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CBC Offers Season-Long Coverage of Spruce Meadows Show Jumping

CBC will kick off the equestrian season with coverage of two events from Spruce Meadows this weekend as the venue celebrates its 40th season. A broadcast partner with Spruce Meadows for 23 seasons, CBC will once again carry a full slate of championship show jumping coverage on CBC-TV and online at cbcsports.ca in 2015. Weekend […]
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Spruce Meadows ‘National’ Opening Day

Spruce Meadows kicked off its ‘National’ Tournament CSI 5*, presented by Rolex, on Wednesday with a full day of show jumping at the world-renowned venue in Calgary. The first day of competition saw wins for Quentin Judge (USA) and HH Copin van de Broy in the $34,000 Roadtrek Motorhomes Cup 1.55m, Eric Lamaze (CAN) and […]
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Canadian Shows Lead NARG Top 25 List

The North American Riders Group (NARG) has released their Top 24 in 2014 list, and once again, Spruce Meadows holds the top spot. Four more Canadian shows made the list, including Thunderbird in second place; the Royal in fifth (as the top indoor show); the brand new Royal West in 11th and Rocky Mountain Show […]
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Design Spruce Meadows’ 40th Anniversary Poster

For the first time in 40 years, Spruce Meadows invites fans, artists and horse lovers from throughout Canada, to help celebrate 40 years of excellence in the sport of Show Jumping, to share their very own Spruce Meadows visual story in the form of a commemorative 40th anniversary poster. Since 1975, when Spruce Meadows officially opened, […]
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Eric Lamaze Gives Insider’s View on Spruce Meadows Masters

Canadian Olympic Champion and Rolex Testimonee Eric Lamaze gave guests an insider’s view to the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ tournament in Calgary, AB. The five-day show jumping tournament is running September 10-14, and culminates in the $1.5 million CP International, presented by Rolex, on Sunday afternoon. Despite the rainy conditions, guests soaked in the knowledge […]
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Opening Day at the Spruce Meadows Masters

Weather conditions were markedly improved for today’s opening competition of the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament. While originally scheduled to start yesterday, snowfall, downed trees, and power outages pushed the start of all competition to Thursday at the ‘Masters’, the first instance of a complete day’s reschedule of competition in the 39-year history of Spruce Meadows […]
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William Whitaker Wins $210,000 Tourmaline Cup 1.60m at the Masters

Competition continued at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ with two great competitions for show jumping on the Friday schedule. William Whitaker (GBR) became the fifth rider in the Whitaker family to record a victory at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament. He and Upper Class were the fastest of three double clears to win the $210,000 Tourmaline […]
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Canada Hosts the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping

When the traditional and prestigious Spruce Meadows “Masters” begins today, it is also the countdown for the biggest international equestrian sport challenge, the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping. This initiative of the three Major Shows, the Spruce Meadows “Masters”, CHI Geneva and CHIO Aachen, marks the start of a new era of equestrian sport. […]
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Team Spirit Trumps the Snow at Spruce Meadows

Wednesday was an historic day at Spruce Meadows. Over 25 cm of snow has fallen on the grounds, and a resulting eight-hour power outage, combined with the devastating impact of the snow on the Spruce Meadows trees and grounds made for a tremendously difficult day. The snow forced all competitions originally scheduled for Wednesday, September 10th to […]