Shane Sweetnam

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Daniel Bluman wins $212,000 Grand Prix at Rolex Central Park Horse Show

Show jumping returned to Wollman Rink as it played host to the third day of competition at the second-annual Rolex Central Park Horse Show with the $212,000 U.S. Open CSI 3* Grand Prix, presented by Rolex, on Friday evening. Colombia’s Daniel Bluman has been waiting to win a coveted Rolex watch since the start of […]
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Royal Horse Show Welcomes Top International Riders

The 90th Royal Horse Show welcomes an outstanding lineup of international riders to Toronto. They will compete this week in matinee and evening competitions including the $100,000 Hickstead FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix (Wednesday, November 7), the $50,000 Weston Canadian Open (Friday, November 9) and the $75,000 Ricoh Big Ben Challenge (Saturday, November 10.) The riders […]
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Millar Drills Deep for Victory at Spruce

Captain Canada, Ian Millar (CAN), captured the Akita Drilling Cup on the last dry day of the Spruce Meadows ‘North American’ tournament. Twenty five horse and rider combinations took to the international ring to compete for the $50, 000 dollar prize. The course designed by Werner Deeg (GER) proved to be a challenge, as only […]
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Sweet Victory for Sweetnam at Spruce

The final event of the Spruce Meadows North American tournament, the Cenovus Classic, saw 18 horse and rider combinations tackle the historic course originally designed by Pamela Carruthers (GRB) in 1985. A crowd of 38, 915 watched as Shane Sweetnam (IRL) rode to victory aboard his 10 year old Swedish Warmblood stallion, Traffic Boy. “When […]