ramsay and her mare Hermelien VD Hooghoeve won the first FEI event of the International Bromont
The Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament hosted its $300,000 BMO Nations’ Cup on Saturday afternoon, with eight countries represented, and an exciting gold medal win for Brazil in the team’s first time ever competing in the event. The team of Pedro Veniss, Felipe Amaral, Eduardo Menezes and Rodrigo Pessoa jumped to victory in front of a […]
Ten-time Olympian Ian Millar of Perth, ON, added yet another title to his long list of accomplishments by winning the $1.5 million CP International, presented by Rolex, on September 14 to close out the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows “Masters” tournament in Calgary, AB. It was the second day in a row that the Canadian anthem rang […]
The FEI has re-opened the bidding process for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 following Monday’s Bureau meeting at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI), but has specifically asked the Canadian bid from Bromont/Montreal to remain a part of that process. There had been an expectation that the FEI Bureau would allocate the 2018 Games to […]
A final assessment has been carried out on the all-weather footing at Greenwich Park, and given approval by the FEI. Debbie Jevans, LOCOG Director of Sport, who was present at the assessment, commented: “With support from the FEI, the contractors and our own team have done a great job to get the make-up of the […]
When the Canadian Show Jumping Tournament returns to the Caledon Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON from September 21-25, spectators will be treated to some of the best show jumping competition in the world. Helping make the event a great success are the dozens of officials, volunteers, sponsors and staff who work tirelessly behind the scenes. […]