Horse Sport

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Canadians to Contest Asheville Regional Airport Wellington Eventing Showcase

The Asheville Regional Airport Wellington Eventing Showcase, Presented by Wellington Equestrian Realty will be held at The Stadium at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), on February 5-6, 2016. Approximately twenty top Eventing riders representing the USA, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand are expected to attend this unique event that highlights the Olympic sport at […]
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FEI Celebrated in Creative Sports Awards

The winners of the prestigious Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Awards have been honoured in Dubai (UAE). HE Sheikh Khalid Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa (BRN), FEI 2nd Vice President, member of the FEI Executive Board and President of FEI Regional Group VII, was awarded the Arab Administrator Award – Kingdom of Bahrain. HRH […]
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Canadians Score at Wellington CPEDI 3*

The Canadian Para-Equestrian Dressage Team kicked off 2016 in a big way, claiming many top finishes at the CPEDI 3* held Jan. 8-10 as part of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, FL. In addition to being the first major competition of 2016 for the Canadian Para-Equestrian Dressage Team, the Wellington CPEDI 3* marked […]
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WEG Bromont to Leave Riding School Legacy

In the lead up to the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Bromont, Quebec, the decision to build a permanent indoor arena at the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Park has been hotly debated. At the January 7th meeting of the town council, however, the project received unanimous support. The proposed concept for the structure will be […]
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In Memoriam: Sophie C. Walker

Sophie Walker (nee Coppedge), an accomplished and popular rider in the amateur jumper ranks, was killed on Sunnydale Drive in Wellington Jan. 4th.
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Honourary Lifetime HCBC Memberships Awarded

Dorothy Kirby from Nanaimo, BC and George Bloor from Trail, BC were awarded with Honourary Lifetime HCBC Memberships in December 2015. There are few who have worked for as long and with as much passion for the vocation of teaching as Dorothy Kirby has. As a coach, Pony Club examiner, and tireless volunteer at the […]
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In Memoriam: Albert Kley

It is with a heavy heart that Spruce Meadows announces the sudden passing of Riding Master Albert Kley.on the evening of January 6, 2016 at the age of 72.
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LGCT Announces 2016 Dates

Mexico City will join the Longines Global Champions Tour, incorporating the new Global Champions League, in 2016 as part of a spectacular calendar of 15 events. The new 2016 calendar sees the circuit make a further strategic expansion across the American continent with the addition of a spectacular new event in Mexico City. Mexico City […]
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In Memoriam: Mill Creek Raphael

Former Canadian Show Jumping Team horse Mill Creek Raphael died on December 27, 2015, at the age of 25. Owned by Phil Henning of Mill Creek Stables in Cambridge, ON, before being donated to Equine Canada in 2003, Mill Creek Raphael was a bay Hanoverian gelding (Raphael x Gluecksstern) born in Germany in 1990. Bred […]
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2016 Equine Canada Board of Directors Nominations Open

Equine Canada (EC) is pleased to announce that nominations are officially open for the 2016 EC Board of Directors. Following the successful implementation of new By-laws and Articles of Continuance in 2015, EC has modernized its governance framework to more effectively deliver on its mandate, which is to represent, promote and advance the sport in […]