Spruce Meadows looks forward to welcoming many of the world’s best horses and riders to their Summer Series tournaments in 2014, beginning June 5th and continuing with five tournaments through July 13th. The tournaments have a 7% increase in prize money this year, featuring four 5* events and more opportunities to earn important FEI World […]
Spruce Meadows has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence and recognized for the second consecutive year as #1 of 220 Calgary and Area attractions by the world’s largest travel site. TripAdvisor has more than 1.6 million followers on Google +, is followed by more than 1 million on Twitter, and has 10 million monthly users […]
Winning twice during the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ is not easily accomplished, but top American rider Kent Farrington showed speed was the key in the $125,000 Suncor Winning Round 1.50m. He and Blue Angel, an 11-year-old AES mare by Luidam x Ascendent owned by Robin Parsky, returned second to last in the second round. The top […]
The highlight event of the season wrapped up the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ with some of the best show jumping competition in the world. Pieter Devos of Belgium rode Candy to victory in the $1 Million CN International, part of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, over Olympic gold medalist Steve Guerdat (SUI) on Nasa […]
Saturday at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ is always full of national pride, and this year was no different. Eight top teams from around the world went head to head, and the winning nation for the second year in a row was Germany with teammates Hans Dieter Dreher/Colore, Christian Ahlmann/Asca Z, Daniel Deusser/Evita van de Veldballe, […]
Speed and power described the two competitions on the schedule today at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’. Opening up the evening was the $205,000 Encana Cup 1.60m, and the fastest in the jump-off was Calgary’s own Ben Asselin on Makavoy. The $75,000 ATCO Electric Six Bar featured four rounds of thrilling jumping as Martin Fuchs (SUI) […]
Spruce Meadows has announced that Canadian Pacific (CP) will be the new title sponsor for its highlight grand prix at the Masters in 2014. The Canadian Pacific International will set a new benchmark for the sport of show jumping, and its $1.5 Million dollar purse not only represents a dramatic increase in prize money for […]
Canadian Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze is off to a strong start at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows “Masters” tournament, placing second in the $125,000 CANA Cup on Thursday, September 5. The five-day international show jumping competition runs September 4 to 8 in Calgary, AB. Lamaze was one of five riders to successfully negotiate the first round […]
The prestigious Spruce Meadows Masters Tournament opened today with two classes in the International Ring and featured exciting competition. The victory in the $85,000 Finning Cup 1.60m went to Christian Ahlmann (GER) on Taloubet Z. Kent Farrington (USA) and Blue Angel flew to the win over a field of 17 in the jump-off of the […]
Canadian Olympic Champion and Rolex testimonee Eric Lamaze welcomed guests on the opening day of the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows Masters tournament in Calgary, AB. The five-day show jumping tournament runs September 4-8, culminating in the $1 million CN International, presented by Rolex. Lamaze welcomed guests and media to his stables where he introduced his two […]
