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David Hunter Named Para-Equestrian Dressage Team Manager

Equine Canada (EC) is pleased to welcome David Hunter to the position of Para-Equestrian Dressage Team Manager, effective January 2016. Hunter, who currently resides in Norfolk County in England, has spent the past 13 years with the Great Britain Para Dressage Team, supporting them through team gold medal performances and countless individual medals at all […]
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In Memoriam: General OP Malhotra

General Om Prakash (OP) Malhotra, PVSM (Retd), former President of the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI), a founding member and former President of the Asian Equestrian Federation (AEF) and former Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army has passed away at his home in Gurgaon. He was 93. General Malhotra was President of the Equestrian Federation […]
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In Memoriam: Andres Rodriguez

Venezuelan Jumping athlete Andres Rodriguez, individual silver medallist at the 2015 Pan-American Games, has died in hospital of injuries sustained in a car crash in Wellington, Florida (USA) on 4 January. He was 31. A passenger in the car, Sophie Walker (30), died at the scene of the crash. Ms Walker was a talented amateur […]
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Pan Am Medalist Killed in Car Crash

Andres Rodriguez, the Venezuelan show jumper has died from his injuries as the result of a car crash in Wellington, FL the morning of Jan. 4th.
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CAS Upholds FEI Position in Irish Aachen Appeal

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal by Irish athlete Cian O’Connor and Horse Sport Ireland and upheld the decision rendered by the FEI Appeal Committee following an on-course incident at the FEI European Jumping Championships in Aachen (GER) on August 21st 2015. “I am happy that the CAS has confirmed […]
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Boyd Exell is the Master in Mechelen

After a thrilling competition on the last evening of the 35th edition of Jumping Mechelen (BEL), Boyd Exell (AUS) claimed his fourth FEI World Cup™ Driving victory of this season. The enthusiastic spectators witnessed a fantastic neck-to-neck competition with runner-up spot going to Koos de Ronde (NED), while Georg von Stein (GER) finished third and […]
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Ahlmann Scores a Hat Trick in Mechelen

Germany’s Christian Ahlmann galloped to his third victory of the season at the eighth leg of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2015/2016 Western European League at Mechelen in Belgium today. The competition came down to a 10-way decider against the clock, and, third-last into the arena, the 40-year-old rider and his brilliant 15-year-old stallion […]
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In Memoriam: David Esworthy

Judge, steward, clinician, and former president and chairman of the Canadian Equestrian Federation (now Equine Canada) David Esworthy passed away on Dec. 19 at the age of 86. A true horseman, Esworthy, who resided in Langley, BC, fed his passion for horses for nearly eight decades. Riding, training, judging – he did it all and […]
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Drewell Wins Second WC Vaulting Leg

Germany’s Jannis Drewell produced his second successive win of the FEI World Cup™ Vaulting 2015/2016 series at the Christmas Show in Mechelen, Belgium where Switzerland’s Simone Jäiser topped the Female Individual podium and Germany’s Torben Jacobs and Pia Engelberty scooped the Pas-de-Deux honours. The hugely popular Belgian event presented the fourth of this season’s five […]
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FEI Supports Bertram Allen Disqualification from Olympia

FEI Secretary General Sabrina Ibáñez has voiced her full support for the actions of FEI Officials at London Olympia on Monday night (December 21) when Irish rider Bertram Allen was disqualified after blood was found on the flank of his horse, Quiet Easy. “I have absolutely no doubt that the protocols regarding blood on the […]