Canadian dressage riders added plenty of ribbons to their collection during week five of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), held Feb. 6-9 in Wellington, FL, USA. In the prestigious CDI4* FEI Grand Prix on Feb. 6, David Marcus of Campbellville, ON was the top-placed Canadian riding Chrevi’s Capital, a 14-year-old Danish Warmblood owned by […]
Canadian dressage riders were a frequent sight on the leaderboard at the CDI-W Adequan Global Dressage Festival (GDF) III, held from Jan. 23-26 in Wellington, FL, USA. Diane Creech of Caistor Centre, ON was the top Canadian contender in the competition’s most revered class, the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle, which took place on Jan. 24. […]
Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the 2013 Dressage Short and Long Lists. The horse/rider combinations were selected based on criteria that considered 2012 competition results. The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the Dressage Canada Short List A: Rider / Hometown / Horse / Owner Jacqueline Brooks / Cedar Valley, ON / D […]
It was Ashley Holzer’s night to shine, and shine she did, with her long-time partner Pop Art piaffing and passaging to one last victory together at the 90th Royal Horse Show. While the scores for tonight’s $20,000 Dominion Regalia Royal Invitational Dressage Cup Freestyle to Music were closer than might have been expected, the level […]
It was a class, and a course, befitting a champion. Befitting the legacy of Hickstead. The inaugural $100,000 Hickstead FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix tested each horse and rider every step of the way, and in the end, it was veteran Canadian Olympian Jill Henselwood (Oxford Mills, ON) with her young horse George, who rode […]
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 […]
Canadian dressage riders recently topped the leaderboard at both the Wellington CDI-W Global Dressage Festival, held February 3-5, and Wellington Classic Dressage Spring Challenge CDI 3* West Palm Beach, held February 10-12. At the Wellington CDI-W Global Dressage Festival, Toronto native Ashley Holzer rode her long-time partner Pop Art (Amsterdam x Cabochon) to first place, […]
For the second week in a row, Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer was the top of the class in CDI competition in Florida. Riding her 2008 Olympic partner, Pop Art, Holzer won both the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special at Wellington Classic Sunshine Challenge CDI 3*, held January 25–29, in West Palm Beach, FL, […]
