Horse Sport

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Swiss Remain Committed to Horse Welfare in Endurance

A delegation of the Swiss Equestrian Federation (SEF) has liaised with the director of the FEI endurance in order to discuss the suggested measures to ensure the development of the discipline and improvement of the respect for horses. The SEF has stressed the need to improve the qualifying system for the elite races and for […]
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Bertram Allen Disqualified From Olympia Grand Prix

Following the Olympia Grand Prix CSI5* at Olympia, The London International Horse Show (GBR) on December 21, 2015, Bertram Allen (IRL) was disqualified by the Ground Jury under Article 242.3.1 of the FEI Jumping Rules when the FEI Steward tasked with the mandatory post-competition boot and bandage control reported to the Ground Jury that Allen’s […]
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Alleged Bromont Corruption Under Investigation

UPDATE: We received a clarification from COJEM vice-president of communications Andrée Corriveau, who stated that in 2013 the minister of Education, Recreation and Sports under the Parti Québécois government, Marie Malavoy, signed a letter of support to WEG 2018 stipulating that it was conditional to the same funding from the federal government. The City of […]
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Gaudiano Gallops to Longines Victory in London

The Christmas show at the Grand Hall in Olympia is always something special, and the seventh leg of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2015/2016 Western European League more than lived up to expectations when Italy’s Emanuele Gaudiano produced a sensational victory at the London (GBR) venue. In a 17-way jump-off, the 29-year-old rider and […]
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2016 Trump Invitational Cancelled

Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) has announced that the Trump Invitational, due to be held on January 3, 2016, at The Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, has been cancelled. Due to a series of recent heavy, unprecedented rain events occurring over the past few weeks during which cars were parked on the lawn, the grass turf […]
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DC Rules Committee Named DC Volunteers of the Month

Dressage Canada (DC) is pleased to name every member of the DC Rules Committee as DC Volunteers of the Month for December. The Committee is comprised of Joanna Crilly from Ottawa, ON, Alison Gallagher from St. John, NB, Linda Miller from Edmonton AB, Shelia Skene from Victoria, BC, and Cherie Winslow from St. Lazare, QC. […]
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Hester Pips Dujardin in Reem Acra Showdown

Carl Hester pipped his super-star protégé, fellow-Olympian and world no. 1 rider Charlotte Dujardin for victory in tonight’s spell-binding sixth leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2015/2016 Western European League at Olympia in London (GBR). Riding Nip Tuck, the 11-year-old gelding with which he helped clinch team silver at this summer’s FEI […]
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Steve Guerdat Takes on Rolex Grand Slam Again

The hometown favourite, Steve Guerdat, won the Rolex Grand Prix at the CHI Geneva, the third and final major event of the year in the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping at the Palexpo. The reigning Olympic gold medallist relegated Simon Delestre from France and the Canadian show jumper Eric Lamaze into second and third […]