Toronto, ON – 28 year-old Erynn Ballard of Tottenham, Ontario, took top honours in round one of the $100,000 Canadian Show Jumping Championships presented by Greenhawk, on opening night of competition at the Royal Horse Show. The show is part of the 86th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair running until November 16th, at the Direct Energy […]

Ottawa, ON — Francois Lamontagne of St-Eustache, QC, emerged the winner of the Eastern Division while Lindsay Hitchner of High River, AB, claimed the Western Division of the 2008 Jump Canada National Talent Squad Series. In the Eastern Division Talent Squad competition held at the St. Lazare Spring Show in St. Lazare, QC, Lamontagne guided […]

The Ontario Therapeutic Riding Association (OnTRA) will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a Musical Ride at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, in the Spirit of the Horse area, on Wednesday, November 12th at 4:30p.m.   The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, accompanied by Her Honour, Mrs. Ruth Ann Onley, will present ribbons […]

Toronto, Ontario – The 2008 Royal Horse Show will open this Friday, November 7th, with an action-packed weekend highlighting the best in Canadian equestrian sport. Held as part of the 86th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, The Royal Horse Show offers over $795,000 in total prize money and runs from November 7 through 16 at the […]

The Edmonton Area Alberta Dressage Association (EAADA) has been approved by Equine Canada to run a CDI/Y/J/P/CH** show in August 2009.  A competition of this magnitude has never been offered in before in Alberta. The competition will be held August 20th- 24th in Edmonton. Visit  www.albertadressage.com to check for updates as they become available, or […]

The Dressage Committee has issued their reply to the President of the FEI. Dressage Committee Reply

Ottawa, ON—Para-Equestrian Canada is pleased to announce that Andrea Taylor, of Langley, BC, has been awarded the Petro Canada Coaching Excellence Award in recognition of her achievements at the 2008 Paralympic Games.  As the national team coach of Para-Equestrian Canada, Taylor coached rider Lauren Barwick to individual gold and silver medal finishes in the sport […]

Read the letters of coorespondence between the Dressage Committee and the president of the FEI. Dressage Committee Letter Reply from the President of the FEI

The World Games 2010 Foundation recently announced it will hold a series of test competitions to prepare for the world championships coming to the Kentucky Horse Park in 2010 at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The competitions, each named “The Kentucky Cup,” will begin in 2009 and run through the 2010 Rolex Three-Day Event. […]

The FEI Executive Board has requested the immediate resignation of the entire FEI Dressage Committee. The FEI Executive Board has taken this decision following a series of issues indicating the current Committee’s lack of flexibility on certain key matters. The Committee has been seen to work in isolation, not fully representing the interests of the […]