News and notes about the 100th edition of The Royal, including the opening Gala and a search for your great stories from the past.

Info about the horse show prize list, daily performance and gala showcase tickets, competition schedules and a photo timeline of memories.

National championships will return to the Royal Horse Show with the Canadian Show Jumping Championship, CET and JC Medal, and U25 series.

The show has been elevated to a CSI5* and will also feature national hunter/jumper championships and over $1 million in prize money.

Canada’s Lexi Ray named Reserve Champion Barbara Ruziska, 23, of Ijamsville, MD crossed the border to become the 2019 Under 25 Jumping National Champion on Nov. 9 at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON. A total of 16 Under 25 (U25) athletes from across the country came to compete for top honours at the […]

It was a true battle of excellence as Olympic team gold medalist Ben Maher of Great Britain nudged Canadian Olympic individual gold medalist Eric Lamaze for victory in the $85,000 Big Ben International Challenge on Thursday night, November 7, at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 97th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in […]

Australia’s Rowan Willis topped the $50,000 Canadian Open International Challenge, presented by 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, on Friday evening, November 8, at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, in Toronto, ON. The best was saved for last when Willis, 39, and his 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) mount, Blue Movie, […]

Canada’s Eric Lamaze 3rd with Chacco Kid It was Kent Farrington of the United States for the win in the $37,000 Jolera International Strength and Speed Challenge on Wednesday, November 6, at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 97th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON. Horse and rider combinations had to […]

Christine Carlsen of North York, ON, exceeded a goal she set for herself at the beginning of the year by winning the $10,000 Champion Shavings Junior/Amateur Jumper Royal Stake on Saturday, November 3, at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 97th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON. From a two-horse duel […]

The win in the $5,000 MarBill Hill Farm Royal Pony Jumper Final and the MarBill Hill Royal Pony Jumper Championship title went to Tatum Horan of Oakville, ON, and the aptly named Royal. Fresh off a win in the $2,500 MarBill Hill Farm Royal Pony Jumper Stake earlier in the day, Horan and the 14-year-old, […]