Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

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Royal Horse Show Welcomes Top Equestrians

The exciting Royal Horse Show returns to the Ricoh Coliseum as part of the 90th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, November 2-11, 2012. Over a thousand horses of all shapes and sizes are guaranteed to thrill and astound the entire family with their grace, power, beauty and athleticism. The Royal Horse Show combines the best in […]
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Royal Horse Show to Feature New Footing

The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is pleased to announce that the 2012 Royal Horse Show will showcase TravelRight, a superior arena footing that will enhance this year’s overall horse show experience. Designed by FootingFirst, LLC, TravelRight arena footing is a unique product that is designed to absorb the shock of a horse’s hoof rather than […]
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Royal Horse Show Seeks a Horse Show Coordinator

The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair hosts one of the most prestigious horse shows in North America and the largest Holstein show in Canada. During the 10 days, The Royal hosts more than 500 competitions in major divisional categories including performance and breeding equestrian competitions, livestock, youth competitions and more.  The Royal requires an experienced horse […]
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Nicole Walker Wins Running Fox CET Medal Final at Royal

Nicole Walker of Aurora, ON, won the Running Fox CET Medal Final on Thursday, November 10, at the 2011 Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON. Riding Brittland Hughes’ nine-year-old Argentine Warmblood gelding, SS San Remo, Walker won the CET Medal Final.  The CET Medal Final is held over two days and consists of three phases […]
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Amelia Vernon Captures Jump Canada Medal Final

Amelia Vernon of Calgary, AB, won the Jump Canada Medal Final on November 8 during the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON. Following the completion of regional and provincial Jump Canada Medal Finals, the top finishers from across Canada were invited to contest the Jump Canada Medal Final Championship at the Royal Horse Show.  […]
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Harrie Smolders Wins the $75,000 Ricoh Big Ben International Challenge

Last night’s runner-up was the victor tonight, when Harrie Smolders of the Netherlands won the $75,000 Ricoh Big Ben Challenge with Regina Z to conclude the International Jumping division at the 89th Royal Horse Show. Of the 19 original entries in the class, just five qualified to start in the shorter, taller, jump-off course designed […]
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McLain Ward Takes the $50,000 Weston Canadian Open

Two-time Olympic Gold medalist McLain Ward of Brewster, New York, took top honours with Rothchild tonight, in the $50,000 Weston Canadian Open at the 89th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.   Topping the field of 20, Ward was the 13th to enter the ring, giving him plenty of time to watch, and strategise, before it was […]
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Ashley Holzer Marches to Victory Once Again at the Royal

Although Ashley Holzer’s young new mount is named after a Hollywood picture, Breaking Dawn aka “Edward” is far from a seasoned performer. In fact, tonight was his first ever CDI3* Freestyle to Music. But you’d never know it. The pair swept the two-day, $40,000 FEI Dressage CDI3* competition presented by Dominion Regalia, consisting of the […]
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Britannia Rules the $100,000 FEI World Cup Grand Prix at the Royal

Scott Brash, of the United Kingdom, set the tone this evening at the Royal Horse Show with the first clean round of the night, which continued through to the very end, besting a prominent international field to come out on top. As the first clean round of ten in the evening, Brash led the way […]
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Holzer and Breaking Dawn Delight Crowd at CDI3* Royal

Ashley Holzer of Toronto, ON rode Breaking Dawn to first place in the Grand Prix test at CDI3* Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, presented by Dominion Regalia, November 9, 2011. With Breaking Dawn, formerly known as Ultiems Flemming, a bay 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding sired by Akribori and co-owned by Holzer and P.J. Rizvi, Holzer scored […]